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117099
Fri, 04/16/2010 - 20:18
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ABDUL RAHMAN SULAIMAN APPOINTED 10TH BERNAMA CHAIRMAN
KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (Bernama) -- A former Editor-in-Chief of the
Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama), Abdul Rahman Sulaiman, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the agency effective Feb 1.
He takes over from Mohd Annuar Zaini whose term as the ninth
Bernama Chairman ended on Jan 31, this year, according to the Bernama management
Friday.
The appointment of Abdul Rahman, 64, has received the consent of the King
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin to lead the 13-member Bernama Board
of Governors.
He had headed the Bernama Editorial Department from 1989 until 1995. His
last post in the government service was as the Director of Communications in the
Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister's Department from August 2001
until March 2010.
He was also the Director of Communications in the Prime Minister's
Department from March 2009 until recently.
Abdul Rahman is married to Maznah Adam and the couple has two sons and
a daughter.
Born on May 26, 1946 in Parit Buntar, Perak, Abdul Rahman received his early
education at Sekolah Umum Parit Tok Ngah and the Methodist Secondary School in
Parit Buntar.
He joined Bernama in 1971 as a senior journalist after beginning his career
in journalism at Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) as a broadcast journalist in
1966.
In 1973 he went for further studies at the Universiti Sains Malaysia
(USM) and obtained the Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in communications in
1976, and upon returning to Bernama, he was posted to Bangkok and the agency's
correspondent for Thailand and Indo-China until 1978.
He had held numerous positions in the news agency including as the Johor
Bureau Head, and Executive Editor of the General News Service before being
appointed Editor-in-Chief in 1989.
In 1995, he opted for early retirement to contest in the general election as
the Barisan Nasional candidate for the Parit Buntar parliamentary constituency
where he beat Idris Abdul Rauf from Parti Semangat 46.
-- BERNAMA
Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama), Abdul Rahman Sulaiman, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the agency effective Feb 1.
He takes over from Mohd Annuar Zaini whose term as the ninth
Bernama Chairman ended on Jan 31, this year, according to the Bernama management
Friday.
The appointment of Abdul Rahman, 64, has received the consent of the King
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin to lead the 13-member Bernama Board
of Governors.
He had headed the Bernama Editorial Department from 1989 until 1995. His
last post in the government service was as the Director of Communications in the
Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister's Department from August 2001
until March 2010.
He was also the Director of Communications in the Prime Minister's
Department from March 2009 until recently.
Abdul Rahman is married to Maznah Adam and the couple has two sons and
a daughter.
Born on May 26, 1946 in Parit Buntar, Perak, Abdul Rahman received his early
education at Sekolah Umum Parit Tok Ngah and the Methodist Secondary School in
Parit Buntar.
He joined Bernama in 1971 as a senior journalist after beginning his career
in journalism at Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) as a broadcast journalist in
1966.
In 1973 he went for further studies at the Universiti Sains Malaysia
(USM) and obtained the Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in communications in
1976, and upon returning to Bernama, he was posted to Bangkok and the agency's
correspondent for Thailand and Indo-China until 1978.
He had held numerous positions in the news agency including as the Johor
Bureau Head, and Executive Editor of the General News Service before being
appointed Editor-in-Chief in 1989.
In 1995, he opted for early retirement to contest in the general election as
the Barisan Nasional candidate for the Parit Buntar parliamentary constituency
where he beat Idris Abdul Rauf from Parti Semangat 46.
-- BERNAMA
