KUALA LUMPUR: Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has announced the appointment of Dr Hazami Jahari as the new director-general of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) effective Wednesday (Jan 18).
Hazami, 55, who was the director of DBP's Policy and Research Department, replaces Datuk Abang Sallehudin Abang Shokeran whose contract expired on Nov 28, 2022.
The handing over of the appointment letter was done by Fadhlina at her office in Putrajaya and witnessed by the DBP Board of Governors chairman Datuk Seri Dr Awang Sariyan, Education Ministry director-general Datuk Pkharuddin Ghazal and deputy secretary-general of Education Ramzi Mansor. "The support of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who loves the Malay language, has inspired me to continue to lead DBP on the right track.
According to information from DBP’s official magazine, Dewan Masyarakat, Hazami, who hails from Kuching, Sarawak, holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Literature from Universiti Sains Malaysia and he started working at DBP in 1992.
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