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Ministry Of Defence (Malaysia)
The Ministry of Defence (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), abbreviated MINDEF or KEMENTAH, is a ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for Defense (military), defence, national security, army, navy, hydrography, air force, armed forces, intelligence services, counterintelligence, military intelligence, national service, and veterans affairs. The Minister of Defence (Malaysia)#List of ministers of defence, Minister of Defence administers his functions through the Ministry of Defence and a range of other government agencies. Its headquarters is in Kuala Lumpur. History Ministry of Defence was established on 31 August 1957 and officially began operations in a building located in Brockman Road (now Jalan Dato' Onn), Kuala Lumpur. This building also housed the office of the first Defence Minister, the late Abdul Razak Hussein, Tun Abdul Razak bin Datuk Hussein, who served from 31 August 1957 to 22 September 1970. The first building of t ...
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Government Of Malaysia
The Government of Malaysia, officially the Federal Government of Malaysia (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), is based in the Federal Territories of Malaysia, Federal Territory of Putrajaya, with the exception of the legislative branch, which is located in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia is a federation composed of States and federal territories of Malaysia, the 11 States of Malaya, the Borneo States of Sabah and Sarawak, and 3 Federal Territories operating within a constitutional monarchy under the Westminster system and is categorised as a representative democracy. The federal government of Malaysia adheres to and is created by the Constitution of Malaysia, Federal Constitution of Malaysia, the supreme law of the land. The federal government adopts the principle of separation of powers under Article 127 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, and has three branches: the Executive (government), executive, legislature, and judiciary. The State governments of Malaysia, state governments in Malaysia ...
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National Service
National service is a system of compulsory or voluntary government service, usually military service. Conscription is mandatory national service. The term ''national service'' comes from the United Kingdom's National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939. The length and nature of national service depends on the country in question. In some instances, national service is compulsory, and citizens living abroad can be called back to their country of origin to complete it. In other cases, national service is voluntary. Many young people spend one or more years in such programmes. Compulsory military service typically requires all citizens to enroll for one or two years, usually at age 18 (later for university-level students). Most conscripting countries conscript only men, but Norway, Sweden, Israel, Eritrea, Malaysia, Morocco and North Korea conscript both men and women. Voluntary national service may require only three months of basic military training. The US equivalent is Selecti ...
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List Of Acts Of Parliament In Malaysia
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Malaysia. The list includes all principal acts enacted after 1969 and pre-1969 statutes that were revised by the Commissioner of Law Revision under the authority of the Revision of Laws Act 1968. List See also * List of acts of the Parliament of Malaysia by citation number External links Laws of Malaysia - Numerical Table of LawsOfficial Portal of e-Federal Gazette*List of Post-2011 Principal Acts*List of Post-2011 Amending Acts*List of Post-2011 P.U. (A)*List of Post-2011 P.U. (B)Attorney General of Malaysia: Laws of Malaysia - Alphabetical Table of Laws (up to Act 655) {{DEFAULTSORT:Acts of the Parliament of Malaysia Malaysian federal legislation Parliament of Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia law-related lists Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territo ...
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Armed Forces Fund Board
The Armed Forces Fund Board (also commonly known by its Malay name Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera and LTAT in short) is a statutory body which manages the pension fund for certain members of the Malaysian Armed Forces. LTAT was established in August 1972 by the Armed Forces Fund Act (also known as the Tabung Angkatan Tentera Act). The fund is considered the smallest among Malaysian government-linked investment companies, and owns controlling stakes in several public listed companies in Malaysia, including Boustead Holdings and Affin Holdings. It is overseen by the Ministry of Defence. For officers, participation in the fund is voluntary, with no contribution towards their accounts by the Government of Malaysia. Armed forces members of other ranks (compulsory contributors) are required to contribute a portion of their monthly salary to LTAT, with the government contributing as employer. A compulsory non-pensionable contributor receives his/her retirement benefit in the form o ...
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National Service Training Programme (Malaysia)
The National Service Training Programme, or Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN), known locally as the ''Khidmat Negara'' ("National Service") was Malaysia's national service program under the Barisan Nasional (BN) government. The programme was handled by the National Service Training Department, or ''Jabatan Latihan Khidmat Negara'' (JLKN) under the Minister of Defence (Malaysia), Minister of Defence (MINDEF). The conscripts are 18-year-old youths that are selectively conscription, drafted. The three-month program, which started in December 2003, began as way to encourage friendship between youths of certain ages from different races and ethnic groups and address concerns that the country's multi-ethnic and multi-cultural groups who were seen of "becoming increasingly isolated from one another". The program was halted for one year in 2015 due to the federal government's efforts to cut spending. The program was reintroduced as PLKN 2.0 in 2016, with participation to be made fu ...
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Malaysian Defence Intelligence Organisation
The Malaysian Defence Intelligence Organisation (MDIO) (, Jawi: ) is the military intelligence agency of the Malaysia Armed Forces. Its role is said to be equivalent to the US Defense Intelligence Agency. MDIO is headed by an army lieutenant general and consists of tri services military branch such as army intelligence, naval intelligence and air force intelligence. History The MDIO, formerly known as Defense Intelligence Staff Division (DISD), was established on 1 October 1981 to replace the Joint Intelligence Directorate (JID). Its main objective was to gather and produce intelligence products to counter the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) during the Second Malayan Emergency. The Director General of MDIO is responsible for reporting to the Chief of Armed Forces, the Minister of Defence, and the National Security Division. On 23 September 2022, Chief of Defence Forces General Affendi Buang officially changed the name and logo of the Armed Forces Defence Intelligence Staf ...
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Joint Forces Command, Malaysia
The Joint Forces Headquarters (Abbreviation, Abbr.: JFHQ, , Jawi Script, Jawi: ) is a joint military command which specifically formed to command all tasks of the Malaysian Armed Forces joint operations. The Joint Operations are other operations performed by at least three services such as Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The JFHQ, currently led by Lieutenant General Malay styles and titles, Dato’ Noor Mohamad Akmar Mohd Dom as the Joint Forces Commander (), succeeding Lt Gen Haji Yazid Haji Arshad on 6 December 2022. The commander is responsible for planning and implementing all the joint and combined operations, joint exercises and Multi-National Operations, such as the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions. The JFHQ as like any other joint forces adopts the assigned concept. History Establishment of JFHQ The Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ) was first proposed on 20 April 2004, and officially launched on 6 September 2004, by Najib ...
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Royal Malaysian Air Force
The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF, ; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) was formed on 2 June 1958 as the Royal Federation of Malaya Air Force (; ). However, its roots can be traced back to the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force formations of the British Royal Air Force in then-colonial British Malaya. The Royal Malaysian Air Force operates a mix of modern United States, American, European Union, European and Russian-made aircraft. History Early years The Malaysian air forces trace their lineage to the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force formations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed in 1934. They later transformed into the Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force (SSVAF) and the Malayan Volunteers Air Force (MVAF) formed in 1940 and dissolved in 1942 during the height of the Japanese invasion of Malaya, Japanese advance over Malaya. The latter was re-established in 1950 in time for the Malayan Emergency and contributed very much to the war effort. On 2 June 1958 the MVAF finally became the Royal Fed ...
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Royal Malaysian Navy
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, ; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces. RMN is the main agency responsible for the country's maritime surveillance and defence operations. RMN's area of operation consists of 603,210 square kilometers covering the country's coastal areas and Exclusive economic zone, Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). RMN also bears the responsibility of controlling the country's main Sea lines of communication, Sea Lines of Communications (SLOC) such as the Straits of Malacca and the Singapore Straits, Straits of Singapore and also monitors national interests in areas with overlapping claims such as in Spratly Islands, Spratly. History Straits Settlement Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Royal Malaysian Navy can trace its roots to the formation of the Straits Settlement Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (SSRNVR) in Singapore on 27 April 1934 by the British Empire, British colonial government in Singapore. The SSRNVR was formed to assist th ...
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Malaysian Army
The Malaysian Army (; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) is the land component of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Steeped in British Army traditions, the Malaysian Army does not carry the title ‘royal’ () as do the Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Instead, the title is bestowed on selected army corps and regiments who have been accorded the honour by the ('The King of Malaysia'), who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Malaysian Armed Forces, Supreme Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces. History The first military units in Malaysia can be traced back to the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps, Penang Volunteer Rifle raised on 1 March 18611 March is marked as Army Day in honour of the Penang Rifle Volunteers (PRV) raising as the first military unit in the Malay Peninsula. and the Malay States Volunteer Rifles which existed from 1915 to 1936. The birth of the modern Malaysian Army came about when the Federal Council of the Federated Malay States passed the Ro ...
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Malaysian Armed Forces
The Malaysian Armed Forces (: MAF; ; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ), are the armed forces of Malaysia, consists of three branches; the Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The number of MAF active personnel is 113,000 along with reserve forces at 51,600. The Commander-in-Chief of the Malaysian Armed Forces, Supreme Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces is the ''Yang di-Pertuan Agong;'' the King of Malaysia. Background Malaysia's armed forces were created from the unification of military forces which arose during the first half of the 20th century when Malaya and Singapore were the subjects of British Empire, British colonial rule, before Malaya achieved independence in 1957. The primary objective of the armed forces in Malaysia is to defend the country's sovereignty and protect it from any and all types of threats. It is responsible for assisting civilian authorities to overcome all international threats, preserve public order, assist in natura ...
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Tunku Abdul Rahman
Tunku Abdul Rahman (8 February 19036 December 1990), commonly referred to as Tunku, was a Malaysian statesman who served as prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970. He previously served as the only chief minister of Federation of Malaya, Malaya from 1955 to 1957, as President of the United Malays National Organisation, President of UMNO from 1951 to 1971, and as leader of the Alliance Party (Malaysia), Alliance Party from 1952 to 1971. Abdul Rahman was the second longest serving Malaysian prime minister and the first to hold the position. As prime minister, he supervised the Malayan Declaration of Independence, Malayan independence process and the Malaysia Agreement, formation of Malaysia. As a result, he is widely regarded as Malaysia's "List of national founders, founding father". Born a prince in the Kedah Sultanate, Tunku studied law in St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and became a Civil service, civil servant and district officer. In 1949, he became a prosecutor. ...
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