Welfare Department gets new DG

Tuan Haji Hadzir Md Zain

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Kedah Development Director Hadzir Md Zain has been appointed Director-General of the Welfare Department.

A statement from the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development said the 54-year-old Hadzir succeeded Datuk Meme Zainal Rashid who retired on Feb 1.

Hadzir, who holds a Masters in Sociology from Leicester University in the United Kingdom, Hadzir started his career as Assistant Secretary in the Agriculture Ministry in 1983.

He has been assistant director in the Economic Planning Unit and Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

He was Registrar of the National Public Administration Institute at its main campus in Bukit Kiara before he was appointed Kedah Director of Development. -BERNAMA.

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