| Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun |
| Honorific-Suffix: | SSM PMN SIMP SSMT SPDK SSSA SPMT DGSM SPMP SPNS DPCM PNBS JMN SMP PJK |
| Order1: | 9th |
| Office1: | Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia |
| Monarch1: | Azlan Shah Ja'afar |
| Primeminister1: | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Term Start1: | 1 February 1990 |
| Term End1: | 16 September 1996 |
| Predecessor1: | Sallehuddin Mohamed |
| Successor1: | Abdul Halim Ali |
| Office2: | Group Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad |
| Predecessor2: | Ismail Mohd Ali |
| Successor2: | Abdul Wahid Omar |
| Term Start2: | 17 October 1996 |
| Term End2: | 31 July 2016 |
| Birth Name: | Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid |
| Birth Date: | 1938 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kampung Batu Tiga, Jalan Temoh, Tapah, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Death Place: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Resting Place: | Raudhatul Sakinah Bukit Kiara 2 Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur |
| Children: | 5 |
| Father: | Abdul Hamid Mohd Aroop (deceased) |
| Mother: | Mahani Sidek (deceased) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Malaya Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Harvard University |
Tun Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid (16 September 1938 – 28 August 2021)[1] [2] was a Malaysian civil servant who served as the 9th Chief Secretary to the Government from 1990 to 1996.
Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid was born in Tapah, Perak on 16 September 1938. He was educated at the University of Malaya, the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and Harvard University.
On 21 July 1995, Ahmad Sarji announced the restructuring of divisions within the Education Ministry to provide for six new departments - tertiary education; private education; pre-school, primary and secondary education; special education; moral and spiritual education; and technical education.[3]
He married Sagiyah Salikin in December 1962. They had five children.
On 28 August 2021, Sarji died, aged 82, from COVID-19 complications at the Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Cheras, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.[4] [5] [6] He was earlier confirmed to be COVID-19 positive and was later admitted for treatment at the HCTM's intensive care unit (ICU) since 3 August.[7] He was buried at the Raudhatul Sakinah Bukit Kiara 2 Muslim Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur.[8] [9]
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