Zulkifeli Mohd. Zin

General Tan Sri '''Zulkifeli bin Mohd. Zin''' (born June 14, 1954 in Pasir Mas) is the current Chief of Malaysian Armed Forces.

Education background
He has a Master of Science degree from the National Defense University.

He completed his cadet training in Sandhurst in 1974 and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant at 2nd Royal Malay Regiment Platoon Chief on 9 August 1974.

He also graduated from Armed Forces Staff College and Armed Forces Defence College.

Career
Throughout his military career, he has held various positions ranging from Platoon Chief to Commanding Officer.

He also held staff positions in the Army Headquarters and Training Institute. This included stints as Staff Officer of the Army Headquarters as well as the Trick Trainer at the Army Training Centre of Johor Bahru. Between 1999 and 2000, he was the Infantry Director of the Army Headquarters.

During his rank of Colonel, he was the Commandant of Army Combat Training Centre and Resource Colonel in the Army Headquarters.

He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 2002 had been hold the office of Assistant Commander of Reserve Services Division. He also commanded 8th Infantry Brigade from 2003 to 2004 in Kelantan. He was then promoted as the rank of Major General and was entrusted by the military high command to lead the International Monitoring Team Mission – Mindanao as the Commander of the Monitoring Team between 9 October 2004 and 31 August 2005.

Then, he was the 3rd Infantry Division Commander from 17 October 2005 to 31 January 2007. He was the Commander of Army Field Headquarters from 2 January 2007 to 1 June 2008.

As a dedicated leader, he was appointed Deputy Army Commander on 2 June 2008 - serving until 20 May 2010 upon which he was appointed Army Commander.

Due to high confidence in him, he was appointed as the 18th Chief of Malaysian Armed Forces effective 15 June 2011.

Award
Due to his service in Mindanao, he received the award of Legion of Honour from Philippines.

He also received various orders and decoration from around the nation.

Family
He married with Umi Kalsom Wan Awang blessed with 2 daughters.