Aminuddin Ihsan | |||||||||||||
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أمين الدين إحسان | |||||||||||||
7th Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports | |||||||||||||
In office 30 January 2018 – 7 June 2022 | |||||||||||||
Monarch | Hassanal Bolkiah | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Halbi Mohd Yussof | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Nazmi Mohamad | ||||||||||||
8th Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces | |||||||||||||
In office 31 December 2009 – 29 January 2014 | |||||||||||||
Deputy | Mohammad Tawih[1] | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Halbi Mohammad Yussof | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Mohammad Tawih | ||||||||||||
7th Commander of the Royal Brunei Land Forces | |||||||||||||
In office 12 December 2008 – 13 November 2009 | |||||||||||||
Deputy | Yussof Abdul Rahman | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Rosli Chuchu | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Yussof Abdul Rahman | ||||||||||||
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Personal details | |||||||||||||
Born | Brunei | 23 July 1966||||||||||||
Spouse | Nurhayana Janis Abdullah | ||||||||||||
Parent(s) | Abidin Abdul Rashid (father) Fatimah Razali (mother) | ||||||||||||
Alma mater | Australian Defence College | ||||||||||||
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Awards | 2017 Diplomat of the Year from Asia | ||||||||||||
Military service | |||||||||||||
Allegiance | Brunei | ||||||||||||
Branch/service | Royal Brunei Land Force | ||||||||||||
Years of service | 1988–2014 | ||||||||||||
Rank | Major General | ||||||||||||
Unit | First Battalion RBLF Auxiliary Battalion RBLF International Monitoring Team | ||||||||||||
Commands | Head of Research Wing Strategic Planning Ministry of Defence Second Battalion RBLF Training Institute RBAF | ||||||||||||
Aminuddin Ihsan bin Haji Abidin (born 23 July 1966) is a retired Bruneian commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) who serves from 2009 until 2014 and also the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) from 2018 until 2022.[2] Additionally, he led the first Bruneian contingent attached to the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in Mindanao.