Ungku Zeti Akhtar Aziz | |
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7th Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia | |
In office 1 May 2000 – 30 April 2016 | |
Preceded by | Ali Abul Hassan Sulaiman |
Succeeded by | Muhammad bin Ibrahim |
Member of the Malaysian Council of Eminent Persons | |
In office 12 May 2018 – 21 August 2018 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Group Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad | |
In office 1 July 2018 – 30 April 2021 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Wahid Omar |
Succeeded by | Arifin Zakaria |
Chairman of Sime Darby Property | |
In office 23 July 2018 – 6 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Wahid Omar |
Succeeded by | Rizal Rickman Ramli |
Personal details | |
Born | Zeti Akhtar Aziz 27 August 1947 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malayan Union (now Malaysia) |
Parent(s) | Ungku Aziz Azah Aziz |
Alma mater | University of Malaya University of Pennsylvania |
Profession | Economist |
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Ungku Zeti Akhtar binti Ungku Abdul Aziz (born 27 August 1947) was the 7th Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia's central bank. She served as Governor from 2000 to 2016, and was the first woman in the position and at 16 years, the longest to hold the position. Zeti was one of the members of the Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) in Mahathir's second administration, a special advisory council advising the government on economic and financial matters during this transitional period.[1]