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Hasagaya Abdullah

Yang Berbahagia Lieutenant General Dato' Hasagaya bin Abdullah PSAT DSAP DMSM PAT JSM KAT KMN PJM
1st Director General of National Security Council
In office 15 August 2016 – 31 August 2018
Monarchs	Muhammad V Abdullah
Prime Minister	Najib Razak Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Mohamed Thajudeen Abdul Wahab
Succeeded by	Engku Hamzah Tuan Mat
18th Chief of Defence Forces
In office 15 June 2011 – 16 December 2016
Monarchs	Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim Muhammad V
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Minister of Defence	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi Hishammuddin Hussein
Preceded by	Azizan Ariffin RMAF
Succeeded by	Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor
23rd Chief of Army
In office 21 May 2010 – 14 June 2011
Preceded by	Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin
Succeeded by	Zulkifli Zainal Abidin
Personal details
Nationality	Malaysia
Spouse	Umi Kalsom Wan Awang
Alma mater	Sultan Ismail College Sandhurst Military Academy
Occupation	Senior military officer, senior civil servant
Civilian awards	Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN)
Military service
Allegiance	Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Branch/service	Malaysian Army
Years of service	1974 – 2016
Rank	General
Commands	Army Field Headquarters 3rd Infantry Division Commander of IMT Mission - Mindanao 8th Infantry Brigade Commandant of Army Combat Training Centre
Military awards	Courageous Commander of the Order of Military Service (PGAT)
Mission	IMT Mission - Mindanao 2013 Lahad Datu Standoff

Hasagaya bin Abdullah (Jawi: هاسڬاي بن عبدالله; born November 1, 1963) is a Malaysian military officer who is currently serving as the 24th Deputy Chief of the Army.

Background

He was born in Segamat, Johor.

He joined the Malaysian Army on December 1, 1981 and underwent officer training at the Officer Candidate School, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. After a year of training, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Malay Regiment on December 18, 1982.

As an infantry officer, his first command, in 1983, was as platoon commander of 6th Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment. He was appointed as a company commander in the 9th Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment in 1997 and served as the commanding officer of 17th Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment from 2003 to 2004.

He was appointed as the deputy commander of the 10th Parachute Brigade in 2008 and served in that position until 2011. He was subsequently appointed as commander of the 3rd Brigade on September 2011, commander of the 30th Brigade from September 2012 to October 2013, and commander of the 10th Parachute Brigade in 2015. He then went on to command the 3rd Division from 2016 to September 2018.

On 19 September, 2018, he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed as the 24th Deputy Chief of the Army.

He holds a Master of Defence Studies from the University of Canberra, a Master of Social Sciences from the National University of Malaysia, and a Master of Science in National Security and War Studies from the National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

He has also attended the Australian Army Command And Staff College Course at Fort Queenscliff, Australia in 1999, the Advanced Security Cooperation Course at the Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii, United States, the National Security and War Course at the National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2012, and finally the High Defence Studies Course for Senior Officers Asia Pacific, in Madrid, Spain in 2015.