Malaysian police officerFor the Saudi Arabian footballer, see Ismail Omar (footballer).

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Omar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ismail.

Tan Sri Haji Ismail bin Haji Omar (Jawi: اسماعيل بن عمر; born 17 May 1953) is a retired Malaysian police officer who served as the ninth Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia succeeding Tan Sri Musa H*an and was succeeded by Khalid Abu Bakar. On 13 September 2013 he was appointed the Amb*ador of Malaysia to France by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah.

Contents

• 1 Educational background
• 2 Career
• 3 After Retirement
• 4 Honours
  • 4.1 Honours of Malaysia
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Educational background

He holds a law degree from International Islamic University Malaysia, he then furthered his studies at the Kuala Kubu Bahru Police College. In 1971, he was commissioned as the Probationary Inspector.

Career

Ismail was a Criminal Investigating Officer at the District Police Headquarters (IPD) of Seremban in 1972 and in IPD of Kuala Pilah in 1975 before he was transferred to the IPD of Ipoh in 1977 as a Traffic Investigator, and to the IPD of Kerian in 1978 as a Criminal Investigator.

In 1983, he was promoted to *istant Superintendent of Police and posted to the Federal Police Headquarters as one of the officers-in-charge in disciplinary investigations. He was made the prosecuting officer in Ipoh in 1994 before being promoted as Seberang Perai Tengah OCPD in 1996.

In 1999 he was promoted to ranks of *istant Commissioner of Police and was made head of the CID Legal and Prosecution Affairs in Bukit Aman. He then moved up the ranks and was made *istant CID Director in 2004 with the rank of Second Senior *istant Commissioner.

He was promoted as the deputy director of the Narcotics Crimes Investigations Department in 2005 with the rank of first senior *istant commissioner. In 2005, he was promoted to deputy commissioner of police and was tasked to head the Selangor Police contingent.

Later, he was promoted and made director of management with the rank of commissioner. Hardly a year later, he was appointed as Deputy Inspector General of Police.

On 13 September 2010, the monarch appointed him as the Malaysian IGP.

After Retirement

Ismail was appointed as Malaysia's Amb*ador to France in 2013-2015. He later joined NSTP Berhad as chairman in 2017.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• :Malaysia::
  • Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) - Tan Sri (2008)
  • Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (P.M.N.) - Tan Sri (2011)
• :Kedah
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (D.S.D.K.) - Dato’ (2006)
  • Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (S.S.D.K.) - Dato’ Seri (2008)
• :Pahang
  • Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (S.S.A.P.) - Dato’ Sri (2008)
• :Kelantan
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Loyalty to the Crown of Kelantan (S.P.S.K.) - Dato’ (2009)
• :Selangor
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (S.P.M.S.) - Dato’ Seri (2010)
• :Perak
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Taming Sari (S.P.T.S.) - Dato’ Seri Panglima (2010)
• :Penang
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (D.P.P.N.) - Dato’ Seri (2011)
• :Perlis
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (S.P.M.P.) - Dato’ Seri (2012)
• :Malacca
  • Knight Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (D.C.S.M.) - Datuk Wira (2012)
• :Federal Territory (Malaysia)
  • Grand Knight of the Order of the Territorial Crown (S.U.M.W.) - Datuk Seri Utama (2013)
• :Terengganu
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (S.P.M.T.) - Dato’ (2013)
• :Sabah
  • Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (S.P.D.K) - Datuk Seri Panglima (2013)

References

External links

• Royal Malaysian Police