Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak

Ahmad Fuzi bin Abdul Razak (Jawi: أحمد فوزي بن عبدالرزاق; born 8 January 1949) is a Malaysian diplomat who served as the 8th Governor of Penang from May 2021 to April 2025.

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Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dato' Seri Utama Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak SMN PSM DUPN SPDK DSLJ DMPN DSPN JSM AMN
أحمد فوزي عبدالرزاق‎


8th Governor of Penang
In office 1 May 2021 – 30 April 2025
Chief Minister	Chow Kon Yeow
Preceded by	Abdul Rahman Abbas
Succeeded by	Ramli Ngah Talib
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office 4 July 2001 – 7 January 2006
Preceded by	Abdul Kadir Mohamad
Succeeded by	Rastam Mohd Isa
7th High Commissioner of Malaysia to Bangladesh
In office 10 June 1992 – December 1994
Preceded by	Tunku Nazihah Tunku Mohd Rus
Succeeded by	Mahyuddin Abdul Rahman

Personal details
Born	Ahmad Fuzi bin Abdul Razak (1949-01-08) 8 January 1949 (age 76) Sungai Bakap, Penang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Spouse	Khadijah Mohd Nor
Children	2
Education	Bukit Mertajam High School
Alma mater	University of Malaya (BA)
Occupation	Civil servant

Early life and education

Ahmad Fuzi was born at Sungai Bakap, Penang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia). He had his primary education at King Edward VII School in Taiping and Stowell School Bukit Mertajam, secondary education at the Bukit Mertajam High School, higher secondary education at the Anderson School, Ipoh before graduating from the University of Malaya (UM) in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons). He also attended the UK Foreign Service Programme at Oxford University where he obtained a Certificate in Diplomacy in 1974.^[1]

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Civil service

Ahmad Fuzi joined Malaysian Administrative and Diplomatic Service in 1972 as an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Throughout the years, he served as a diplomat in Moscow, The Hague, Canberra and Washington, D.C. He headed the Malaysian High Commission in Dhaka from 1992 to 1994. He served as Deputy Secretary-General from 1997 to 2001, as Secretary-General until 2006 and as Ambassador-at-Large until 2009.

As Secretary-General, he played a prominent role in organizing the NAM Summit and the OIC Summit, both in 2003, and the ASEAN Summit and related summits in 2005.^[2] He also led Malaysian delegation to the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting and the Senior Officials Meeting of the bilateral Joint Commissions between Malaysia and the relevant countries.

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Business and economic career

After leaving public service, Ahmad Fuzi has served as chairman and director in various companies, including ACE Holdings Berhad,^[3] ACE Investment Bank Limited,^[3] Takaful Malaysia Berhad, asiaEP Resources Berhad, Seremban Engineering Berhad, Puncak Niaga Holdings Berhad and Maybank Islamic Berhad.^[2]

Ahmad Fuzi has also been Secretary-General of WIEF from 2008. As such, he was known for the success of WIEF forums all over the world such as London, Dubai, Islamabad, Kuwait, Astana, Jakarta, with the last WIEF Forum held in Kuching in 2017 and the only WIEF Roundtable Series held in Kota Kinabalu in 2020.