Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Malaysia)

The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (abbreviation: DIG) is the second most senior police rank of a senior officer in the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) above the rank of Commissioner of Police (CP) and below that of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP).

Deputy Inspector-General of Royal Malaysia Police
Incumbent Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay since 23 June 2023
Royal Malaysia Police
Style	Yang Berbahagia
Type	Deputy inspector general of police
Abbreviation	DIG
Reports to	Minister of Home Affairs
Seat	Jalan Bukit Aman, Tasik Perdana, 50560 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Appointer	Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Term length	mandatory retirement age at 60
Constituting instrument	Police (Malaysia) Act 1967
Formation	1958

Appointment

According to the Federal Constitution, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall first appoint a deputy inspector-general of police to preside over the police force according to Article 140 (4)(5) with the consent of His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the Prime Minister's advice on the Police Force Commission's certificate. This person must be a Malaysian citizen.

Coat of Arms and Clothing

The DIGP's shirt is dark blue same as other police officers, with a crown, a double keris and four stars as shoulder insignia. The collar badge has a leaf pattern. The police cap has white double rice ears decoration.

List of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police

Since 1958, a total of 29 Deputy Inspectors-General of Police have been appointed. The list is as follows:^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]}

No.	Portrait	Deputy Inspector-General	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1.		Claude Fenner	2 June 1958 (1958-06-02)	17 September 1958 (1958-09-17)	108 days
2.		Unknown
3.		Unknown
4.		Abdul Rahman Hashim	31 January 1972	31 January 1973	1 year, 1 day
5.		Mohammed Hanif Omar	11 February 1973 (1973-02-11)	7 June 1974 (1974-06-07)	1 year, 127 days
6.		Unknown
7.		Unknown
8.		Mohd Amin Osman	January 1979	December 1985	6 years
9.		Abdul Kudus Alias	Unknown
10.		Abdul Rahim Mohd Noor	14 June 1989	15 January 1994	4 years, 216 days
11.		Tan Sri Samsuri Arshad (b.1942)	16 January 1994	5 May 1997	3 years, 110 days
12.		Tan Sri Norian Mai (b.1946)	6 May 1997	7 January 1999	1 year, 247 days
13.		Tan Sri Mohd Jamil Johari (b.1947)	8 January 1999	12 May 2002	3 years, 125 days
14.		Tan Sri Mohd Bakri Omar (b.1948–2014)	13 May 2002	5 November 2003	1 year, 177 days
15.		Tan Sri Mohd Sedek Mohd Ali (1949–2010)	13 January 2004	3 January 2005	357 days
16.		Tan Sri Musa Hassan (b.1951)	4 January 2005	10 September 2006	1 year, 250 days
17.		Tan Sri Mohd Najib Abdul Aziz (b.1950)	11 September 2006	12 November 2007	1 year, 63 days
18.		Tan Sri Ismail Omar (b.1953)	12 November 2007	12 September 2010	2 years, 304 days
19.		Dato' Sri Hussin Ismail (b.1953)	13 September 2010	14 April 2011	214 days
20.		Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar (b.1957)	15 April 2011	16 May 2013	2 years, 32 days
21.		Tan Sri Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin (b.1954)	17 May 2013	6 September 2014	1 year, 113 days
22.		Mohamad Fuzi Harun (Acting)	7 September 2014	2 December 2014	87 days
23.		Tan Sri Noor Rashid Ibrahim (b.1958)	3 December 2014	14 March 2019	4 years, 102 days
24.		Abdul Hamid Bador (Acting)	15 March 2019	3 May 2019	50 days
25.		Tan Sri Mazlan Mansor (b.1960)	9 May 2019	13 August 2020	1 year, 97 days
26.		Dato' Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani (b.1961)	14 August 2020	3 May 2021	263 days
27.		Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim (b.1961)	25 June 2021	25 December 2021	184 days
28.		Tan Sri Razarudin Husain (b.1963)	26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)	22 June 2023	1 year, 179 days
29.		Tan Sri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay (b.1966)	23 June 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 58 days