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== Career ==
== Career ==
Raja Reza was an advisor to the Malaysian Embassy in [[Jakarta]] from 2007 until 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-26 |title=Portal - Head of Mission |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926130900/http://www.kln.gov.my/web/ukr_kiev/head_mission |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.kln.gov.my}}</ref> After this, he served as the [[Malaysia and the United Nations|Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations]]' (UN) [[chargé d'affaires]] while also holding the post of Deputy Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the [[Headquarters of the United Nations|UN in New York]] from 2013 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-22 |title=MALAYSIA URGES ALL PARTIES TO REFRAIN FROM VIOLENCE IN SYRIA |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922135815/https://esscom.gov.my/?p=2654 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=esscom.gov.my}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-22 |title=Laman Web Rasmi Darjah Kebesaran Negeri Selangor Darul Ehsan |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922140233/http://awards.selangor.gov.my/awards/popup2.php?nb=1425 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=awards.selangor.gov.my}}</ref> After then, he became the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs]], leading the Department of West Asia, from 2016 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-16 |title=Iraqi Embassy to Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116231211/http://mofamission.gov.iq/en/Malaysia&article=15369 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=mofamission.gov.iq |language=en}}</ref>
Raja Reza was an advisor to the Malaysian Embassy in [[Jakarta]] from 2007 until 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-26 |title=Portal - Head of Mission |url=http://www.kln.gov.my/web/ukr_kiev/head_mission |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.kln.gov.my|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926130900/http://www.kln.gov.my/web/ukr_kiev/head_mission |archive-date=26 September 2018 }}</ref> After this, he served as the [[Malaysia and the United Nations|Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations]]' (UN) [[chargé d'affaires]] while also holding the post of Deputy Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the [[Headquarters of the United Nations|UN in New York]] from 2013 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-22 |title=MALAYSIA URGES ALL PARTIES TO REFRAIN FROM VIOLENCE IN SYRIA |url=https://esscom.gov.my/?p=2654 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=esscom.gov.my|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922135815/https://esscom.gov.my/?p=2654 |archive-date=22 September 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-22 |title=Laman Web Rasmi Darjah Kebesaran Negeri Selangor Darul Ehsan |url=http://awards.selangor.gov.my/awards/popup2.php?nb=1425 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=awards.selangor.gov.my|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922140233/http://awards.selangor.gov.my/awards/popup2.php?nb=1425 |archive-date=22 September 2018 }}</ref> After then, he became the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs]], leading the Department of West Asia, from 2016 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-16 |title=Iraqi Embassy to Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur |url=http://mofamission.gov.iq/en/Malaysia&article=15369 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=mofamission.gov.iq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116231211/http://mofamission.gov.iq/en/Malaysia&article=15369 |archive-date=16 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref>


Raja Reza has been acting as the ambassador to [[Kyiv]] since September 2018.<ref name=":4" /> Notable occasions include delivering copies of [[Letter of credence|credentials]] to [[Sergiy Kyslytsya]], Ukraine's [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)|deputy minister of foreign affairs]], on 7 September 2018,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-07 |title=Посол Малайзії почав місію в Україні |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922101607/https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-polytics/2533496-posol-malajzii-pocav-misiu-v-ukraini.html |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.ukrinform.ua |language=uk}}</ref> and presenting credentials to [[President of Ukraine|President]] [[Petro Poroshenko]] on the 21st.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-21 |title=Президент прийняв вірчі грамоти від послів низки іноземних країн |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922101715/https://www.president.gov.ua/news/prezident-prijnyav-virchi-gramoti-vid-posliv-nizki-inozemnih-49814 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.president.gov.ua |language=uk}}</ref> He invited the media to attend a dinner function on 18 May 2021. The purpose of the event was to reconnect with the media following their last interactions with the embassy and to provide the ambassador with a means of thanking them for their assistance throughout his three-year stay in Kyiv.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-18 |title=DINNER WITH MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA |url=https://www.kln.gov.my/web/ukr_kiev/news-from-mission/-/blogs/dinner-with-members-of-the-media |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.kln.gov.my}}</ref>
Raja Reza has been acting as the ambassador to [[Kyiv]] since September 2018.<ref name=":4" /> Notable occasions include delivering copies of [[Letter of credence|credentials]] to [[Sergiy Kyslytsya]], Ukraine's [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)|deputy minister of foreign affairs]], on 7 September 2018,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-07 |title=Посол Малайзії почав місію в Україні |url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-polytics/2533496-posol-malajzii-pocav-misiu-v-ukraini.html |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.ukrinform.ua |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922101607/https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-polytics/2533496-posol-malajzii-pocav-misiu-v-ukraini.html |archive-date=22 September 2018 |language=uk}}</ref> and presenting credentials to [[President of Ukraine|President]] [[Petro Poroshenko]] on the 21st.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-21 |title=Президент прийняв вірчі грамоти від послів низки іноземних країн |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/news/prezident-prijnyav-virchi-gramoti-vid-posliv-nizki-inozemnih-49814 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.president.gov.ua |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922101715/https://www.president.gov.ua/news/prezident-prijnyav-virchi-gramoti-vid-posliv-nizki-inozemnih-49814 |archive-date=22 September 2018 |language=uk}}</ref> He invited the media to attend a dinner function on 18 May 2021. The purpose of the event was to reconnect with the media following their last interactions with the embassy and to provide the ambassador with a means of thanking them for their assistance throughout his three-year stay in Kyiv.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-18 |title=DINNER WITH MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA |url=https://www.kln.gov.my/web/ukr_kiev/news-from-mission/-/blogs/dinner-with-members-of-the-media |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.kln.gov.my}}</ref>


Raja Reza started working at the Malaysian High Commission in [[Bandar Seri Begawan]] on 12 August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-13 |title=SELAMAT DATANG TYT DATO' RAJA REZA BIN RAJA ZAIB SHAH, PESURUHJAYA TINGGI MALAYSIA KE NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM |url=https://www.kln.gov.my/web/brn_bandar-seri-begawan/news-from-mission/-/blogs/selamat-datang-tyt-dato-raja-reza |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.kln.gov.my |language=ms}}</ref> On 11 October 2021, he gave [[Hassanal Bolkiah|Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah]] his letter of credence. He called [[Halbi bin Mohammad Yussof|Halbi Mohd Yussof]] on 22 November to give him an introduction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-22 |title=MINISTER OF DEFENCE II RECEIVES INTRODUCTORY... |url=https://www.mindef.gov.bn/Lists/News/print.aspx?ID=5491 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.mindef.gov.bn}}</ref> On 1 September 2023, he expressed his pride at the 25,000-strong Malaysian population in the Sultanate, which he claimed was contributing to Brunei's growth and well-being.<ref>{{Cite web |last=James Kon |first= |date=2023-09-01 |title=High Commissioner proud of Malaysians’ contribution to Brunei’s development » Borneo Bulletin Online |url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/high-commissioner-proud-of-malaysians-contribution-to-bruneis-development/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=borneobulletin.com.bn |language=en-US}}</ref>
Raja Reza started working at the Malaysian High Commission in [[Bandar Seri Begawan]] on 12 August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-13 |title=SELAMAT DATANG TYT DATO' RAJA REZA BIN RAJA ZAIB SHAH, PESURUHJAYA TINGGI MALAYSIA KE NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM |url=https://www.kln.gov.my/web/brn_bandar-seri-begawan/news-from-mission/-/blogs/selamat-datang-tyt-dato-raja-reza |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.kln.gov.my |language=ms}}</ref> On 11 October 2021, he gave [[Hassanal Bolkiah|Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah]] his letter of credence. He called [[Halbi bin Mohammad Yussof|Halbi Mohd Yussof]] on 22 November to give him an introduction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-22 |title=MINISTER OF DEFENCE II RECEIVES INTRODUCTORY... |url=https://www.mindef.gov.bn/Lists/News/print.aspx?ID=5491 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.mindef.gov.bn}}</ref> On 1 September 2023, he expressed his pride at the 25,000-strong Malaysian population in the Sultanate, which he claimed was contributing to Brunei's growth and well-being.<ref>{{Cite web |last=James Kon |date=2023-09-01 |title=High Commissioner proud of Malaysians' contribution to Brunei's development » Borneo Bulletin Online |url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/high-commissioner-proud-of-malaysians-contribution-to-bruneis-development/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=borneobulletin.com.bn |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 17:20, 21 June 2024

Raja Reza Zaib Shah
Raja Reza in 2024
High Commissioner of Malaysia to Brunei
Assumed office
22 November 2021
Preceded byIsmail Salam
Ambassador of Malaysia to Ukraine
In office
21 September 2018 – May 2021
Preceded byAyauf Bachi
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
SpouseRoslina Ismail
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Diplomat
  • civil servant

Dato' Raja Reza bin Raja Zaib Shah is a Malaysian diplomat who became the high commissioner to Brunei since 2021, and ambassador to Ukraine from 2018 to 2021.[1]

Career

Raja Reza was an advisor to the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta from 2007 until 2011.[2] After this, he served as the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations' (UN) chargé d'affaires while also holding the post of Deputy Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the UN in New York from 2013 to 2016.[3][4] After then, he became the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, leading the Department of West Asia, from 2016 to 2018.[5]

Raja Reza has been acting as the ambassador to Kyiv since September 2018.[1] Notable occasions include delivering copies of credentials to Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine's deputy minister of foreign affairs, on 7 September 2018,[6] and presenting credentials to President Petro Poroshenko on the 21st.[7] He invited the media to attend a dinner function on 18 May 2021. The purpose of the event was to reconnect with the media following their last interactions with the embassy and to provide the ambassador with a means of thanking them for their assistance throughout his three-year stay in Kyiv.[8]

Raja Reza started working at the Malaysian High Commission in Bandar Seri Begawan on 12 August 2021.[9] On 11 October 2021, he gave Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah his letter of credence. He called Halbi Mohd Yussof on 22 November to give him an introduction.[10] On 1 September 2023, he expressed his pride at the 25,000-strong Malaysian population in the Sultanate, which he claimed was contributing to Brunei's growth and well-being.[11]

Personal life

Raja Reza is married to Datin Roslina binti Haji Ismail.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Current and Past Ambassadors of Malaysia to Ukraine". www.kln.gov.my. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Portal - Head of Mission". www.kln.gov.my. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ "MALAYSIA URGES ALL PARTIES TO REFRAIN FROM VIOLENCE IN SYRIA". esscom.gov.my. 22 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Laman Web Rasmi Darjah Kebesaran Negeri Selangor Darul Ehsan". awards.selangor.gov.my. 22 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Iraqi Embassy to Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur". mofamission.gov.iq. 16 November 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Посол Малайзії почав місію в Україні". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 7 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Президент прийняв вірчі грамоти від послів низки іноземних країн". www.president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 21 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  8. ^ "DINNER WITH MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA". www.kln.gov.my. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  9. ^ "SELAMAT DATANG TYT DATO' RAJA REZA BIN RAJA ZAIB SHAH, PESURUHJAYA TINGGI MALAYSIA KE NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM". www.kln.gov.my (in Malay). 13 August 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  10. ^ "MINISTER OF DEFENCE II RECEIVES INTRODUCTORY..." www.mindef.gov.bn. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  11. ^ James Kon (1 September 2023). "High Commissioner proud of Malaysians' contribution to Brunei's development » Borneo Bulletin Online". borneobulletin.com.bn. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  12. ^ Mohamad, Lyna (6 March 2023). "Family day returns bigger than ever » Borneo Bulletin Online". Family day returns bigger than ever. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by High Commissioner of Malaysia to Brunei
22 November 2021 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Ambassador of Malaysia to Ukraine
21 September 2018 – May 2021
Succeeded by
Vacant