Kamilah Hanifah

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Hanifah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Kamilah. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Kamilah Hanifah
کاميله هانيفه
Ambassador Kamilah in 2018
Ambassador of Brunei to Japan
In office
10 May 2017 – 2018
Preceded byMahamud Ahmad
Succeeded byShahbudin Musa
Personal details
BornBrunei
OccupationDiplomat

Kamilah binti Haji Mohd Hanifah is a Bruneian diplomat who became the ambassador to Japan since 2017, and the former consul general in Hong Kong.[1]

Diplomatic career

Kamilah was a Senior Special Duties Officer in the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) earlier in her career.[2][3] She would later be appointed as the consul general in Hong Kong.[4] Song Zhe met with her on 5 November 2012, to discuss their respective perspectives on bilateral ties as well as Hong Kong and Brunei's interchange and collaboration.[5]

On 28 February 2017, Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah consented to meet Kamilah and the other recently nominated ambassadors from Brunei. Earlier on the 15th, she got the Letter of Appointment from Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.[6][7] On 10 May, she presented her credentials to Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[8] Motohiko Kato and her signed diplomatic notes on 24 August 2018, in Tokyo, to amend the agreement's attachment regarding air services in order to encourage the liberalization of air travel between the two nations.[9]

During the symposium's closing remarks on 1 March 2018, Kamilah, the chair of the ASEAN-Japan Center, mentioned that the ASEAN member states have been collaborating closely with one another as well as with allies like Japan to create a peaceful, prosperous, and inclusive region. She also said that as ASEAN moves toward open regionalism and confronts the rising tendency of protectionism in the ensuing ten years.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Royal Brunei Airlines Celebrating 40 Years of Flight in Hong Kong". www.flyroyalbrunei.com. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  2. ^ ASEAN-China Centre (26 January 2016). "ACC Secretary-General Met with Minister at the Prime Minister's Office and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II of Brunei Darussalam". www.asean-china-center.org. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ^ OECD (31 July 2008). APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform Enhancing Market Openness Through Regulatory Reform Proceedings of the Sixth APEC-OECD Workshop on Regulatory Reform, Pucon, Chile, May 2004: Proceedings of the Sixth APEC-OECD Workshop on Regulatory Reform, Pucon, Chile, May 2004. OECD Publishing. ISBN 978-92-64-05147-8.
  4. ^ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Consulate General of Brunei Darussalam in Hong Kong SAR (People's Republic of China)". www.mfa.gov.bn. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Commissioner Song Zhe met with Consul General of Brunei Darussalam in Hong Kong". hk.ocmfa.gov.cn. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  6. ^ "DPMM berkenan menerima mengadap". www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn (in Malay). 28 February 2017. pp. Aimi Sani. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  7. ^ Mohamad Azmi Awang Damit (15 February 2017). "DUTA BESAR BRUNEI DARUSSALAM". www.infofoto.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  8. ^ "駐日ブルネイ大使の信任状捧呈". www.mofa.go.jp (in Japanese). 10 May 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Amendment of the Attachment of the Agreement between Japan and Brunei Darussalam for Air Services". www.bn.emb-japan.go.jp. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Reflecting on 50 years of collaboration" (PDF). www.asean.or.jp. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ambassador of Brunei to Japan
10 May 2017 – 2018 		Succeeded by