Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun
Mohammed Hanif Omar
SSM PMN SPSN DSA SPTS SPMJ SIMP SSSA SPNS DA SPMP DHMS KMN PPT
محمد حنيف عمر‎
4th Inspector-General of Police (Malaysia)
In office
8 June 1974 – 15 January 1994
MonarchsAbdul Halim
Yahya Petra
Ahmad Shah
Iskandar
Azlan Shah
MinisterGhazali Shafie
Musa Hitam
Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded byAbdul Rahman Hashim
Succeeded byAbdul Rahim Mohd Noor
Personal details
Born (1939-01-16) 16 January 1939
Teluk Intan, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
SpouseHamidah Abdul Hamid
Children5
Alma materUniversity of Buckingham
University of Malaya, Singapore

Tun Mohammed Hanif bin Omar (Jawi: محمد حنيف بن عمر; born 16 January 1939)[1] is a retired Malaysian police officer who served as the 4th Inspector-General of Royal Malaysia Police from June 1974 to January 1994. He was the longest-serving Inspector General of Police for 20 years.

Born in Teluk Intan, Perak, Hanif Omar became the Malacca Police Chief on 7 September 1970 and later the Selangor Police Chief on 6 December 1971. He was appointed as the Deputy Inspector General of Police on 1 February 1973.

Police career

  • Central Malacca Investigating Officer - April 1960
  • Assistant Jasin District Police Chief, Malacca - 20 November 1960
  • Assistant Officer in Charge of Criminal Investigation (South) Pahang - 2 December 1960
  • Special Branch Staff Officer, Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur - 16 January 1962
  • Selangor Special Branch Staff Officer - 8 August 1966
  • Ipoh District Police Chief, Perak - 20 July 1967
  • Chief of Staff (Police) of the National Operations Council - 18 May 1969
  • Head of Selangor Special Branch - 20 December 1969
  • Malacca Police Chief - 7 September 1970
  • Selangor Police Chief - 6 December 1971
  • Director of Special Branch - 31 January 1973
  • Deputy Inspector General of Police - 1 February 1973
  • Inspector General of Police - 8 June 1974 to 15 January 1994

During his tenure as Inspector General of Police, he founded the elite counter terrorist unit, Special Actions Unit on 1 January 1975. He also take part command rescue operation in the 1975 AIA building hostage crisis in August 1975. In addition, he also renamed Bluff Road Police Station to Royal Malaysia Police Headquarters, Bukit Aman on 25 March 1975. On 8 June 1976, Hanif announced all police recruit will be served in Police Field Force before being assigned to other unit, this was ensure that all young policemen will be able tackle any emergency situation once they equipped with jungle training.[2]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Foreign Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Tun Mohammed Haniff Bin Omar". National Archives of Malaysia. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Move for jungle training". New Nation. 8 June 1976. p. 3.
  3. ↑ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1970" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1976" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1993" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Hanif heads list of 1,415 people honoured on King's 65th birthday". New Straits Times. 5 June 1993. p. 4.
  7. ↑ "174 orang terima anugerah harijadi Sultan Perak Paling ramai terima pingat tahun ini". Berita Harian. 15 September 1969. p. 5.
  8. ↑ "SPMP 1974". pingat.perak.gov.my.
  9. ↑ "SPTS 1978". pingat.perak.gov.my.
  10. ↑ "Perak Mufti and former IGP to receive DSA award". www.thestar.com.my. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Hanif Omar heads list of 333 recipients of Perak honours". New Straits Times. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "Former IGP among 333 in Perak Sultan's 60th birthday awards". The Star. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  13. ↑ Trengganu Ruler tops awards list. 24 October 1981. p. 4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  14. ↑ "Pengurniaan Darjah Kebesaran Bergelar Bagi Tahun 1990 Mengikut Negeri" (PDF). Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "SSSA 1992". awards.selangor.gov.my.
  16. ↑ "Pengurniaan Darjah Kebesaran Bergelar Bagi Tahun 1992 Mengikut Negeri" (PDF). Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "Pengurniaan Darjah Kebesaran Bergelar Bagi Tahun 1993 Mengikut Negeri" (PDF). Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "Ketua polis Malaysia terima pingat cemerlang". 23 June 1993. p. 1.
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