List of ambassadors of Malaysia to Myanmar

Ambassador of Malaysia to Myanmar
Incumbent Zahairi Baharim since 3 May 2018
Style	His Excellency
Seat	Yangon, Myanmar
Appointer	Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Inaugural holder	Bahadur Hassan
Formation	5 February 1964
Website	www.kln.gov.my/web/mmr_yangon/home

The ambassador of Malaysia to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is the head of Malaysia's diplomatic mission to Myanmar. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based in the Embassy of Malaysia, Yangon.

History

• In March 1958 the governments in Yangon and Kuala Lumpur established diplomatic relations.
• The first diplomatic Mission of the Government of Malaysia was opened at the Strand Hotel, Yangon.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Myanmar

Ambassador	Term start	Term end
Bahadur Hassan	5 February 1964
Hashim Sultan	7 February 1966
Abdul Rahman Jelol	3 January 1971
Abdul Hamid Pawanchee	24 January 1973
Kassim Mohamad Hussein	18 December 1975
Yusof Ariff Abdul Rahman	8 December 1977
Looi Cheok Hun	26 March 1982
Mohd Amir Jafaar	15 November 1984
Sallenhaddin Abdullah	24 November 1989
John Tenewi Nuek	18 June 1992
Abdul Wahab Harun	27 October 1995
Mohamad Noh	25 March 1999
Cheah Sam Kip	7 May 2002
Shaharuddin Mohamed Som	10 February 2005
Mazlan Muhammad	3 January 2008
Ahmad Faisal Muhamad	9 September 2011
Mohd Haniff Abd Rahman	6 September 2013
Zahairi Baharim	3 May 2018	Incumbent

See also

• Malaysia–Myanmar relations