Hisham Hanifah
{{Short description|Bruneian politician and civil servant (born 1967)}}
{{Malay name|Hisham|Mohd Hanifah|note=on}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Dato Seri Paduka
| name = Hisham Hanifah
| honorific-suffix = SPMB DPMB
| image = Hisham Hanifah.jpg
| caption = Hisham in 2024
| office1 = Deputy Minister of Finance
| term_start1 = 22 October 2015
| term_end1 = 30 January 2018
| monarch1 = Hassanal Bolkiah
| minister1 = Hassanal Bolkiah
Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
| successor1 = Ahmaddin Abdul Rahman
| predecessor1 = Bahrin Abdullah
| alongside1 = Amin Liew Abdullah
| birth_place = Brunei
| alma_mater = {{ubil|Lancashire Polytechnic (BA)}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Politician
- civil servant}}
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967|05}}
| native_name = {{no bold| هشام حنيفه}}
| relations = {{Ubil|Abdul Halim (brother)|Mohamad Azmi (brother)|Wafi Aminuddin (nephew)|Afi Aminuddin (nephew)}}
}}
Hisham bin Haji Mohd Hanifah (born May 1967){{Cite web |title=Dato Seri Paduka Haji Hisham HAJI MOHD HANIFAH personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/G107PoVqxLlyGouzbv5AQH18lec/appointments |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}} or sometimes spelled Hisyam,{{Cite news |last=Md. Zain |first=Norliah |date=2015-10-24 |title=Lantikan Menteri Kabinet Baru 2015 - 2020 |url=https://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn/Arkib%20Dokumen/2015/Oktober/pelitabrunei_241015.pdf |access-date=2024-01-31 |work=www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn |pages=32 |language=ms}} is a Bruneian politician and civil servant from who was previously appointed as the Deputy Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2018, alongside Amin Liew Abdullah.{{Cite web |title=Menteri-Menteri Kabinet Negara Brunei Darussalam 2015-2020 |url=https://www.information.gov.bn/PublishingImages/SitePages/Poster%20Menteri-Menteri%20Kabinet%20Negara%20Brunei%20Darussalam%202015-2020/POSTER%20MK%202015-2020.pdf |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=www.information.gov.bn |language=ms}}
Education and early career
Hisham was born in May 1967.{{Cite web |title=Dato Seri Paduka Haji Hisham HAJI MOHD HANIFAH personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/G107PoVqxLlyGouzbv5AQH18lec/appointments |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}} In 1991, he received his Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting from Lancashire Polytechnic in the United Kingdom. Following his August 1991 enlistment in the government, he has held a number of positions. They included an accountant from the Ministry of Finance's Deputy Permanent Secretary, an accountant from the Revenue Division, an accountant from the Treasury Department, and an assistant director of the budget division. He served as the Ministry of Finance's Permanent Secretary (Policy and Investment) before taking on his current role.{{Cite web |title=Ministry of Finance and Economy - deputy-minister-of-finance-fiscal_copy(1) |url=https://www.mofe.gov.bn/SitePages/deputy-minister-of-finance-fiscal_copy(1).aspx |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=www.mofe.gov.bn}}
Ministerial career
In the 2015 cabinet reshuffle on 22 October, Hisham was appointed deputy minister of finance. He was present in the Malaysian Food Festival, which was organised by Royal Brunei Catering (RBC) and Malaysian Tourism from 6 April to 6 May 2017.{{Cite web |date=2017-06-04 |title=Malaysia Food Festival |url=https://www.kln.gov.my/web/brn_bandar-seri-begawan/news-from-mission/-/blogs/malaysia-food-festival_2 |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=www.kln.gov.my}} His tenure as deputy minister ended after a cabinet reshuffle on 30 January 2018.{{Cite web |last=Bandial |first=Ain |date=2018-01-30 |title=HM: Cabinet reshuffle is of 'vital importance' |url=http://thescoop.co/2018/01/30/hm-cabinet-reshuffle-vital-importance/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=The Scoop |language=en-GB}}
Other positions
Hisham holds positions as a committee or board member in various organisations, including the National Security Committee, Institut Teknologi Brunei, Semaun Holdings, Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB),{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.bdcb.gov.bn/about-bdcb/board-management |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=www.bdcb.gov.bn}} Khazanah Satu, Royal Brunei Airlines from 2008 to 2018 (RBA). Additionally, he was the chairman of other organisations including RBC, RBA Golf Club, Mulaut Abattoir, Telekom Brunei (Telbru), Makan Ceria, National Syariah Financial Supervisory Board, and the deputy chairman of the investment committee of the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation.
Honours
He has earned the following honours:
- 50x50px Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei First Class (SPMB; 15 July 2017) – Dato Seri Paduka;{{Cite web |last=Nooratini Haji Abas |date=2017-07-17 |title=Seramai 35 orang menerima Bintang Kebesaran NBD |url=https://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn/Arkib%20Dokumen/2017/Julai/pelitabrunei_170717.pdf |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn |pages=11 |language=ms}}
- 50x50px Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei Second Class (DPMB; 15 July 2015) – Dato Paduka{{Cite web |title=Sultanate - News {{!}} Negara Brunei Darussalam {{!}} Sultan confers titles at Investiture Ceremony |url=http://www.sultanate.com/news_server/2011/16_jul_5.html |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=www.sultanate.com}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-off}}
{{s-bef
| before = Bahrin Abdullah
}}
{{s-ttl
| title = Deputy Minister of Finance
| years = 22 October 2015 – 30 January 2018
}}
{{s-aft
| after = Ahmaddin Abdul Rahman
}}
{{s-end}}
{{Brunei Cabinet 2015}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanifah, Hisham}}
Category:Bruneian civil servants