Published: 2009/06/17
THE government yesterday appointed Datuk Noriyah Ahmad as director-general of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) at the Prime Minister's Department.
The appointment, to be effective from tomorrow, is to replace Tan Sri Dr Sulaiman Mahbob who completes his service today.In a statement released yesterday, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Sidek Hassan said Noriyah, 57, was appointed based on her wide experience in the economic field during her time in public service.She was involved in Malaysia's economic planning and development while holding various posts.
Among others, she was deputy director-general of strategic programme and allocation in the EPU from August 1 2007.Noriyah was also deputy director-general (macro) in the EPU from 2005 to 2007, apart from holding other strategic posts prior to that.She holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Kent and also a graduate in economics from the Universiti Malaya. Noriyah started work in the civil service in August 1975."I believe her wide experience and deep knowledge in developmental economics and management will enable her to lead the EPU in advising the government on socio-economic issues and ensure that the EPU contributes towards achieving the '1Malaysia' concept, Nasional Mission and also Vision 2020," Sidek said in the statement.
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