Dr Habibah Binti Abdul Rahim

Director- General Ministry of Education (Malaysia)

Dr Habibah started her career in 1986 as a teacher before advancing her service in various organisations in the Ministry. She earned a bachelor's degree with honours in Biology from the University of Salford, the United Kingdom in 1984 before furthering her studies in Master's Degree in Education at University of Bristol, the United Kingdom in 1993. She obtained a doctorate in education from Stanford University in California, the United States in 2001. 

Among the positions she has held in the ministry are deputy director-general (policy and curriculum sector), education planning and policy research director, performance and delivery unit (Padu) executive director and senior lecturer at Aminuddin Baki Institute.