Aminuddin Ihsan
Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Aminuddin Ihsan | |||||||||||||
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| أمين الدين إحسان | |||||||||||||
Aminuddin Ihsan in 2024 | |||||||||||||
| 7th Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports | |||||||||||||
| In office 30 January 2018 – 7 June 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Monarch | Hassanal Bolkiah | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Halbi Mohammad Yussof | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Nazmi Mohamad | ||||||||||||
| 8th Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces | |||||||||||||
| In office 31 December 2009 – 29 January 2014 | |||||||||||||
| Deputy | Mohammad Tawih | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Halbi Mohammad Yussof | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Tawih | ||||||||||||
| 7th Commander of the Royal Brunei Land Force | |||||||||||||
| In office 12 December 2008 – 13 November 2009 | |||||||||||||
| Deputy | Yussof Abdul Rahman | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Rosli Chuchu | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yussof Abdul Rahman | ||||||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 1966 Brunei | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Nurhayana Janis Abdullah | ||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Abidin Abdul Rashid (father) Fatimah Razali (mother) | ||||||||||||
| Education | Australian Defence College | ||||||||||||
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| Military service | |||||||||||||
| Branch/service | Royal Brunei Land Force | ||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1988–2014 | ||||||||||||
| Rank | Major General | ||||||||||||
| Unit | First Battalion RBLF Auxiliary Battalion RBLF International Monitoring Team | ||||||||||||
| Commands | Head of Research Wing Strategic Planning Ministry of Defence Second Battalion RBLF Training Institute RBAF | ||||||||||||
Aminuddin Ihsan bin Haji Abidin (born 23 July 1966) is a Bruneian civil servant, diplomat, and military officer. He served as the commander of the Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF) from 2008 to 2009 and later as the commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) from 2009 to 2014. Following his military career, he was appointed Brunei's high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2018 before serving as the minister of culture, youth, and sports (MCYS) from 2018 to 2022. Additionally, he led Brunei’s first contingent in the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in Mindanao.