RAFIAH SALIM (MALAYSIA) TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
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SG/A/648
BIO/3094
RAFIAH SALIM (MALAYSIA) TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
19970827 Biographical Note This statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Rafiah Salim, a national of Malaysia, as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management. Mrs. Salim's appointment will be effective on 15 October 1997. She will succeed Denis Halliday who is taking up his appointment as Humanitarian Coordinator of the Oil-for-Food Programme on 1 September 1997.
Mrs. Salim has been Assistant Governor at the Bank Negara Malaysia (Central Bank of Malaysia) since 1995, responsible for human resources management and legal affairs. Between 1991 and 1995, she worked as General Manager, Human Resource Department, of the Malayan Banking Berhad. Mrs. Salim also headed the Legal Department of that bank. As General Manager, she introduced and implemented improvements relating to performance management and computer systems for human resource management, as well as handling industrial relations, welfare activities of employees and development programmes and training.
From 1974 to 1988, Mrs. Salim worked in various capacities in the Faculty of Law of the University of Malaya where she rose to become the Dean of the Law Faculty.
Mrs. Salim holds the LL.B. and LL.M. degrees from Queen's University of Belfast and is an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaysia. She is married and has four children.
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