{"id":10326,"date":"2025-01-31T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/?p=10326"},"modified":"2025-02-01T08:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T00:35:09","slug":"malaysia-welcomes-23rd-chief-of-defence-force-in-official-handover-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/malaysia-welcomes-23rd-chief-of-defence-force-in-official-handover-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Welcomes 23rd Chief of Defence Force in Official Handover Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KUALA LUMPUR, January 31, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Malaysia\u2019s <strong>23rd Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Datuk Haji Mohd Nizam Jaffar,<\/strong> officially took command of the <strong>Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM)<\/strong> today in a prestigious <strong>handover ceremony at Wisma Pertahanan, Kuala Lumpur.<\/strong>The transition of power saw <strong>outgoing Chief of Defence Forces, General Tan Sri Dato\u2019 Seri Mohammad Ab Rahman,<\/strong> formally passing the leadership baton to <strong>General Mohd Nizam Jaffar<\/strong>, with <strong>Malaysia\u2019s Defence Minister, Dato&#8217; Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin,<\/strong> witnessing the historic event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:35.70999%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000168835-1024x576.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000168835-1024x576.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000168835-1024x576.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1080&#038;ssl=1 1080w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"608\" data-id=\"10329\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/?attachment_id=10329\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000168835-1024x576.jpg\" data-width=\"1080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000168835-1024x576.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 5 in full-screen\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; 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Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin,<\/strong> witnessing the historic event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A New Era for Malaysia\u2019s Military Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:43.35652%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000168844-1024x758.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000168844-1024x758.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000168844-1024x758.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1080&#038;ssl=1 1080w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"799\" data-id=\"10336\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/?attachment_id=10336\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000168844-1024x758.jpg\" data-width=\"1080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mymilitarytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000168844-1024x758.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 4 in full-screen\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; 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