Special-Adviser-to-His-Majesty-and-Minister-at-the-Prime-Ministers-Office

 

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YANG BERHORMAT PEHIN ORANG KAYA LAILA SETIA BAKTI DI-RAJA DATO LAILA UTAMA HAJI AWANG ISA
BIN PEHIN DATU PERDANA MANTERI DATO LAILA UTAMA HAJI AWANG IBRAHIM

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Qualifications and Appointments

• July 1961 : B.A. Honours (Law), University of Southampton, England
• February 1962 : Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple, London
• March 1962 : Joined Government service as Assisting Counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Legal Department
• April – December 1962 : Attachment with the Attorney General's Chambers in Kuala Lumpur as Deputy Public Prosecutor, Federation of Malaya
• February 1963 : Secretary to Brunei Delegation at negotiations on merger with Malaysia
• September 1965 : Appointed Assistant Attorney General
• January 1968 : Appointed Deputy Attorney General. On a number of occasions, also acted as Attorney General during the absence of the Attorney General
• May 1968 : Conferred the Title of Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Setia Bakti Di-Raja
• October 1970 : Appointed Deputy Menteri Besar (Deputy Chief Minister)
• October 1971 : Appointed to the post of General Adviser to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
• November 1974 – Januari 1984 : Founding Chairman of Royal Brunei Airlines
• October 1986 to 24th May 2005 : Appointed Special Adviser to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam in the Prime Minister's Office and Minister of Home Affairs
• July 1995 : Conferred Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD.) by University of Southampton
• February 2011 – February 2015 : Appointed as Speaker of Legislative Council ​

• Family Order of Brunei 1st Class - Darjah Kerabat Laila Utama Yang Amat Dihormati - D.K. (Laila Utama)
• Order of the Crown of Brunei 1st Class - Darjah Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei Yang Amat Mulia Darjah Pertama - S.P.M.B.
• Order of Loyalty to the State of Brunei 2nd Class - Darjah Setia Negara Brunei Yang Amat Bahagia Darjah Kedua - D.S.N.B.
• Pingat Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan Darjah Pertama (Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Medal – P.H.B.S.)
• Pingat Bakti Laila Ikhlas (P.B.L.I.)
• Pingat Jasa Kebaktian (Meritorius Service Medal – P.J.K.)
• Pingat Kerja Lama (P.K.L.)
• 1969 : Conferred by Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II the award of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
• February 1972 : Conferred by Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II the award of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)