Zeti Akhtar Aziz
| Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz | |
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| 7th Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia | |
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In office 1 May 2000 – 30 April 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ali Abul Hassan bin Sulaiman |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad bin Ibrahim |
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| Born |
Ungku Zeti Akhtar binti Ungku Abdul Aziz August 27, 1947 Johor Bahru, Johor, Federation of Malaya |
| Nationality | Malaysia |
| Parents |
Ungku Aziz Sharifah Azah Mohamed Alsagoff |
| Alma mater |
University of Malaya University of Pennsylvania |
| Profession | Economist |
| Religion | Islam |
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Tan Sri Dato' Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz was the 7th Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia's central bank. She was governor from 2000 to 2016, and was the first woman in the position.
Zeti Akhtar Aziz was born in Johor Bahru, Johor on 27 August 1947, to father Royal Professor Ungku Aziz, who is of Malay, Circassian and English descent, and mother Sharifah Azah Mohamed Alsagoff, who was of Hadhrami Arab and Malay descent.
Zeti received early education at Assunta High School, Petaling Jaya in 1958. She then completed her Form 6 in St. John's Institution, Kuala Lumpur. In 1970, she received a bachelor's degree in Economics from University Malaya.
She continued her studies in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, receiving a PhD in monetary and international economics in 1978. As part of her PhD, dissertation she carried out pioneering work on capital flows and its implications for monetary policy.
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