Abdul Ghani Abdul Aziz

Abdul Ghani was born on 7 November 1944 in Alor Setar and he raised in Taiping, Perak. His father, Abdul Aziz Zain was the 2nd Attorney General of Brunei from 1961 to 1963. He get his education at King Edward VII School, Taiping but he left at form four to continue his education at Malay College Kuala Kangsar.^[3]

He once took a course in civil engineering at Technical College, Kuala Lumpur (later known as University of Technology Malaysia) for a year before he joined as a cadet officer at Federation Military College, Sungai Besi in 1964. He also graduated master in International Relations and Strategic Studies from University of Lancaster in 1981 and master in Arts (Politics) from Royal College of Defence Studies in 1991.^[4]

On 11 March 1993, his predecessor, Mohd Yunus Mohd Tasi handing over chief of Air Force position to Ghani as acting-chief and Ghani held that position definitively on 19 March 1993 and he get rank promotion to lieutenant general.^[5][1] The position he held until his retirement and he passing the baton to his successor, Ahmad Saruji Che Rose on 9 August 1996.^[4]