Petronas chairman Azizan dies
Autoworld wishes to express sympathy and condolence to the family of the late Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin, Chairman of Petronas.
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**Article extracted from The Star Online – July 14th, 2004**
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Petronas chairman Azizan dies
Petronas chairman Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin, 69, passed away early this morning at his residence in Putrajaya.
He will be buried at the Taman Selatan cemetery in Putrajaya later this afternoon.
Azizan leaves behind his wife, Puan Sri Noraini Che Teh, two sons and a daughter.
Azizan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Malaya in 1959 and attended courses in Development and Administration at Oxford University, United Kingdom, The Royal College of Defence Studies, United Kingdom and an Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School, United States of America.
He was appointed Petronas chairman on Feb 10 1995 after serving as President and Chief Executive of Petronas from February, 1988.
Prior to joining Petronas, he had an illustrious career with the Civil Service for 28 years and had held various positions including Secretary to the National Security Council, Principal Private Secretary to three Prime Ministers, Secretary-General to the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Secretary-General to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Azizan was also the Non-Independent and Non-Executive Chairman of Malaysia Airlines, a position he held since February 2001.
Azizan was also the President and Chief Executive of Putrajaya Corporation which is involved in the planning, development and management of Putrajaya.
He sat on the board of several public companies including Petroliam Nasional Berhad, KLCC (Holdings) Berhad, KLCC Projeks Bhd. (Formerly known as Kuala Lumpur City Centre Berhad) and Kuala Lumpur City Park Berhad and is also a trustee of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and Dewan Filharmonik Petronas.
