title: Habibah Abdul Rahim
text: # Habibah Abdul Rahim
  
  Habibah binti Abdul Rahim (born c. 1961) is a Malaysian educator and the former Director-General of Education from January 2020 to March 2021 (but took compulsory retirement as she turned 60 years of age in April the same year).
  
  ## Education
  
  Habibah graduated with a Bachelor of Philosophy with Honors in Biology from the University of Salford in 1985. She then went on to study for a master's degree in education at the University of Bristol in 1993. Habibah earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in education from Stanford University in 2001.
  
  ## Honours
  
  ### Honours of Malaysia
  
  * Malaysia :
     * Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) - Datuk (2020)
  * Selangor :
     * Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (SSIS) - Datin Paduka Setia (2020)
  