Razarudin Husain


Razarudin bin Husain is a Malaysian police officer who served as the 14th Inspector-General of Police from June 2023 to June 2025. Previously, he was the [Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Malaysia)|Inspector-General of Police (Malaysia)|Deputy Inspector-General of Police] from December 2021 to his promotion to the IGP in June 2023.

Early life

Razarudin bin Husain was born on 15 March 1963 in Dengkil, Selangor. He holds a Master's Degree in Social Science in Policing Studies from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Police career

Razarudin joined the police force on 27 December 1982 as Probationary Inspector at the age of 19. He had served as Deputy Commander of Special Task Force On Organised Crime in 2013. On 29 April 2016, Razarudin promoted to Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police and assumed the post of Head of the Penang Criminal Investigation Department, replacing Zakaria Ahmad who went on become Johor Deputy Police Chief. In the same year, He promoted to Deputy Commissioner of Police and served as Sabah Deputy Police Commissioner, his previous post was taken by Zainol Samah. In 2018, Razarudin assumed the post of Perak Deputy Police Chief and in 2019 he served as Perak Police Chief.

Director of Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department

On 9 September 2020, he served as Director of Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police (2021–2023)

On 22 December 2021, he was appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Police, replacing Mazlan Lazim who later retired on 25 December 2021.

Inspector-General of Police (2023–2025)

On 23 June 2023, he was promoted to the Inspector-General of Police, replacing Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani who retired on 22 June 2023.

Honours

National

Foreign