Shazelina Zainul Abidin

Shazelina Zainul Abidin is a Malaysian diplomat. She was previously the Malaysian ambassador to Senegal, with concurrent accreditation to Burkina Faso, Mali, The Gambia and Cabo Verde.

Prior to her stint in Africa, Shazelina was the Head of Communications and Public Diplomacy for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia, and has had postings to Washington DC (2001–2003) and to New York, at the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations (2007–2011).

Shazelina maintains strong links to the academic world with her appointment as an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield.

Shazelina was the Director General of the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR) [https://www.idfr.gov.my] from 2021 to 2023, returning to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia to head the Division of South Asia and Central Asia.

She taught Contemporary US Foreign Politics at the University of Sheffield in 2014 and 2015 and still regularly speaks on a variety of international relations issues and subjects, upon the request of public universities and organisations. Provided by Wikipedia