FIRST ADMIRAL BADARUDIN BIN TAHA
PAT KAT ACM PJM PPS PPA MSoc Sc (UKM) MMaritimePol (UOW) DipSDS
(UM) Fellow Scholar (NDUM) nrc mpat psc

First Admiral Badarudin bin Taha was born in Bagan Datuk, Perak on 28th December 1967. He joined the Royal Malaysian Navy on the 4th July 1988 and was commissioned on the 30th Jun 1990.

Since then, he has held a wide range of appointments at sea and ashore either in the navy or in the joint services. Among the notable appointments are the SO1 Strategy, SO1 Plans, Director of Human Resource (Policy) and Senior Director for Human Resource at RMN Headquarters. While at joint services, he had the opportunity to serve as Head of Management, Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College. He was also proud to become the core member for the establishment of Malaysian Institute of Defence and Security (MIDAS), the think tank for the Ministry of Defence in 2010 and subsequently assuming the post of Director for Non Traditional Threats Department from 2010 to 2012. Another linelight to his career was when he appointed as Commanding Officer of KD TERENGGANU to become Project Manager for RMN Training Vessels Projects, built with collaboration with Korean Shipbuilding DSME.

First Admiral Badarudin has attended various courses, locally and abroad. He attended Long Navigation and Direction Course in PNS BAHADUR, Pakistan in 1996 and earned him a specialization in Marine Navigation. Subsequently he was sent to Italy for Corvette Italy Second Batch Course in La Spezia, Italy. In 2007, he graduated from Wollongong University Australia and passed with a Master (Distinction) in Maritime Policy. He is also an alumni to MAFDC Cohort 2014 where he earned his Master in Defence and Strategic Study with Distinction by University Kebangsaan Malaysia. In 2021, he was one of the Course Member for National Resilience College, PUSPAHANAS and awarded Fellow Scholar by National Defence University, Malaysia.

He is happily married to Puan Noriah binti Sahlan, and blessed with three children, one son and two daughters. In his free time, he enjoys golfing and reading. He also keen interests in Geopolitics, Leadership, Change Management and Force Development.