Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob

Tuan Yang Terutama Tan Sri Dato' Sri
Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob
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Tuan Yang Terutama Tan Sri Dato' Sri Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob PSM SSAP DSAP DIMP SAP AAP
محمد شهرول اكرام يعقوب‎
	Muhammad Shahrul Ikram in 2010
18th Malaysian Ambassador to the United States
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 June 2025
Monarch	Ibrahim Iskandar
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Preceded by	Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia
	In office; 6 January 2019 – 31 May 2022
Monarchs	Nazrin Shah (acting) ; Abdullah
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad ; Muhyiddin Yassin ; Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded by	Ramlan Ibrahim
Succeeded by	Amran Mohamed Zin
Director-General of the ASEAN–Malaysia National Secretariat
	In office; 11 October 2013 – 10 January 2016
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Preceded by	Zainuddin Yahya
Succeeded by	Jojie Samuel M. C. Samuel
2nd Ambassador of Malaysia to Qatar
	In office; 6 December 2007 – 25 May 2010
Monarchs	Mizan Zainal Abidin ; Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ; Najib Razak
Preceded by	Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari
Succeeded by	Ahmad Jazri Mohd Johar
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency
	In office; February 2010 – September 2010
Preceded by	Arshad M. Hussain
Succeeded by	Ansar Pervaiz
Personal details
Born	Muhammad Shahrul Ikram bin Yaakob; 21 May 1961 (age 64); Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Spouse	Izdina Izaidin
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Malaya (BSc) ; National Institute of Public Administration (DPA)
Occupation	Diplomat, civil servant

Muhammad Shahrul Ikram bin Yaakob (Jawi: محمد شهرول اكرام بن يعقوب; born 21 May 1961) is a Malaysian diplomat who served as the 18th Ambassador of Malaysia to the United States since June 2025.^[1]^[2] He also served as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia from January 2019 until May 2022, succeeded Ramlan Ibrahim.^[3]^[4]