Head of Secretariat
DR HAJI MOHAMMED HUSSAIN BIN PEHIN PENYURAT HAJI AHMAD
DIRECTOR OF BALAI KHAZANAH ISLAM SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH
PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
Dr Haji Mohammed Hussain was appointed as the Director of Balai Khazanah Islam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (BKISHHB), Prime Minister’s Office on 01 June 2021.
Prior to his appointment as the Director of BKISHHB, he served in various positions as follows:
- Deputy Rector of Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (UNISSA), Ministry of Education (26 June 2014 – 31 May 2021);
- Senior Lecturer at the Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies (SOASCIS), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (12 May 2014 – 25 June 2014);
- Acting Assistant Rector UNISSA (16 June 2012 – 31 July 2013);
- Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Usuluddin, UNISSA (09 July 2011 – 11 May 2014);
- Dean, Faculty of Usuluddin, UNISSA (01 August 2010 – 31 December 2012);
- Deputy Dean, Faculty of Usuluddin, UNISSA (20 August 2009 – 31 July 2010);
- Lecturer, Faculty of Usuluddin, UNISSA (01 April 2008 – 08 July 2011); and
- Lecturer at Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Institute of Islamic Studies (IPISHOAS), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (17 February 2003 – 31 March 2008).
Dr Haji Mohammed Hussain received a Bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Islamic Studies, specialising in Hadith and its Sciences from the Islamic University of Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2000. In 2003, he obtained a Master’s degree in Fundamental Principles of Religion specialising in Hadith from the University of Jordan, Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. In 2009, he received his PhD degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, School of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia.