HEAD OFFICE & Background
Department of Director General of lands and mines is one of the Departments in the Organization Ministry of natural resources and the environment. Since 1957, the Department has moved several times from various ministries of the following:
The Ministry of natural resources (1957-1963).
Ministry of rural development (1963-1970).
The Ministry of primary industries (1970-1973).
The Ministry of Land and regional development (1973-1990).
The Ministry of land and cooperative development (1990-2004).
Ministry of natural resources and environment (Since 27 March 2004).
The name of the Department was also experiencing some changes call name as follows:
Federal Lands Commissioner Office (Office of the Federal Commissioner of Lands)-(1957-1970).
Office of the Director General of lands and mines of the Federation (Office of the Director General of Lands and Mines (Federal))-(1970).
Federal land and Mines Department-(1.1.1978).
Administration and land management (under the integration in the Ministry of regional development and land development)-(1.1.1982).
Land law and Management Division-(1.1.1989).
Department of Director General of lands and mines-(1.1.1992).
List the name of the Director General of lands and mines of the Federation (Director General of lands and mines also formerly known as land Commissioner States of Malaya from 1952 until now)
H.A.L. Luckham (10.11.1952 – 1959)
Dato ' Abdullah bin Ibrahim (1960)
TN. Haji Abdul Rahman bin Mohd. Salleh (01.08.1963-31.08.1969)
Dato ' Abdul Manaf bin Mohd. Noor (01.09.1969-31.12.1977)
Tan Sri Nasaruddin bin Haji Bahari (01.01.1978-15.11.1983)
TN. Haji Harun bin Baba (01.03.1988-31.05.1991)
Mr. Azmeer bin Rashid (01.06.1991-02.06.1992)
Dr. Nik Mohd. Zain bin Hj Nik Yusof (06.06.1992-15.01.1995)
Dato ' Wan Abd. Wahid bin Haji Wan Hassan (16.03.1995-16.12.1999)
Dato ' Haji Mohd. ESA bin Shariff (17.12.1999-26.08.2001)
Dato ' Yidris bin Abdullah (27.08.2001-15.12.2002)
Dato ' Ismail bin Dollah Harun (01.03.2003-14.01.2005)
Dato ' Radzi bin Yusof (14.01.2005 – 2006)
Dato ' Zoal Azha bin Yusof (01.08.2006-25.06.2008)
Dato ' Abdul Halim bin Ain (26.06.2008 – 19.10.2010)
Dato ' Azemi bin Kasim (19.10.2010 – 20.09.2015)
Dato ' Dr. Effective Bin Ishak (21.09.2015 – present)