CHIEF DENTAL SERVICE
ROYAL BRUNEI LAND FORCE
Colonel Dr Jefri bin Haji Abdul Razak was born on 5 March 1975. After having completed his secondary and tertiary education in the UK, he graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry from King's College London in 1998 and served as a Dental Officer at the Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam for a year. He was commissioned into the RBAF as a Captain on 3 November 1999 as the first local Bruneian Regimental Dental Officer (RDO).
He underwent his initial officer training at the RBAF Training Institute and later on proceeded with his cadet training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the Defence Medical Services Training Centre Aldershot, UK for six months. He predominantly served as RDO for the Dental Centre in Berakas Garison and attended the Senior Command and Staff Course in Singapore in 2007. In December 2007, he was appointed as the Chief Dental Officer of Dental Services RBAF, the first local Bruneian to have done so in the organisation's 35-year history. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2008 and on 19 February 2016 with the consent of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam, he was promoted to Colonel.
Beyond the various military and dental short courses, workshops and seminars locally and abroad, Colonel Dr Jefri had the opportunity to undergo his dental postgraduate training in 2011 and successfully attained a Masters Degree (with Merit) in Dental Public Health from King's College London, UK as well as a Diploma in Dental Public Health from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2012. He has also attended the 10th Executive Development Programme at the Ministry of Defence, Brunei Darussalam in 2013 and the 44th Stanford-NUS Executive Program in International Management at National University Singapore in 2024.
Professionally, Col Dr Jefri is an appointed member of the Interim Dental Council of Brunei Darussalam and contributes to the conduct of Dental Programmes at University Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Polytechnic and the Institute of Brunei Technical Education. Internationally, he has the honour of having been elected as Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Section of Defence Forces Dental Services under the FDI World Dental Federation in 2023, coordinating annual meetings of military dentists worldwide.
In recognition of his service, Colonel Dr Jefri was awarded The Most Honourable Order of Setia Negara Brunei 4th Class (PSB) in 2014 and The Most Honourable Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei 3rd Class (SMB) in 2019 by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam.
Colonel Dr Jefri is married to Riana Dewi binti Haji Aji and is blessed with five children. He enjoys maintaining health, wellness and personal fitness.
