Datuk Rafiah Salim (born in Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia) was the first female Vice-Chancellor in Malaysia, posted to Universiti Malaya[1] since 1 May 2006.
Rafiah Salim was previously executive director of the International Centre for Leadership in Finance (ICLIF) and had served as lecturer, deputy dean and dean at the Law Faculty of Universiti Malaya from 1974 to 1988.
Rafiah Salim, who holds masters and bachelor degrees in law from the Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, has excellent service records in the public and private sectors and at the international level. She served as Assistant Secretary General for the United Nations (UN) Human Resource Management from 1997 to 2002, Assistant Governor of Bank Negara (1995–1997) and Human Resource General Manager with Malayan Banking Berhad (1991–1995).
She is now the Director of The NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women.[2]