Yasmin Umar is a Bruneian politician who previously held the positions of Minister of Energy from 2010 to 2018 and Deputy Minister of Defence from 2005 to 2010. Biography Early life and education On 23 April 1956, Yasmin was born. His Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Electronics degree from the University of Wales was awarded to him on 12 July 1979. He continued on to the University of Loughborough to pursue a Master's degree in Digital Communication Systems, and on 1 December 1981, he received his Master of Science from the faculty of Electrical and electronic engineering. On 25 June 1986, the Institution of Chartered Engineers presented him with the certified Chartered Engineer (C Eng) insignia. On 28 April 2008, he has been a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) in the United Kingdom. He has also taken classes, seminars, and workshops in the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Japan, and the United States. The 22nd Army Staff Course Division 1 at the Royal Military College of Science (RMCS), United Kingdom, in 1987; the Defence Research Fellow Exchange Program at the National Institute of Defence Studies, Japan, in 1991; and the Defence College, Australia, in 1999 are a few examples. Military career Yasmin joined the Royal Brunei Armed Forces as an officer, and on 9 November 1981, he was promoted to Lieutenant. He has held a variety of positions in the fields of policy, corporate management, logistics, and strategy. He began his career as an engineering officer and was first employed by the Royal Brunei Navy as a weapons engineering officer. He was appointed Senior Engineering Officer to lead the Naval Engineering Department on 1 April 1988. On 14 September 1990, he was appointed Head of Research in the Defence Minister's Office and Directorate of Strategic Planning (DMO/DSP). Two years later, he accepted a position as a Staff Officer Grade 1 Maintenance at the Directorate of Logistics, where he was in charge of creating the maintenance guidelines for equipment used by the Armed Forces. He was reassigned to DMO/DSP on 2 May 1994, to fill a Staff Officer Grade 1 position. He was named Director of Intelligence and Security on 14 July 1995, and he held that position through December 1998. Political career Yasmin was appointed by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah as an official member of the legislative council on 6 September 2004, and on 24 May 2005, he