1. Name: Anwar Fazal, Dato’ (Dr.)
2. Occupation: Social Activist
3. Date & Place of Birth: July 15, 1941, Sungai Bayor, Selama, Perak
4. Education:
- King Edward VII School
- Penang Free School
5. Spouse: Datin Mahmuda Fazal
6. Contributions:
- Director, USM Right Livelihood College
- Chairman Emeritus, World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)
- Anti-Corruption Advisory Board of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)
- Senior Regional Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (1991-2004)
- Chairman of Taiping Peace Initiative
- Chairman of Malaysian Interfaith Network
- Director, Penang Development Corporation
- Professor, Centre of Policy Research and International Studies (CENPris), Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Assistant Secretary, City Council of George Town, Penang
- Taught at Victoria Institution and Royal Military College
- Board Member of Citizens International
- Board Member of Sahabat Alam MalaysiA
- Board Member of Pesticides Action Network (PAN)
- Board Member of Transparency International Malaysia
- Board Member of Friends of the Penang Botanic Garden Society
- Board Member of Penang Free School (PFS) Foundation
- Trustee of the Penang Heritage Trust
- Private Secretary, Chief Minister of Penang
7. Honours & Awards:
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Federation of Malaysian Consumers’ Associations (2010)
- Darjah Yang Mulia Pangkuan Negeri (DMPN) which carries the title “Dato’ ” – Pulau Pinang State Government (2000)
- Consumer Activist of the Year Award, Malaysia Government (2000)
- Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy, Universiti Sains Malaysia (1999)
- Honorary Doctorate in Law, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1997)
- International Health Award, La Leche League (1995)
- Darjah Johan Negeri (DJN) – Johor State Government (1993)
- Consumer Activist of the Year Award, State Government of Penang (1993)
- Asian Institute of Management Lecturer Award (1992)
- Justice of Peace (1988)
- Global 500 Award, United Nations Environment Programme 1988)
- Environmental Hall of Fame, Mother Earth News
- Activist of the Year, Ralph Nader’s Magazine
- Right Livelihood Award (1982)
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