Nizar Zainal Abidin

Background

Abidin, Nizar Zainal was born on October 2, 1930 in Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia. Son of Marah Zeinal Abidin and Siti Azir.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Gajah Mada University, Yogya, Indonesia, 1962. Doctor of Medicine, University Padjadjaran, Indonesia, 1965. Doctor of Psychiatry, University Padjadjaran, Indonesia, 1971.

Career

Director Bandung State Mental Hospital, 1981-1990. Secretary Community Mental Health Body, Bandung, 1986-1990. Head department psychiatry, medical faculty University Padjadjaran, 1988-1995.

President Hurip-Waluya Mental Health Foundation, Bandung, since 1988, Special Education for Retarded Children Foundation, Bandung, since 1988. Lecturer in psychiatry University Padjadjaran, since 1971, Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Bandung and Uninus, since 1970, University Islam Bandung, since 1992, University Jendral A. Yani, Cimahi, since 1994.

Achievements

• Nizar Zainal Abidin has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatrist, consultant, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Asean Federation for Psychiatry and Mental Health, Indonesian Medical Association, Indonesian Association for Psychiatry, New York Academy of Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: music, sports, philosophy, tourism, culture.

Connections

Married Pudjiastuti Saebani, October 28, 1964. Children: Arianda Achmad Sulaiman, Hilmy Muh Nur, Januar Zulkifli Harun, Muh Robby Awaludin.

Father:

Marah Zeinal Abidin

Mother:

Siti Azir

Spouse:

Pudjiastuti Saebani

child:

Muh Robby Awaludin Abidin

child:

Hilmy Muh Nur Abidin

child:

Januar Zulkifli Harun Abidin

child:

Arianda Achmad Sulaiman Abidin