Colonel in Chief and Chief Signal Officer
Colonel H.R.H. King Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan is the present Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment.
The present Chief Signals Officer holds the rank of Brigidier General. The current Chief Signals Officer is Brig. Gen. Dato' Ahmad Hadiatullah Maknun bin Hj Ridzuan who is the 14th Chief Signals Officer.
The first Malaysian Chief Signals Officer was Colonel (later Major General) Leong Siew Meng who was born in Ipoh, Perak. He was one of Gerald Templer's 12 "Templer Boys". He went to Eaton Hall and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He ended his army career as a Major General as Commandant of the National Defense College
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