Jaafar Sidek Abdul Rahman has a B.A. Hons in History from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (1988), a postgraduate diploma in Archival Studies from School of Archival Studies, National Archives of India (1993) and a Master of Information Management from Curtin University of Technology (2004). He joined National Archives of Malaysia since 1990 and has held positions in many of its departments, including the: Public Relations and Exhibition Division (March 1990 – August 1992) Reference and Finding Aids Services Branch (Sept. 1993 – June 1994) Identification of Information Sources Branch (June 1994 – May 1995) Documentation and Publication Branch (Jan. 1998 – December 2000) Training Division (Jan. 2001 – June 2003) Planning and Development Branch (Jan. 2005 – March 2006) Audiovisual Service Centre Division (April 2006 – Sept. 2007) Service Establishment and Finance Division (Oct. 2007 – present).