Abdul Halim bin Haji Mohd Hanifah (born 24 January 1965) is a retired Bruneian military officer who served as the 8th commander of the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) from 2008 to 2013.

Throughout his career, he attended several institutes and training overseas including the International Cadet Fund Accounting Services, Maritime Surveillance, International Long Navigation, Advance Military Command and Staff Course, completed Britannia Royal Naval College, Devon, United Kingdom in 1985, obtained Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Science (MS) in Defence Studies and Strategic Studies.

[5] Prior to the commencing of the annual naval bilateral exercise, Exercise Pelican 2010, the opening ceremony was held at Changi Naval Base and Abdul Halim commented on the relationship between Singapore and Brunei, The warm and friendly defence relations between the two navies reaffirm the commitment of both nations towards strengthening defence cooperation for peace and stability in the region.

We highly value the long-standing and excellent cooperation between the two navies, and look forward to maintaining and expanding traditions of trusted and mutually advantageous cooperation between the Republic of Singapore and Brunei Darussalam.Commander Abdul Halim received a call from Rear Admiral Orwen J. Cortez, Philippines Ambassador Nestor Z. Ochoa, Commander Leofilo G. Pulmano to commence the bilateral naval exercise between Brunei and Philippines, named Maritime Training Activity (MTA) SEAGULL 05/12, which would last from 19 to 25 November 2012 and involved four ships; KDB Syafaat (19) and KDB Afiat (20), BRP Artemio Ricarte (PS-37) and BRP Mariano Alvarez (PS-38).

[7] During BRIDEX 2013, he signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Commander of the Vietnam People's Navy, Admiral Nguyễn Văn Hiến.