Ahmad Shah of Malaysia
| Ahmad Shah | |||||
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| Yang di-Pertuan Agong VII Sultan of Pahang |
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| Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |||||
| Reign | 26 April 1979 - 25 April 1984 | ||||
| Installation | 10 July 1980 | ||||
| Predecessor | Yahya Petra of Kelantan | ||||
| Successor | Iskandar of Johor | ||||
| Sultan of Pahang | |||||
| Reign | 8 May 1974 - present | ||||
| Installation | 6 May 1975 | ||||
| Predecessor | Sultan Abu Bakar Ri'ayatuddin Al-Muazzam Shah | ||||
| Born |
24 October 1930 Istana Manggal Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang, Federated Malay States, British Malaya |
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| Spouse |
Tengku Ampuan Afzan (m. 1954-1988) Sultanah Kalsom binti Abdullah (m. 1991) |
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| Issue | Tengku Meriam Tengku Muhaini Tengku Aishah Marcella Tengku Abdullah Tengku Abdul Rahman Tengku Nong Fatimah Tengku Shahariah Tengku Fahad Mua'adzam Shah |
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| House | Bendahara | ||||
| Father | Abu Bakar of Pahang | ||||
| Mother | Tengku Ampuan Raja Fatimah | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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| Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Mustain Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah |
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Mu'adzam Shah (born 24 October 1930) is the fifth Sultan of Pahang, and also served as the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1979 to 25 April 1984.
Born 24 October 1930 at Istana Mangga Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang. he was the only son of Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdullah Al-Mutassimu Billah Shah (reigned 1932–1974) by his official and royal consort, Tengku Ampuan Besar Fatimah binti Almarhum Sultan Sir Alang Iskandar Shah II Kaddasullah.
A student of the Malay College Kuala Kangsar, he received diplomas in public administration from Worcester College, Oxford and the University of Exeter. He succeeded his father as sultan in 1974.
His election as the 7th Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 1979 was marked with controversy as he was said to be at odds with the incoming prime minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. However, the rumours proved to be untrue and he proved to be a keen admirer of the prime minister. Twenty-two years earlier, his father Abu Bakar had failed five times to be elected as the first Agong.
A controversial, headstrong personality, he has often forced his chief ministers in Pahang to resign over minor differences.
His favourite hobby was playing football, golf, polo, and equestrian.
Sultan Ahmad Shah is a keen sportsman and was the President of the Malaysian Football Association (FAM) from 1984 until 2014, the President of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) until 2002 and Asean Football Federation (AFF) 2011.
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