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Al-Muhtadee Billah

His Royal Highness Pengiran Muda Mahkota
Haji Al Muhtadee Billah ibni Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah
GCVO
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Senior Minister of the Prime Minister's Office of Brunei
Assumed office
August 2009
Monarch Hassanal Bolkiah
Preceded by post created
Personal details
Born Pengiran Muda Al Muhtadee Billah
(1974-02-17) 17 February 1974 (age 43)
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Spouse(s) Pengiran Anak Sarah
Children Prince Abdul Muntaqim
Princess Muneerah Madhul Bolkiah
Prince Muhammad Aiman
Mother Pengiran Anak Saleha
Father Hassanal Bolkiah
Alma mater Universiti Brunei Darussalam, University of Oxford
Religion Sunni Islam
Styles of
The Crown Prince of Brunei
Emblem of Brunei.svg
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Sir

Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah Ibni Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, GCVO; (born 17 February 1974) is the Crown Prince of Brunei Darussalam. He is in the first in line of succession to become the next Sultan of Brunei. He holds the position of senior minister of the Prime Minister's Office of Brunei, General of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces and Deputy Inspector General of the Royal Brunei Police Force.

Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah was born at Istana Darul Hana, Bandar Seri Begawan on 17 February 1974. He is the first-born son and heir to the throne of Brunei. He is the son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Pengiran Anak Saleha (both first cousins). His paternal grandparent was Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III and Pengiran Anak Damit. His maternal grandparent was Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Haji Mohammad Alam and Pengiran Anak Hajah Besar.

Al-Muhtadee Billah's education began early in life, at the Prince-Princess School at the Istana Darul Hana. He also had his primary education at St. Andrew's School, Brunei, in Bandar Seri Begawan. Subsequently, he progressed through the Brunei Junior Certificate of Education in 1988, and the General Certificate of Education GCE Ordinary Level Exam in 1991 while he was studying at the Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Science College. He passed the GCE Advanced Level Exam in 1994.

Al-Muhtadee Billah attended tutorials at the University of Brunei Darussalam and began his overseas education at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in October 1995. He matriculated for admission to University of Oxford's Foreign Service Programme at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1997. While at Oxford, he followed a programme of study specially designed for him involving Islamic studies, trade, diplomacy and international relations. He received his Diploma in diplomatics Studies in a special convocation held on 3 August 1998 in Bandar Seri Begawan.


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