Azlan Shah | |||||
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong IX Sultan of Perak |
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |||||
Reign | 26 April 1989 – 25 April 1994 | ||||
Installation | 18 September 1989 | ||||
Predecessor | Iskandar of Johor | ||||
Successor | Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan | ||||
Sultan of Perak | |||||
Reign | 3 February 1984 – 28 May 2014 | ||||
Installation | 9 December 1985 | ||||
Predecessor | Sultan Idris Shah II | ||||
Successor | Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah | ||||
Born |
Kampung Manggis, Batu Gajah, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya |
19 April 1928||||
Died | 28 May 2014 National Heart Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
(aged 86)||||
Burial | 29 May 2014 Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia |
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Spouse | Tuanku Bainun (m. 1954-2014) (b.1933) | ||||
Issue |
Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah Raja Azureen Raja Ashman Shah Raja Eleena Raja Yong Sofia |
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Father | Sultan Yussuf Shah | ||||
Mother | Toh Puan Besar Hatijah Binti Toh Indera Wangsa Ahmad | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Occupation | Lawyer, Judge |
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Raja Azlan Shah ibni Raja Yussuf Shah (as birth) Raja Tun Azlan ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullah-lah (as the Lord President of the Federal Court) Tuanku Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullah-lah (as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong) Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah (as the Sultan of Perak) |
Styles of Sultan Azlan Shah |
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Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Alternative style | Sir |
Raja Azlan Shah ibni Raja Yussuf Shah (as birth)
Raja Tun Azlan ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullah-lah (as the Lord President of the Federal Court)
Tuanku Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullah-lah (as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah, GCB, KSTJ (19 April 1928 – 28 May 2014) was the 34th Sultan of Perak and was the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1989 to 25 April 1994. The child of a royal father and commoner mother, he grew up in Perak, Malaysia. During school he played field hockey, subsequently playing for the Perak team. He trained to be a lawyer in the United Kingdom. Upon returning to Malaysia, he soon became a judge and quickly rose through the legal ranks. In 1965, he became the youngest person appointed to the High Court of Malaya, and in 1982 he became the youngest ever Lord President of the Federal Court, the country's highest judicial rank.
After his uncle died in 1984, Azlan Shah became the Sultan of Perak. He became the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (elected king) of Malaysia in 1989, serving a five-year term before returning to his post as Sultan of Perak. In 2009, he exercised his royal authority to prevent the dissolution of the Perak Legislative Assembly, sparking a constitutional crisis. Ultimately, the legal system ruled Sultan Azlan had acted properly.
During his career, Sultan Azlan Shah was awarded more than 3 dozen Malaysian and foreign honours. Dozens of buildings and other projects were named after him, including a genus of insects. He was known as the "Father of Malaysian Hockey" for furthering field hockey at home and abroad, and was the patron of dozens of organisations. With his wife Tuanku Bainun Binti Mohd Ali, Sultan Azlan had five children.