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 |
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Monarch | Hassanal Bolkiah |
Preceded by | post created |
Personal details | |
Born |
Pengiran Muda Al Muhtadee Billah 17 February 1974 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 |
Styles of The Crown Prince of Brunei |
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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 was further educated at Emanuel School in London. He passed his GCE Advanced Level exams in 1994.