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Raja Azlan Shah

Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah
Yang di-Pertuan Agong IX
Sultan of Perak
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Reign 26 April 1989 – 25 April 1994
Installation 18 September 1989
Predecessor Iskandar of Johor
Successor Ja'afar 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 (1928-04-19)19 April 1928
Kampung Manggis, Batu Gajah, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died 28 May 2014(2014-05-28) (aged 86)
National Heart Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Burial 29 May 2014
Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia
Spouse Tuanku Bainun (m. 1954-2014) (b.1933)
Issue Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah
Raja Azureen
Raja Ashman Shah
Raja Eleena
Raja Yong Sofia
Full name

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)
Father Sultan Yussuf Shah
Mother Toh Puan Besar Khadija binti Toh Indera Wangsa Ahmad
Religion Sunni Islam
Occupation Lawyer, Judge
Full name

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)
Duli Yang Maha Mulia
Raja Azlan Shah
SSM DK PMN PSM SPCM SPTS SPMP SIMP
Lord President of the Supreme Court
In office
12 November 1982 – 2 February 1984
Nominated by Mahathir Mohamad
Appointed by Ahmad Shah
Preceded by Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim
Succeeded by Salleh Abas
Personal details
Education University of Nottingham
Styles of
Sultan Azlan Shah
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.


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