Mizan Zainal Abidin | |||||
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong XIII Sultan of Terengganu |
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Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |||||
Reign | 13 December 2006 – 12 December 2011 | ||||
Installation | 26 April 2007 | ||||
Predecessor | Sirajuddin of Perlis | ||||
Successor | Abdul Halim of Kedah | ||||
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Regency | 8 October 2001 – 12 December 2001 | ||||
Predecessor | Salahuddin | ||||
Successor | Sirajuddin | ||||
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Sultan of Terengganu | |||||
Reign | 15 May 1998 – present | ||||
Coronation | 4 March 1999 | ||||
Predecessor | Mahmud | ||||
Heir apparent | Muhammad Ismail | ||||
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Born |
Istana Al-Muktafi, Kuala Terengganu, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
22 January 1962 ||||
Spouse | Nur Zahirah | ||||
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Nadhirah Zaharah Muhammad Ismail Muhammad Mua′az Fatimatuz Zahra |
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House | Bendahara | ||||
Father | Mahmud of Terengganu | ||||
Mother | Dato′ Sri Sharifa Nong Fatima binti Sayyid Abdullah Al Sagoff | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Tengku Mahmud (at birth) Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah (as the Yang di-Pertuan Muda) Al-Wathiqu Billah Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah (as the Sultan of Terengganu) |
Styles of The Sultanate of Terengganu |
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Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Alternative style | Tuanku |
Styles of Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin |
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Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Alternative style | Sir |
Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Tengku Mahmud (at birth)
Tengku Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah (as the Yang di-Pertuan Muda)
Al-Wathiqu Billah Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah (born 22 January 1962) is the 17th and current Sultan of Terengganu. He served as the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch of Malaysia, from 2006 to 2011. He is Malay by ethnicity and an adherent of Sunni Islam, both of which are prerequisites for Malaysian royalty.
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin was born at Istana Maziah in Kuala Terengganu, the eldest son of Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah by his second wife, Sharifa Nong Fatima Alsaggof. Sharifa's family is of Arab descent, from Sayidd Omar Aljunied (her maternal great-grandfather), one of the modern pioneers of Singapore.
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin studied at Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Sulaiman and Sekolah Menengah Sultan Sulaiman, Kuala Terengganu. He went overseas to study at the Geelong Grammar School in Geelong, Australia. In 1988, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin completed his undergraduate studies at US International University-Europe (now called Alliant International University) in London, earning a B.A. in International Relations.
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin participated in the military course PRE SMC (E) 33 at the Army School of Languages from 1982 to 1983. He then studied the military course SMC 33 at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England, successfully completing the course as Cadet Officer on 9 December 1983.