Sultan Nazrin Shah | |||||
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Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong XV Sultan of Perak |
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Sultan of Perak | |||||
Reign | 29 May 2014 – present | ||||
Installation | 6 May 2015 | ||||
Predecessor | Azlan Shah of Perak | ||||
Born |
George Town, Penang, Malaya |
27 November 1956 ||||
Spouse | Tuanku Zara Salim (m. 2007) | ||||
Issue | Raja Azlan Muzzaffar Shah, The Raja Kechil Besar Raja Nazira Safya |
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House | Royal Family | ||||
Father | Azlan Shah | ||||
Mother | Tuanku Bainun | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Full name | |
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Yang Mulia Raja Nazrin Shah Ibni Raja Azlan Shah (as birth) |
Styles of Sultan Nazrin Shah |
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Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Alternative style | Sir |
Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah (born 27 November 1956) is the 35th Sultan of Perak. He is currently the Deputy Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, elected on 14 October 2016.
He is also a half third cousin of Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim (crown prince and future sultan of Johor) since both share a common male ancestor (Idris Shah I of Perak).
Sultan Nazrin Shah was born on 27 November 1956 at George Town, Penang, Malaya. He is the eldest son of the late Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah and the former Raja Permaisuri of Perak Tuanku Bainun Binti Mohd Ali.
Sekolah Rendah Jalan Kuantan, Kuala Lumpur from 1963 to 1967.
St.John Institution, Kuala Lumpur from 1968 to 1970. School Cambridge, London until 1973.
Sultan Nazrin was educated at Malay College Kuala Kangsar and holds a BA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Worcester College, Oxford. He also holds an MPA degree from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a PhD degree in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University.