Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan | |||||
Regent of Kelantan | |||||
Reign | 8 December 2016 - present | ||||
Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan | |||||
Reign | 18 October 2010 - present | ||||
Born |
Istana Kota Lama, Kelantan, Malaysia |
20 January 1974 ||||
|
|||||
House | House of Long Senik | ||||
Father | Sultan Ismail Petra | ||||
Mother | Tengku Anis Tengku Abdul Hamid | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Full name | |
---|---|
Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Dr. Muhammad Faiz Petra ibni Sultan Ismail Petra |
Styles of Tengku Muhammad Faiz |
|
---|---|
Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Alternative style | Tuanku |
Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra ibni Sultan Ismail Petra is the current Tengku Mahkota or heir presumptive to the throne of Kelantan. He was appointed to the position on 18 October 2010. On 8 December 2016, His Royal Highness was appointed as the Regent of Kelantan for 5 years term following the appointment of his eldest brother, Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan as the fifteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 13 December 2016.
Tengku Faiz is the second of four children of the former Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Ismail Petra and Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis. His two younger siblings are Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra and Tengku Amalin Aishah Putri. His eldest brother is the current Sultan of Kelantan, Muhammad V, the fifteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Tengku Faiz was born at Istana Kota Lama, Kelantan on 20 January 1974. He was appointed Tengku Bendahara of Kelantan on 30 March 1989 and currently is the head of the Kelantan Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIK) since 21 June 2009.
He received his complete education as follows:
His PhD dissertation is about the transition between late antiquity and the early medieval period in north Etruria (400-900 AD).
Tengku Faiz was elevated to the position of Tengku Mahkota upon deliberation of the Kelantan State Council of Succession which was chaired by Tengku Laksamana Kelantan Tengku Abdul Halim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim. The ceremony to present the letter of appointment as Tengku Mahkota Kelantan was held at Istana Negeri in Kubang Kerian.
According to the Kelantan State Constitution, Tengku Muhammad Faiz could be the ruler or regent when the Sultan is abroad for a period of more than 12 months or unable to carry out his duties as the ruler over the same period.
He has been awarded: