Tuanku Bainun
| Bainun | |
|---|---|
| Raja Permaisuri Agong IX Dowager Raja Permaisuri of Perak |
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| Raja Permaisuri Agong | |
| Tenure | 26 April 1989 – 25 April 1994 |
| Installation | 18 September 1989 |
| Predecessor | Tunku Puan Zanariah |
| Successor | Tuanku Najihah |
| Raja Permaisuri of Perak | |
| Tenure | 3 February 1984 – 28 May 2014 |
| Installation | 9 December 1985 |
| Successor | Zara Salim Davidson |
| Born |
7 November 1932 Penang, Malaya |
| Spouse | Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah (m. 1954-2014) |
| Issue |
Nazrin Shah of Perak Raja Azureen Raja Ashman Shah Raja Eleena Raja Yong Sofia |
| Father | Mohd Ali Bin Man |
| Mother | Che Putih |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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Styles of Tuanku Bainun |
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|---|---|
| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Maam |
Tuanku Bainun (Bainun binti Mohd Ali; born 7 November 1933) is the former Raja Permaisuri of Perak the (Queen) Malaysian state of Perak. She was also the ninth Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen) of Malaysia, the first commoner to be installed as Queen. She is the widow of Sultan Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah and the mother of the incumbent Sultan Nazrin Shah. She is now styled as Yang Maha Mulia Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun.
Tuanku Bainun was born on the 7th of November 1933 in Penang, Malaysia and received her early education at the St. George’s Girls School, Penang. She was selected to further her studies at the prestigious Teacher’s Training College, Kirkby, England from 1952 to 1954.
A year after returning from England, she married Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah of Perak in 1955. The Sultan was then a Magistrate in Kuala Lumpur, while Tuanku Bainun was teaching at her former school. She has taught in various schools in Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Raub, Taiping and Kuantan.
Upon her husband's accession to the Perak throne in 1984, she became Raja Permaisuri of Perak with the title of Tuanku. In Perak, Queens of royal blood are known as Raja Perempuan, while the title of Raja Permaisuri was reserved for commoner consorts. Her Royal Highness was officially proclaimed the Raja Permaisuri Perak Darul Ridzuan on February 19, 1988 in a historic ceremony at Istana Kinta in Ipoh.
Sultan Azlan Shah was selected as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong and during the Oath Taking and Signing Ceremony on April 26, 1989, Tuanku Bainun was proclaimed Raja Permaisuri Agong. Tuanku Bainun is the first commoner ever to become Queen of Malaysia. Interestingly she was crowned Raja Permaisuri Agong on a new throne made of silver that replaced the ancient wooden throne used by Malaysia's eight previous Queens of royal blood, adding another first to her crown. They held these titles until the end of Azlan Shah's term on April 25, 1994.
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