Sirajuddin | |||||
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong XII Raja of Perlis |
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |||||
Reign | 13 December 2001 – 12 December 2006 | ||||
Installation | 24 April 2002 | ||||
Predecessor | Salahuddin of Selangor | ||||
Successor | Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu | ||||
Raja of Perlis | |||||
Reign | 17 April 2000 – present | ||||
Installation | 7 May 2001 | ||||
Predecessor | Tuanku Syed Putra | ||||
Heir apparent | Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail | ||||
Born |
Arau, Perlis, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya |
17 May 1943 ||||
Spouse | Tengku Fauziah binti Almarhum Tengku Abdul Rashid | ||||
Issue |
Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail Sharifah Fazira |
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House | House of Jamalullail | ||||
Father | Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail | ||||
Mother | Tengku Budriah binti Almarhum Tengku Ismail | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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Syed Sirajuddin ibni Syed Putra Jamalullail (at birth) Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail (as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja) |
House of Jamalullail |
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HRH Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, The Raja
HH Syed Badaruddin, Tengku Sharif Bendahara
HH Syed Amir Zainal Abidin, Tengku Sharif Temenggong
HH Syed Razlan, Tengku Laksamana
HH Syed Zainal Anuar, Tengku Panglima
HH Syed Zainal-Rashid HH Syed Azni
HH Syed Badlishah
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Styles of Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin |
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Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Alternative style | Sir |
Syed Sirajuddin ibni Syed Putra Jamalullail (at birth)
HRH Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, The Raja
HRH Tuanku Fauziah of Terengganu, Raja Perempuan
HH Syed Badaruddin, Tengku Sharif Bendahara
HH Syed Amir Zainal Abidin, Tengku Sharif Temenggong
HH Syed Razlan, Tengku Laksamana
HH Sharifa Hishmah, Tengku Puan Laksamana
HH Syed Zainal Anuar, Tengku Panglima
HH Tengku Putri Nur Zihan of Selangor, Tengku Puan Panglima
HH Syed Zainal-Rashid
HH Syed Azni
Tengku Ilham Malina of Pahang
HH Syed Badlishah
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Sirajuddin (born 17 May 1943) is the current Raja of Perlis, reigning since 17 April 2000. He served as the 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 13 December 2001 to 12 December 2006 and 7th Raja of Perlis since 2000.
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin was born in Arau, Perlis and is the second of ten children of HRH Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail and Tengku Budriah binti Almarhum Tengku Ismail. He studied at the Arau Malay School until standard two, then from 5 January 1950 he continued his primary education at Wellesley Primary School in Penang followed by Westland Primary School until the end of 1955. Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin began his secondary education at Penang Free School on 9 January 1956 and later left for England to study at Wellingborough School for four years until 1963. Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin also underwent training as a Cadet Officer at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, England from January 1964 until December 1965.
Upon his return from England, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin served with the Ministry of Defence Malaysia. His first post was as Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of the Malaysian Reconnaissance Corps (12 December 1965). In 1966, he was transferred to Sabah and then to Sarawak in 1967. He then served in Pahang for several years until he resigned on 31 December 1969 to return to Perlis. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in December 1967.