Tunku Mahmud Sallehuddin
| Mahmud Sallehuddin | |
|---|---|
| Raja Muda of Kedah | |
| Raja Muda of Kedah | |
| Reign | 16 December 2016 - present |
| Predecessor | Tunku Abdul Malik |
| Chairman of the Council of Regency of Kedah | |
| Tenure | 21 May 2014 - 12 December 2016 |
| Predecessor | Tunku Annuar |
| Successor | none |
| Born |
30 April 1942 Alor Setar, Kedah, British Malaya |
| Spouse | Tengku Maliha Binti Tengku Ariff |
| Issue | Tunku Sarafuddin Badlishah Tunku Shazuddin Badlishah |
| House | Kedah |
| Father | Sultan Badlishah |
| Mother | Tengku Asma binti Almarhum Sultan Sulaiman |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Tan Sri Tunku Mahmud Sallehuddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah is the current Raja Muda or heir presumptive of the State of Kedah. He was proclaimed as Raja Muda of Kedah on 16 December 2016. At 74, he is the oldest prince in the world to be proclaimed as Crown Prince in recent memory.
Tunku Mahmud Sallehuddin was born in Alor Setar, Kedah, British Malaya on 30 April 1942.
Tunku Sallehuddin is the ninth of 14 siblings. His father was the late Sultan Badlishah (1894-1958), the 26th Sultan of Kedah and his mother was Sultanah Asma binti Almarhum Sultan Sulaiman (1911-1994) who was the daughter of the Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah. His full siblings are Almarhum Tunku Tan Sri Annuar, Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani, Tunku Dato' Seri Hosnah, Tunku Dato' Bisharah, Tunku Dato' Badriatul Jamal, Dato' Tunku Kamaliah and Dato' Hajjah Tunku Nafisah while his half-brothers originating from the same father are the current Sultan of Kedah and the former 5th and 14th Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Tuanku Abdul Halim and the late Tunku Abdul Malik.
Tunku Salehuddin's military career started with undergoing cadet training at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, India, from July 23, 1962 until June 30, 1963. On February 1964, he was commissioned as a lieutenant and stationed with the 12th Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment based in Kelantan. He was later promoted to the rank of Colonel.
During his services, Tunku Sallehuddin had been involved in several security operations at the border areas with Thailand.
Tunku Sallehuddin was proclaimed as Tunku Temenggong on 28 November 1981. He became one of the members of the Council of Regency which ruled Kedah when his eldest brother, Sultan Abdul Halim served as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from December 2011 until December 2016.
When Tuanku Abdul Halim's tenure as Yang Di-Pertuan Agong came to an end on 12 December 2016, Tunku Sallehuddin was proclaimed as Raja Muda of Kedah in a ceremony held at Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah. The previous Raja Muda of Kedah, who was also his elder half-brother, Tunku Abdul Malik, had passed away of natural causes on 29 November 2015.
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