World Who's Who Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group





Reigning Royal Families

Biographical entries of most of the reigning monarchs and of certain other members of the reigning royal families will be found in their appropriate alphabetical order in the biographical section of this site.

The name under which they can be found in the text of the site is listed and hyperlinked in this section in bold UPPERCASE type.


MALAYSIA

Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Supreme Head of State):

HM The Sultan of Terengganu, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin
b. 22 January 1962; elected as 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong 13 December 2006, crowned 26 April 2007.

Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Deputy Supreme Head of State):

HRH The Sultan of Kedah, Tuanku Haji Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Badlishah.

The Hereditary Rulers:

There are nine hereditary rulers who qualify for and elect the positions of Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

HRH The Sultan of Johor, Ibrahim Ismail Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.

HRH The Sultan of Kelantan, Tuanku Ismail Petra ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yahaya Petra.

The Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Ja'afar ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman.

HRH The Sultan of Pahang, Haji Ahmad Shah al-Musta'in Billah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri'ayatuddin al-Mu'adzam Shah.

HRH The Sultan of Perak, Tuanku Azlan Muhibuddin Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yusuf Izuddin Ghafarullah Shah.

HRH Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin al-Marhum Syed Putra Jamalullail, The Raja of Perlis.

HRH The Sultan of Selangor, Tuanku Sharafuddin Idris Shah Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah.



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