Abdullah of Pahang
16th and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia & 6th and current Sultan of Pahang
Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah (Jawi: السلطان عبدالله رعاية الدين المصطفى بالله شاه الحاج ابن المرحوم سلطان حاج احمد شاه المستعين بالله) (born 30 July 1959) is the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (head of state) of Malaysia and the sixth Sultan of Pahang. He was made Sultan on 15 January 2019, replacing his father, Sultan Ahmad Shah on 11 January.[1]
| Abdullah عبد الله | |||||||||
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| Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVI Sultan of Pahang | |||||||||
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| Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |||||||||
| Reign | 31 January 2019 – 31 January 2024 | ||||||||
| Installation | 30 July 2019 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Muhammad V | ||||||||
| Successor | Ibrahim Iskandar | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Muhyiddin Yassin Ismail Sabri Yaakob Anwar Ibrahim | ||||||||
| Sultan of Pahang | |||||||||
| Reign | 15 January 2019 – present | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Ahmad Shah | ||||||||
| Heir apparent | Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Shah | ||||||||
| Chief Minister | Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail | ||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1959 Istana Mangga Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang, Malaya (now Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia) | ||||||||
| Spouse |
Cik Puan Julia Rais
(m. 1991) | ||||||||
| Issue | Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah (adopted) Tengku Ahmad Iskandar Shah (died 1990) Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri’ayatuddin Shah Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu’adzam Shah Tengku Puteri Afzan Aminah Hafidzatullah Tengku Puteri Jihan Azizah Athiyatullah Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan Tengku Ilisha Ameera Tengku Ilyana | ||||||||
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| House | Bendahara | ||||||||
| Father | Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah | ||||||||
| Mother | Tengku Ampuan Afzan | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
On 24 January 2019, days after his accession to the throne of Pahang, he was elected as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.[2] He was sworn in on 31 January. The Prime Minister at that time was Mahathir Mohamad.
He was also a member of the FIFA Council from 2015 to 2019.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Tengku Abdullah to be proclaimed Pahang sultan on Jan 15". MalaysiaKini. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ↑ "Sultan Pahang, Agong Malaysia ke-16" [Sultan Pahang, 16th Malaysia Agong]. Bernama,com (in Malay). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ↑ Bernama (20 February 2019). "We will miss you - Infantino thanks YDP Agong after FIFA Council exit". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 5 July 2019.