Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Yussuf Izzuddin Ghafarullahu-Lahu Shah

Background

Shah, Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Yussuf Izzuddin Ghafarullahu-Lahu was born on April 15, 1928 in Batu Gajah, Perak, Malaysia. Son of Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah.

Education

Student, Malay College, Nottingham U. and Lincoln Inn. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Malaya, 1979; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Sains Malaysia, 1980.

Career

Assistant secretary state, Perak., 1954-1955; magistrate, Kuala Lumpur., 1955-1956; session camp resident, Perak., 1957-1959; federal counsel and Dy public prosecutory, Perak., 1959; state legal advisor, Perak., 1959-1962; registrar high court, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1962-1963; chief registrar, Federal Court, Kuala Lumpur, 1963-1965; high court judge, Federal Court, Kuala Lumpur, 1965; federal judge, Federal Court, Kuala Lumpur, 1973; chief justice, Federal Court, Kuala Lumpur, 1979; Lord President, 1982-1983; 34th Sultan of Perak, since 1984; named King of Malaysia, 1989-1994.

Achievements

• Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Yussuf Izzuddin Ghafarullahu-Lahu Shah has been listed as a noteworthy Sultan of Perak by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-chancellor U. Sains Malaysia, 1971. Chairman Higher Education Advisory Council, 1974. Vice president Olympic Council, Malayisa.

Member International Hockey Federation, Malaysian Hockey Federation (president).

Connections

Married Tuanku Bainum binti Hohd, 1955. Children: Raja Nazrin, Raja Azureen, Raja Ashman, Raja Eleen, Raja Yong Sofia.

Father:

Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Shah

Spouse:

Tuanku Bainum binti Hohd

child:

Raja Yong Sofia Shah

child:

Raja Nazrin Shah

child:

Raja Ashman Shah

child:

Raja Azureen Shah

child:

Raja Eleen Shah