Ja’afar of Negeri Sembilan
King of Negeri Sembilan (1967 - 2008) & King of Malaysia (1994 - 1999)
Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman GCB (Jawi: توانكو جعفر ابن المرحوم توانكو عبدالرحمن; 19 July 1922 – 27 December 2008) was the tenth king of Malaysia. His rule lasted from 26 April 1994 until 25 April 1999.
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong X Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan | |||||||||
Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |||||||||
Reign | 26 April 1994 – 25 April 1999 | ||||||||
Installation | 22 September 1994 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Azlan Shah of Perak | ||||||||
Successor | Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor | ||||||||
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad | ||||||||
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan | |||||||||
Reign | 18 April 1967 – 27 December 2008 | ||||||||
Installation | 8 April 1968 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Tuanku Munawir | ||||||||
Successor | Tuanku Muhriz | ||||||||
Born | Klang, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya | 19 July 1922||||||||
Died | 27 December 2008 Hospital Tuanku Jaafar, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia | (aged 86)||||||||
Burial | 29 December 2008 | ||||||||
Spouse |
(m. 1942; "his death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 2008) | ||||||||
Issue | Tunku Dara Negeri Sembilan Tunku Tan Sri Naquiah Tunku Laksamana Negeri Sembilan Tunku Dato' Seri Utama Naquiyuddin Tunku Muda Serting Negeri Sembilan Tunku Tan Sri Dato' Seri Imran Tunku Puteri Negeri Sembilan Tunku Dato' Seri Jawahir Tengku Puan Indera Setia Selangor Tunku Dato' Seri Irinah Tunku Panglima Besar Negeri Sembilan Tunku Dato' Seri Nadzaruddin | ||||||||
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House | Pagaruyung - House of Yamtuan Raden | ||||||||
Father | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad | ||||||||
Mother | Che Engku Maimunah Binti Abdullah | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |