Abdullah 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
Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVI
Sultan of Pahang
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong
31 January 2019 – 31 January 2024
Installation30 July 2019
PredecessorMuhammad V
SuccessorIbrahim Iskandar
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Muhyiddin Yassin
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Anwar Ibrahim
Sultan of Pahang
15 January 2019 – present
PredecessorAhmad Shah
Heir apparentTengku Hassanal Ibrahim Shah
Chief MinisterWan Rosdy Wan Ismail
Born (1959-07-30) 30 July 1959 (age 65)
Istana Mangga Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang, Malaya
(now Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia)
Spouse
Cik Puan Julia Rais (m. 1991)
IssueTengku 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
Full name
Tengku Abdullah ibni Tengku Ahmad Shah
Regnal name
Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Al-Musta’in Billah Shah
HouseBendahara
FatherSultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah
MotherTengku Ampuan Afzan
ReligionSunni 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.

He was also a member of the FIFA Council from 2015 to 2019.[3]

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