Tuanku Bainun

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Her Royal Highness Tuanku Bainun

Raja Permaisuri Agong
(Queen of Malaysia) and Raja Permaisuri of Perak

Born

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December 1932 (1932-00-00) (age 76)

Birthplace

Penang, Malaysia

Consort to

Sultan
Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah
Ghafarullahu-lahu

Issue

Raja Nazrin Shah
ibni Sultan Azlan Shah
Raja
Dato’ Seri Azureen binti Sultan Azlan Shah
Raja
Dato’ Seri Ashman Shah ibni Sultan Azlan Shah
Raja
Eleena binti Sultan Azlan Shah
Raja Yong Sofia
Binti Sultan Azlan Shah

Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Permaisuri Perak Tuanku Bainun binti Mohd. Ali,
D.K. , D.M.N (born 1932) is the current queen of the
state of Perak, Malaysia. She
was also the first commoner to be installed as Raja Permaisuri
Agong or Queen of Malaysia.

Contents

1 Background

2 Becoming Queen

3 Royal Family

4 Interests and
Hobbies

5 See also

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Background

Her Royal Highness was born in Penang in 1932 and received her
early education at the St. George’s School, Penang. She was selected to further
her studies at the prestigious Teacher’s Training College, Kirkby, England from
1952 to 1954.

A year after returning from England, she married Sultan
Ghafarullahu-lahu of Perak in 1955. The Sultan was then a Magistrate in Kuala
Lumpur, while Tuanku Bainun was teaching at her former school. She has
taught in various schools in Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Raub, Taiping and Kuantan.

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Becoming Queen

Upon her husband's accession to the Perak throne in 1984, she became Raja
Permaisuri of Perak with the title of Tuanku. In Perak, Queens of royal blood
are known as Raja Perempuan, while the title of Raja Permaisuri was reserved for
commoner consorts. Her Royal Highness was officially proclaimed the Raja
Permaisuri Perak Darul Ridzuan on February 19, 1988 in a historic ceremony at
Istana Kinta in Ipoh.

Sultan Azlan Shah was selected as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong and during
the Oath Taking and Signing Ceremony on April 26, 1989, Tuanku Bainun was
proclaimed Raja Permaisuri Agong. Interestingly she was crowned Raja Permaisuri
Agong on a new throne made of silver that replaced the ancient wooden throne
used by Malaysia's eight previous Queens of royal blood, adding another first to
her crown.

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Royal Family

The royal couple have five children, two princes and three princesses. The
eldest is Raja Nazrin Shah ibni
Sultan Azlan Shah, who is also Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Perak. The others are Raja Dato’
Seri Azureen binti Sultan Azlan Shah, Raja
Dato’ Seri Ashman Shah ibni Sultan Azlan Shah, Raja Eleena binti Sultan
Azlan Shah and Raja Yong Sofia Binti
Sultan Azlan Shah

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Interests and Hobbies

Tuanku Bainun shares a common interest with the Sultan in sports, especially
golf. She pays serious attention to her subjects and is always close to them,
especially the women, and has a deep interest in welfare activities. Her hobbies
include collecting recipes, floral arrangement and reading.

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See also

Yang Di-Pertuan
Agong

Raja Permaisuri
Agong

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