Raja Zarith Sofiah
| Raja Zarith Sofiah راج زاريث صوفية | |||||||||
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Raja Zarith Sofiah depicted in an oil painting by Rajasekharan Parameswaran, 2019 | |||||||||
| Queen consort of Malaysia | |||||||||
| Tenure | 31 January 2024 – present | ||||||||
| Installation | 20 July 2024 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah | ||||||||
| Permaisuri of Johor | |||||||||
| Tenure | 23 January 2010 – present | ||||||||
| Coronation | 23 March 2015 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Sultanah Zanariah (as Sultanah) | ||||||||
| Born | Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Raja Idris Shah 14 August 1959 Batu Gajah Hospital, Perak, Malaya | ||||||||
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| House | Siak-Perak (by birth) Temenggong (by marriage) | ||||||||
| Father | Sultan Idris Shah II | ||||||||
| Mother | Raja Perempuan Muzwin | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
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Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah (Jawi: راج زاريث صوفية بنت المرحوم سلطان إدريس شاه; born 14 August 1959) is the Queen of Malaysia (Raja Permaisuri Agong) and the Permaisuri of Johor as the wife of Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar. She was born as a member of the Perak royal family. While still attending Somerville College, Oxford, she married the heir to the throne of Johor. Now a mother of six, she participates in the work of non-governmental organisations and universities, and writes a periodical column for a newspaper.