Abdullah of Pahang
Abdullah
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| Al-Mustafa Billah (He who is chosen by God) | |||||||||
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| King of Malaysia | |||||||||
| Reign | 31 January 2019 – 30 January 2024 | ||||||||
| Installation | 30 July 2019 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Muhammad V | ||||||||
| Successor | Ibrahim Iskandar | ||||||||
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| Reign | 11 January 2019 – present | ||||||||
| Proclamation | 15 January 2019 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Ahmad Shah | ||||||||
| Heir apparent | Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah | ||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1959 Istana Mangga Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang, Federation of Malaya | ||||||||
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| House | Bendahara | ||||||||
| Father | Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah | ||||||||
| Mother | Tengku Ampuan Hajah Afzan Rahimahallah binti Almarhum Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
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| Allegiance | Malaysia | ||||||||
| Branch | Malaysian Army | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1978–present | ||||||||
| Rank | Field marshal Admiral of the Fleet Marshal of the Air Force | ||||||||
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Che Puan Besar Kalsom, the Che Puan Besar and stepmother of the Sultan
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Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (Jawi: السلطان عبدﷲ رعاية الدين المصطفى بالله شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان حاج أحمد شاه; ⓘ; born 30 July 1959) is the sixth modern Sultan of Pahang.
Abdullah was born during the reign of his grandfather, Sultan Abu Bakar, and became heir apparent when his father, Sultan Ahmad Shah, acceded to the throne of Pahang in 1974. He was created Crown Prince of Pahang on 1 July 1975. He was educated at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and later pursued a Diploma in International Relations and Diplomacy at Worcester College, Oxford and Queen Elizabeth College in 1980 until 1981. In 1986, he married Tunku Azizah Aminah. They had 10 children, notably Hassanal Ibrahim, Muhammad Iskandar and Puteri Iman Afzan, including one adopted son, Amir Nasser.
Abdullah became Sultan of Pahang upon his father's abdication in January 2019 who later died in May 2019.
On 31 January 2019, Abdullah was sworn in as the 16th King of Malaysia from 2019 to 2024. Abdullah played an unusually prominent role in domestic politics, particularly during the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis and the intricate negotiations that followed the 2022 general election, which resulted in a hung parliament. As a result of this, his reign saw the most prime ministers of any monarch in Malaysia.