Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan

Ja’afar
  • جعفر
King of Malaysia
Reign26 April 1994 – 25 April 1999
Installation22 September 1994
PredecessorAzlan Shah
SuccessorSalahuddin
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Reign18 April 1967 – 27 December 2008
Installation8 April 1968
PredecessorTuanku Munawir
SuccessorTuanku Muhriz
Tunku Muda Serting of Negeri Sembilan
Tenure1937–1967
PredecessorTuanku Munawir
2nd Chancellor
National University of Malaysia
Tenure16 April 1976 – 2008
PredecessorTun Abdul Razak
SuccessorTuanku Muhriz
Born(1922-07-19)19 July 1922
Klang, Selangor, Federated Malay States
Died27 December 2008(2008-12-27) (aged 86)
Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Burial29 December 2008
Spouse
(m. 19422008)
IssueTunku Naquiah
Tunku Naquiyuddin
Tunku Imran
Tunku Jawahir
Tunku Irinah
Tunku Nadzaruddin
Names
Tunku Ja’afar ibni Tunku Abdul Rahman
Regnal name
Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman
HousePagaruyung - House of Yamtuan Raden
FatherTuanku Abdul Rahman Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad
MotherChe Engku Maimunah Binti Abdullah
ReligionSunni Islam

Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman GCB (Jawi: توانكو جعفر ابن المرحوم توانكو عبدالرحمن; 19 July 1922 – 27 December 2008) was Yang Di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan from 1967 until his death in 2008, and the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia), from 1994 to 1999.