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Raja Eleena

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Mother
  
Tuanku Bainun

Spouse
  
Ismail Farouk Abdullah

Name
  
Raja Eleena

Religion
  


Born
  
3 April 1960 (age 64) Penang, Malaya (
1960-04-03
)

Issue
  
Omar Azlan Ismail FaroukAlia Ismail FaroukImran Azlan Ismail FaroukAshman Azlan Ismail FaroukSofia Ismail Farouk

Father
  
Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah

Role
  
Children
  
Imran Azlan Ismail Farouk, Sofia Ismail Farouk

Parents
  
Tuanku Bainun, Azlan Shah of Perak

Grandparents
  
Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of Perak, Toh Puan Besar Hatijah Binti Toh Indera Wangsa Ahmad

Similar People
  
Azlan Shah of Perak, Raja Yong Sofia, Raja Azureen, Raja Ashman Shah, Tuanku Bainun

Great-grandparents
  
Abdul Jalil of Perak

Kuala Lumpur – Raja Eleena


Raja Eleena binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-lah (born 3 April 1960) is a fourth daughter of the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah. She was born on 3 April 1960 and during her school years, she went to SMK Convent Bukit Nanas. She also holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of London. Yang Amat Mulia is a lawyer with her own legal firm in Kuala Lumpur.

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Childhood

Raja Eleena was born at Penang, Malaya, 3 April 1960 as the fourth daughter of late Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah, later Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, and his wife Tuanku Bainun Binti Mohd Ali (herself a member of the Royal House of Perak and much fourth granddaughter of her husband's father Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of Perak)

Her siblings are :

  • brother Raja Nazrin Shah (27 November 1956)
  • sister Raja Azureen (9 December 1957)
  • brother Raja Ashman Shah (28 December 1958)
  • sister Raja Yong Sofia (24 June 1961)
  • Biography

    Raja Eleena is also a practising barrister, being called by Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1985.

    Upon returning to Malaysia, she joined Messrs Skrine & Co and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1986. She set up her own legal practice Messrs Raja Eleena, Siew Ang & Associates in 1987, of which she is a senior partner.

    Raja Eleena was appointed to the Board of Gamuda on 1 June 1992.

    She is the niece of Kamarul Zaman bin Mohd Ali. She is a director and major shareholder of Generasi Setia (M) Sdn Bhd, which is a major shareholder of Gamuda.

    Her directorships in other public companies are with KAF-Seagroatt & Campbell Holdings Berhad and Danau Permai Resort Berhad.

    Raja Eleena was named in May 2007 as Malaysia's 25th richest in the country with assets worth over US$228 million (MYR 773 million). She becomes the list’s second woman after Chong Chook Yew, who occupies number 18th with US$320 million (MYR 1.085 billion).

    Honours

    She has been awarded:

    Honours of Perak

  • Grand Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (the Perak Sword of State, SPCM, 19 April 1989) with title Dato' Sri
  • current ribbon de the decoration :
  • References

    Raja Eleena Wikipedia