Coronation 23 March 2015 Parents Idris Shah II of Perak Grandparents Iskandar of Perak | House Temenggong Dynasty Name Raja Sofia | |
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Tenure 23 January 2010 – present Born 14 August 1959 (age 65) Batu Gajah Hospital, Batu Gajah, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) ( 1959-08-14 ) Issue Tunku Ismail IdrisTunku AminahTunku IdrisTunku Abdul Jalil (deceased 5th December 2015)Tunku Abdul RahmanTunku Abu Bakar Children Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim Similar People Idris Shah II of Perak, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibr, Iskandar of Johor, Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Tunku Puan Zanariah | ||
Great-grandparents Idris Shah I of Perak | ||
Temubual khas bersama tuanku raja zarith sofiah
Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah (born 14 August 1959) is the Permaisuri (Queen consort) of Johor. She was born as a member of the Perak Royal Family. While still attending Oxford, she married the then-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.
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- Temubual khas bersama tuanku raja zarith sofiah
- Hrh raja zarith sofiah oxford revisited flv
- Early life and education
- Current activities
- Marriage and children
- Titles and styles
- Honours
- Honours of Johor
- Honours of Perak
- References
Hrh raja zarith sofiah oxford revisited flv
Early life and education
Raja Zarith Sofiah was born in Batu Gajah Hospital, Batu Gajah, on 14 August 1959 as the third child and second daughter of Sultan Idris Shah II of Perak and Raja Mazwin Raja Arif Shah. Her parents were first step-cousins once removed. She is a second step-cousin of Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak. Sultan Azlan's paternal grandfather, her paternal grandfather and her mother's paternal grandfather were children of Sultan Idris Shah I of Perak, all with different mothers.
She attended Datin Khadijah Primary School and then Raja Perempuan Kalsom School in Kuala Kangsar, before moving on to Cheltenham Ladies' College to complete her secondary education. She attended Somerville College, Oxford and obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Chinese studies from the University of Oxford in 1983 and her Master of Arts in 1986.
Current activities
Raja Zarith Sofiah is the chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru. She is also a Fellow of the School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). She delivered the keynote address at the 2011 UKM International Language Conference. She is the Royal Patron of Oxford University Malaysia Club (beginning Michaelmas 2011).
Raja Zarith is a strong advocate of improving the use of English in Malaysia. In addition to Malay and English, she speaks Mandarin Chinese, Italian and French.
She has authored several children's books, including Puteri Gunung Ledang, and writes for the The Star's "Mind Matters" column.
Raja Zarith supports various charitable and non-governmental organisations. She is a patron of the Johor Spastic Children's Association, Rotary Club of Tebrau Heart Fund and the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association. She is also the Chair of the Community Services Committee of the Malaysian Red Crescent Society.
Raja Zarith Sofiah is also active in religious activities. There is a foundation which is named after her which is called Yayasan Raja Zarith Sofiah Negeri Johor. It was launched on 28 November 2012 at the Kuala Lumpur campus of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia The foundation's purpose is to generate funds for various educational programmes. The foundation was set up after the Sultan of Johor and she agreed with the proposal by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, in line with the Royal Johor Institution, in developing the teachings of Islam.
Marriage and children
In 1982, Raja Zarith married the (then) Tunku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of Johor, Tunku Ibrahim Ismail. Ibrahim Ismail was proclaimed the 25th Sultan of Johor after the death of his father in January 2010. However, Raja Zarith has not been crowned Sultanah and is simply referred to as consort of the Sultan of Johor before the coronation but after her coronation, she is known as the Permaisuri of Johor.
She and Sultan Ibrahim have six children:
Titles and styles
Honours
She has been awarded :