Name Tunku Annuar | ||
Tenure 13 December 2011 – 21 May 2014 Born 30 June 1939 ( 1939-06-30 ) Issue Tunku Putra BadlishahTunku Azudin ShahTunku JohanezTunku Marina Mother Tengku Asma Sultan Sulaiman Grandparents Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah Children Tunku Azudin Shah, Tunku Putra Badlishah, Tunku Johanez, Tunku Marina Similar People Badlishah of Kedah, Paula Malai Ali, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Tunku Abdul Malik, Abdul Hamid Halim of |
Almarhum tunku annuar selamat disemadi
Tan Sri Tunku Annuar ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah (30 June 1939 – 21 May 2014) was a member of the Kedah royal family and Chairman of the Regency Council of the Malaysian state of Kedah. He was the son of Sultan Badlishah and the half-brother of Sultan Abdul Halim.
Contents
- Almarhum tunku annuar selamat disemadi
- Kehilangan besar buat rakyat Kedah
- Biography
- Marriages and children
- Death and funeral
- Honours of Kedah
- Honours of Malaysia
- References

Kehilangan besar buat rakyat Kedah
Biography

Tunku Annuar was born on 30 June 1939, the first son of Tunku Badlishah by his third wife, Tengku Asma Sultan Sulaiman. His father, Tunku Badlishah, was the seventh son of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim. His mother, Tengku Asma, was a daughter of Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah of Terengganu. She was crowned Sultanah of Kedah in 1943. Tunku Badlishah was appointed Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Kedah in 1935 and became sultan in 1943. His full brother from the same father and mother was the current Sultan of Kedah, Tunku Sallehuddin.

Tunku Annuar was educated at Malay College Kuala Kangsar then pursue his study at Australian Army Staff College, Fort Queenscliff. He was granted the title Tunku Bendahara in 1981.

On 12 December 2011, he was appointed Chairman of the Council of Regency after Tuanku Abdul Halim became Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Other members of the council include his brothers Tunku Sallehuddin, Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani, and Tuanku Abdul Halim's daughter Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz.
Marriages and children

Tunku Annuar married Sharifah Saleha Syed Omar Shahabuddin on 22 January 1962. They had four children:


His second wife was Toh Puan Noor Suzanna Abdullah, the current Toh Puan Bendahara. Toh Puan Noor Suzanna has been involved in various charity events for flood victims in Kedah. The couple has one son.
Death and funeral
Tunku Annuar died at 12:20 am on 21 May 2014 at Pantai Hospital in Ipoh, Perak, of a heart attack. He was 74. His body was laid to rest at the Kedah Royal Mausoleum in Langgar, Kedah after Asr prayers.
Before his death, he was presumably thought to be the successor to the throne of Kedah, since the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) who his elder half-brother, Tunku Abdul Malik was considered incapacitated due to old age, and then the subsequent successors will follow his lineage. Due to his death, his descendants has been by-passed and since 16 December 2016, his younger brother, Tunku Sallehuddin was proclaimed the next heir and Raja Muda of Kedah.
Honours of Kedah
He has been awarded:
His second wife, Noor Suzanna, Toh Puan Bendahara, was awarded :
Honours of Malaysia
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