Tengku Azlan

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Sultan Abu Bakar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Azlan.

Yang Amat Mulia Tengku Panglima Besar Tan Sri Dato' Seri Tengku Azlan PSM SPTJ SIMP
تڠكو أزلان‎
Deputy Minister of Transport I
In office 27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008 Serving with Douglas Uggah Embas (Deputy Minister of Transport II)
Monarchs	Syed Sirajuddin (2004–2006) Mizan Zainal Abidin (2006–2008)
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Chan Kong Choy
Preceded by	Ramli Ngah Talib
Succeeded by	Lajim Ukin
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Jerantut
In office 29 November 1999 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Ahmad Kamaruzaman Mohamed Baria (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Ahmad Nazlan Idris (BN–UMNO)
Majority	1,463 (1999) 8,457 (2004) 1,946 (2008)
Personal details
Born	Tengku Azlan ibni Tengku Abu Bakar (1949-07-21) 21 July 1949 (age 75) Istana Permai, Pekan, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 1988; 1996–2018; since 2021) Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46) (1989–1996) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2018–2021)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 1989; 1996–2018; since 2021) Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU)/Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1989–1996) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2021)
Spouse	Tunku Jawahir binti Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar ​ ​ (m. 1974)​
Relations	Tuanku Ja'afar (Father-in-law; deceased) Sultan Ahmad Shah (Elder half-brother; deceased) Tunku Naquiyuddin (Brother-in-law) Al-Sultan Abdullah (Nephew) Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah (Grandnephew)
Children	Tengku Asra Jehan Juzailah Tengku Aslahuddin Ja'afar Tengku A'zran Abdul Jawaad
Parent(s)	Sultan Abu Bakar (Father; deceased) Tengku Hajjah Azam Tengku Omar (Mother; deceased)
Occupation	Retired Politician

Tengku Azlan ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah (born 21 July 1949) is a retired Malaysian politician and had served as the Member of Parliament of Malaysia (MP) for Jerantut, Pahang from 1999 to 2013. Starting from 9 August 2021, he is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Barisan Nasional (BN), after his resignation as Temerloh Divisional Chief of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and later Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, which he rejoined for the second time since he quit UMNO in 2018.^[1][2]

In 1999, Tengku Azlan was appointed as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Tengku Azlan declined a Deputy Minister post after the 2008 election, having previously served as a Deputy Minister for Transport.^[3] He was replaced by Ahmad Nazlan Idris as the Barisan Nasional candidate for Jerantut in the 2013 election. He was a member of the opposition Semangat 46 party early in his political career, running for Parliament unsuccessfully in the 1995 elections.

Tengku Azlan is a paternal half-brother of the late Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang and is the paternal uncle to the current Sultan of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah. He is married to Tunku Puteri Negeri Sembilan, Tunku Puan Sri Dato' Seri Jawahir Binti Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar and they have two sons and a daughter.^[4]

Tengku Azlan was conferred the title 'Tengku Panglima Besar' by his nephew on 30 July 2022, succeeding his grandnephew, Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim after the latter acceded to become the Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of Pahang.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[5]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballot casts	Majority	Turnout
1995	P084 Temerloh		Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (S46)	14,012	38.83%		Sabbaruddin Chik (UMNO)	22,078	61.17%	39,434	8,066	76.70%
1999	P077 Jerantut		Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (UMNO)	16,424	52.33%		Syed Ibrahim Syed Ab Rahman (PAS)	14,961	47.67%	32,176	1,463	75.49%
2004	P081 Jerantut		Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (UMNO)	21,349	62.35%		Hamzah Jaaffar (PAS)	12,892	37.65%	36,444	8,457	79.12%
2008			Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (UMNO)	19,543	52.62%		Hamzah Jaaffar (PAS)	17,597	47.38%	38,078	1,946	78.01%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

•  Malaysia :
  • Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2009)
•  Pahang :
  • Tengku Panglima Besar (2022)
  • Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2007)^[6]
  • Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – formerly Dato', now Dato' Indera (2002)^[6]
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato' (1979)^[6]
•  Negeri Sembilan :
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Grand Order of Tuanku Ja'afar (SPTJ) – Dato' Seri (1985)^[6]

References

1. "Tengku Azlan Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar, Y.B. Tan Sri" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
2. "Kembali ke Pangkuan UMNO". UMNO Online. 9 August 2021.
3. "Tengku Azlan and Anifah decline deputy minister's post". The Star (Malaysia). 19 March 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
4. R. Nadeswaran; Fernandez, Terence (8 May 2008). "Right royal politician". The Sun. Berjaya Group. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
5. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 11 July 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
6. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Bahagian Istiadat dan Urusetia Persidangan Antarabangsa. Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia).