Abdullah of Pahang

Abdullah عبد الله
Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVI Sultan of Pahang
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Reign	31 January 2019 – 31 January 2024
Installation	30 July 2019
Predecessor	Muhammad V
Successor	Ibrahim Iskandar
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad Muhyiddin Yassin Ismail Sabri Yaakob Anwar Ibrahim
Sultan of Pahang
Reign	15 January 2019 – present
Predecessor	Ahmad Shah
Heir apparent	Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Shah
Chief Minister	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail
Born	(1959-07-30) 30 July 1959 (age 65) Istana Mangga Tunggal, Pekan, Pahang, Malaya (now Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia)
Spouse	Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah ​ ​ (m. 1986)​ Cik Puan Julia Rais ​ ​ (m. 1991)​
Issue	Tengku Amir Nasser Ibrahim Shah (adopted) Tengku Ahmad Iskandar Shah (died 1990) Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri’ayatuddin Shah Tengku Ahmad Ismail Mu’adzam Shah Tengku Puteri Afzan Aminah Hafidzatullah Tengku Puteri Jihan Azizah Athiyatullah Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan Tengku Ilisha Ameera Tengku Ilyana
Full name Tengku Abdullah ibni Tengku Ahmad Shah Regnal name Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Al-Musta’in Billah Shah
House	Bendahara
Father	Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah
Mother	Tengku Ampuan Afzan
Religion	Sunni Islam

Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah (Jawi: السلطان عبدالله رعاية الدين المصطفى بالله شاه الحاج ابن المرحوم سلطان حاج احمد شاه المستعين بالله) (born 30 July 1959) is the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (head of state) of Malaysia and the sixth Sultan of Pahang. He was made Sultan on 15 January 2019, replacing his father, Sultan Ahmad Shah on 11 January.^[1]

On 24 January 2019, days after his accession to the throne of Pahang, he was elected as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.^[2] He was sworn in on 31 January. The Prime Minister at that time was Mahathir Mohamad.

He was also a member of the FIFA Council from 2015 to 2019.^[3]

References

1. "Tengku Abdullah to be proclaimed Pahang sultan on Jan 15". MalaysiaKini. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
2. "Sultan Pahang, Agong Malaysia ke-16" [Sultan Pahang, 16th Malaysia Agong]. Bernama,com (in Malay). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
3. Bernama (20 February 2019). "We will miss you - Infantino thanks YDP Agong after FIFA Council exit". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 5 July 2019.