Azlan Shah of Perak

(1928-2014)

Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

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Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah (Jawi: سلطان عزلن محب الدين شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان يوسف عز الدين شاه غفر الله له‎; 19 April 1928 – 28 May 2014) was the 34th sultan of Perak and the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1989 to 25 April 1994. The child of a royal father and commoner mother, he grew up in Perak, Malaysia. During school he played field hockey, subsequently playing for the Perak team. He trained to be a lawyer in the United Kingdom. Upon returning to Malaysia, he soon became a judge and quickly rose through the legal ranks. In 1965, he became the youngest person appointed to the High Court of Malaya, and in 1982 he became the youngest ever Lord President of the Federal Court, the country's highest judicial rank.

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Born	19 April 1928 Batu Gajah, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died	28 May 2014 (aged 86) National Heart Institute Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Zodiac	Aries
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