Tunku Imran

Negeri Sembilanian Royal and Olympian

Mahirah Abdullah (née Moira Rodrigo)
(m. 1987; div. 2019)
Nora Marzuki
(m. 2013)
Names
Tunku Imran bin Tunku Ja'afar (at birth)
Regnal name
Tunku Tan Sri Imran ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar
DynastyPagaruyungFatherTuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul RahmanMotherTuanku Najihah binti Almarhum Tunku Besar BurhanuddinReligionSunni Islam
Royal family of Negeri Sembilan

Tuanku Muhriz, The Yang di-Pertuan Besar
Tuanku Aishah Rohani, the Tunku Ampuan Besar

Muhriz's sisters
Yang di-Pertuan Besar's sisters:
  • Tunku Anne Dakhlah
    YBhg. Dato’ Abdul Malik
    • Siti Mazeera
      Shazmi Izzam
    • Siti Mazlina
    • Siti Mazlynda
  • Tunku Deborah
    YBhg. Dato' Ahmad Fuad
  • Tunku Deannah
    YM Tengku Datuk Amran of Jelebu
    • Tengku Amera Nafisah of Jelebu
    • Tengku Nadia Azrina of Jelebu
    • Tengku Dahira Azirah of Jelebu
Jaafar's family
  • Tunku Naquiah, the Tunku Dara
    Tunku Mudzaffar, the Tunku Kecil Besar
    • Tunku Nadzimuddin
      Che Puan Sarimah Ibrahim
      • Tunku Sofia Najihah
    • Tunku Miratun Madihah
      Dato' James Iskandar Jaafar-Greaves
      • Putera Ryan
      • Puteri Tahlia
    • Tunku Nasaifuddin
      Che Puan Claire Rania Moore
      • Tunku Arthur Idris
      • Tunku Gabriella Amiera
    • Tunku Nasruan Adil
      Che Puan Nor Jeslina Hashim binti Khairuddin Mohamed Hashim
  • Tunku Naquiyuddin, the Tunku Laxamana
    Tunku Nurul Hayati of Kedah, the Tunku Puan Muda
    • Tunku Mohammad Alauddin
      Putri Badrinise Alauddin
      • Tunku Alayna Putri
    • Tunku Alia Nadira
      Lorance Cheikh El Haddadin
    • Tunku Nadia Sahiya
    • Tunku Khairul-Zaim
  • Tunku Imran, the Tunku Muda Serting
    Che Engku Puan Sri Nora Marzuki
    • Tunku Khairil Imran
    • Tunku Tarrant
    • Tunku Abdul Rahman Aminu'llah
  • Tunku Jawahir, the Tunku Puteri and Tengku Puan Panglima Besar of Pahang
    Tengku Azlan Shah, the Tengku Panglima Besar of Pahang
    • Tengku Aslahuddin Jaafar of Pahang
      Sofia
      • Tengku Muhammad Ayden Saladin of Pahang
    • Tengku Azran of Pahang
  • Tunku Irinah, the Tengku Puan Panglima Raja of Selangor
    Tengku Ahmad Shah of Selangor, the Tengku Panglima Raja of Selangor
    • Tengku Alam Shah Amiruddin of Selangor
    • Tengku Aiman Shahirah of Selangor
  • Tunku Nadzaruddin, the Tunku Panglima Besar
    Tunku Mimi Wahida
    • Tunku Muhammad Hazim Shah Raden
    • Tunku Muhammad Mish’al Raden
    • Tunku Ines Najihah Raden
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Tunku Imran
5th President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia
In office
1998–2018
Preceded byHamzah Abu Samah
Succeeded byMohamad Norza Zakaria
5th President of the
World Squash Federation
In office
1989–1996
Preceded byScotland Ronnie Sinclair
Succeeded byNew Zealand Susie Simcock
Personal details
Born
Tunku Imran bin Tunku Ja’afar

Malaysia Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
NationalityMalaysia
Children6

Tunku Tan Sri Imran ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar (born 21 March 1949) is a member of Negeri Sembilan royal family who is the Tunku Muda Serting. He is the grandson of the first King of Malaysia, the late Tuanku Abdul Rahman. His father the late Tuanku Ja'afar, was also the 10th King of Malaysia. He was born as the second son of Tuanku Ja’afar, the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Besar (Grand Ruler) of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He is often unofficially known in English as Prince Tunku Imran.

He also a former President of the Commonwealth Games Federation,[1] and was also the president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia. He is an Honorary Member of the International Olympic Committee.

Childhood

HH Prince Tunku Imran was born at Istana Hinggap (Hinggap Palace), Seremban, Negeri Sembilan on 21 March 1949 as the second son of the late Tuanku Ja'afar and his wife Tuanku Najihah.[citation needed]

His siblings in birth order are :

  • Eldest sister Tunku Tan Sri Naquiah, Tunku Dara (26 December 1944)
  • Elder brother Tunku Dato' Seri Utama Naquiyuddin, Tunku Laxamana (8 March 1947)
  • Younger sister Tunku Puan Sri Jawahir, Tunku Puteri (27 January 1952)
  • Youngest sister Tunku Dato' Seri Irinah (23 November 1957)
  • Youngest brother Tunku Dato' Seri Nadzaruddin, Tunku Panglima Besar (26 October 1959)

Education

Career

Barr-at-Law (Gray's Inn 1971). Indonesian Representative for PERNAS 1972-1973, CEO Haw Par (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd 1973-1976, CEO Antah Holdings 1977-2001, Founder of the S.P.A conglomerate , Chairman of Yayasan Sime Darby , Chairman of Aluminium Company of Malaysia Bhd, Minho (Malaysia) Bhd and Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd, Group Chairman Petra Group , Austral Enterprises Bhd, Island & Peninsular Bhd and Hwang-DBS (Malaysia) Bhd. Business Adviser to Jones, Lang Wootton and Partners , Jimah Power Generation IPP , 7-Eleven , Pepsi , Mirinda , 7UP , Bleu , (Permanis) , UTV , Granley Developments , Biwater , Clipper Power , Vectel Networks , Schindler , Giant Hypermarkets , Lenga Palm Oil , Noble Mineral Resources , Global Gold Holdings , Sino Hua-An International , Antah Insurance , BWI Hotels , Cavendish Property Group etc.....

Chair Fndn for Sporting Excellence, and the Young Malaysians Society. President Malaysia Heritage Trust, Malaysian German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, President of Olympic Council of Malaysia, Vice President of the International Cricket Council , Malaysian Cricket Assoc, and World Squash Fed 1989-1996. President of Commonwealth Games Federation. Chair Fndn for Sporting Excellence, and the Young Malaysians Society. Malaysian Chef de Mission 24th Olympic Games at Seoul 1988.

Trustee Yayasan Tunku Naquiyuddin since 1995, Tuanku Ja’afar Coll. Dir Inst of Strategy & International Studies. Mbr National Sports Council of Malaysia, Malaysian Business Council, etc.[2]

Weddings and family

He married Che’ Engku Mahirah binti Abdullah (née Moira Rodrigo) on 18 February 1987 and divorced 1 July 2019.

He secondly married Che’ Engku Noor Asmara binti Abang Marzuki, simply known as Nora Marzuki on 28 March 2013.

He has 5 children :

  • Tunku Khairil Imran (s/o Che’ Engku Mahirah)
  • Tunku Tarrant (s/o Che’ Engku Mahirah)
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman Aminullah (s/o Che’ Engku Mahirah)
  • Nor Marzuki bin Musa (s/o Noor Asmara from previous marriage)
  • Noreen Nong binti Musa (d/o Noor Asmara from previous marriage)
  • Nor Nadia Abdullah Marzuki (d/o Noor Asmara from previous marriage)

Honours

He has been awarded :

Honours of Negeri Sembilan

  •  Negeri Sembilan :
    • Paramount of the Order of Negeri Sembilan (DTNS) (19.7.1999)
    • Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Yam Tuan Radin Sunnah (DKYR)
    • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SPNS), now Principal Grand Knight or Dato’ Seri Utama,(SUNS)
    • Meritorious Service Medal (PJK)

Honours of Malaysia

Trivia

During the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, alongside Queen Elizabeth II, Imran struggled to open the baton that contained her message, but did so eventually amidst great relief and good humour.[4]

References

  • "Syarikat Pesaka Antah Sdn Bhd" Website, presentation of the Board of Directors with photo of Tunku Imran
  1. ^ "Our people". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. ^ "IOC membership dips back below 100 mark as constructive critics retire".
  3. ^ a b "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  4. ^ "Prince laughs off baton struggle". www.heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
Malaysian royalty
Preceded by Line of succession to the throne of Negeri Sembilan
3rd position
Succeeded by
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