Abdul Halim of Kedah

Abdul Halim عبدالحليم
Al-Mu'tassimu Billah (He who seeks help from God)
Abdul Halim in 2012
Yang di-Pertuan Agong V and XIV
First reign	21 September 1970 – 20 September 1975
Installation	20 February 1971
Predecessor	Ismail Nasiruddin
Successor	Yahya Petra
Second reign	13 December 2011 – 12 December 2016
Installation	11 April 2012
Predecessor	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Successor	Muhammad V
Sultan of Kedah
Reign	14 July 1958 – 11 September 2017
Installation	20 February 1959
Predecessor	Badlishah
Successor	Sallehuddin
Born	(1927-11-28)28 November 1927 Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States (now Malaysia)
Died	11 September 2017(2017-09-11) (aged 89) Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Burial	12 September 2017 Langgar Royal Mausoleum, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Spouse	Sultanah Bahiyah ​ ​ (m. 1956; died 2003)​ Sultanah Haminah ​ (m. 1975)​
Issue Detail	Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz Tunku Soraya (adopted) Tunku Sarina (adopted)
Names Tunku Abdul Halim ibni Tunku Badlishah Regnal name Al-Sultan Al-Mu’tassimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Tuanku Al-Haj Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah
House	Mahawangsa
Father	Sultan Badlishah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
Mother	Tunku Sofiah binti Tunku Mahmud
Religion	Sunni Islam

Al-Mu’tassimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah (Jawi: المرحوم السلطان المعتصم بالله محب الدين توانکو الحاج عبدالحليم معظم شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان بدلي شاه; 28 November 1927 – 11 September 2017) was the 28th Sultan of Kedah from 1958 until his death in 2017, the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1970 to 1975, and again as the fourteenth from 2011 to 2016. He was the first and only ruler to reign as Yang di-Pertuan Agong twice, as well as the oldest elected to the office. Immediately prior to his death, he was the second longest-reigning living monarch in the world after Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.