Raja Zarith Sofiah

Raja Zarith Sofiah
راج زاريث صوفية
Raja Zarith Sofiah depicted in an oil painting by Rajasekharan Parameswaran, 2019
Raja Permaisuri Agong XVII
Tenure31 January 2024 – present
Coronation20 July 2024
PredecessorTunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah
Permaisuri of Johor
Tenure23 January 2010 – present
Coronation23 March 2015
PredecessorSultanah Zanariah (as Sultanah)
Consort of the Crown Prince of Johor
Tenure22 September 1982 – 23 January 2010
PredecessorTengku Zanariah
SuccessorChe’ Puan Mahkota Khaleeda
BornRaja Zarith Sofiah binti Raja Idris Shah
(1959-08-14) 14 August 1959 (age 64)
Batu Gajah Hospital, Perak, Malaya
Spouse
(m. 1982)
Issue
Names
Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah
Regnal name
Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah
HouseSiak-Perak
(by birth)
Temenggong
(by marriage)
FatherSultan Idris Shah II
MotherRaja Perempuan Muzwin
ReligionSunni Islam

Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah (Jawi: راج زاريث صوفية بنت المرحوم سلطان إدريس شاه; born 14 August 1959) is the Queen of Malaysia (Raja Permaisuri Agong) and the Permaisuri of Johor as a wife of Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar. She was born as a member of the Perak royal family. While still attending Somerville College, Oxford, she married the heir to the throne of Johor. Now a mother of six, she participates in the work of non-governmental organisations and universities, and writes a periodical column for a newspaper.


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