Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun

Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun (Jawi: راج ڤرمايسوري توانکو بعينون; née Bainun binti Mohd Ali; born 7 November 1932) is the former Raja Permaisuri (Queen consort) of Malaysian state of Perak. She was also the ninth Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen consort) of Malaysia, the first commoner to be installed as Queen consort. She is the widow of Sultan Azlan Shah and the mother of the incumbent Sultan Nazrin Shah. She is now styled as Yang Maha Mulia Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun.

Bainun
Raja Permaisuri Agong
Tenure26 April 1989 – 25 April 1994
Installation18 September 1989
PredecessorSultanah Zanariah
SuccessorTuanku Najihah
Raja Permaisuri of Perak
Tenure3 February 1984 – 28 May 2014
Installation9 December 1985
PredecessorRaja Perempuan Muzwin (as Raja Perempuan)
SuccessorTuanku Zara Salim
Born (1932-11-07) 7 November 1932
Penang, British Malaya, Straits Settlements
Spouse
IssueSultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah
Raja Azureen
Almarhum Raja Ashman Shah
Raja Eleena
Raja Yong Sofia
Names
Bainun binti Mohd Ali
Regnal name
Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun
FatherMohd Ali bin Man[1]
MotherChe Putih binti Abdullah
ReligionSunni Islam

Background

Tuanku Bainun was born on 7 November 1932 in Penang, the Straits Settlements and received her early education at the St. George's Girls School, Penang. She was selected to further her studies at the prestigious Teacher's Training College, Kirkby, England from 1952 to 1954.

A year after returning from England, she married Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah of Perak on 9 December 1955. The Sultan was then a Magistrate in Kuala Lumpur, while Tuanku Bainun was teaching at her former school. She was a teacher for 22 years and has taught in various schools in Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Raub, Taiping and Kuantan.

Queen consort

Upon her husband's accession to the Perak throne on 3 February 1984, she became Raja Permaisuri of Perak with the title of Tuanku. In Perak, Queens of royal blood are known as Raja Perempuan, while the title of Raja Permaisuri was reserved for commoner consorts. Her Royal Highness was officially proclaimed the Raja Permaisuri Perak Darul Ridzuan on 9 December 1985 in a historic ceremony at Istana Iskandariah in Kuala Kangsar.

Sultan Azlan Shah was selected as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong and during the Oath Taking and Signing Ceremony on 26 April 1989, Tuanku Bainun was proclaimed Raja Permaisuri Agong. Tuanku Bainun is the first commoner ever to become Queen of Malaysia. She was crowned Raja Permaisuri Agong on 19 February 1988 a new throne made of silver that replaced the ancient wooden throne used by Malaysia's eight previous Queens of royal blood, adding another first to her crown. They held these titles until the end of Azlan Shah's term on 25 April 1994.

She ceased to be Raja Permaisuri of Perak on 28 May 2014, after her husband died. She was succeeded a month later by her daughter in-law, Tuanku Zara Salim.

Royal family

The royal couple had five children, two princes and three princesses. The eldest is Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, the current Sultan of Perak. The others are Raja Dato’ Seri Azureen Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, Raja Dato’ Seri Ashman Shah Ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah and Raja Dato' Seri Yong Sofia Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah.[2]

Awards and recognitions

She was awarded:

Honours of Perak

  •  Perak :
    • Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Perak (DK)[3]
    • Member First Class of the Azlanii Royal Family Order (DKA I, 2010)[4]

Honours of Malaysia

Foreign Honours

Academic

Places named after her

Several places were named after her, including:

  • Raja Pemaisuri Bainun Bridge in Lumut, Perak
  • Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh, Perak
  • Raja Permaisuri Bainun Mosque in Kuala Kangsar, Perak
  • Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun in Ipoh, Perak
  • Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Tuanku Bainun in Bukit Mertajam, Penang
  • SMK Raja Permaisuri Bainun, a secondary school in Ipoh, Perak
  • Tuanku Bainun Library in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim, Perak

See also

References

  1. warisanpermaisuri
  2. Blazing trails in halls of Academia
  3. Sultanah Bainum wearing former DK ribbon and current DK ribbon
  4. Sultanah Bainum wearing DKA
  5. Sultanah Bainum wearing DMN
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