Raja Eleena

Raja Eleena binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-lah (born 3 April 1960) is the fourth child of the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah.

She was born on 3 April 1960 and during her school years, she went to SMK Convent Bukit Nanas. She also holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of London. Yang Amat Mulia is a lawyer with her own legal firm in Kuala Lumpur.

Biography

Raja Eleena is also a practising barrister, being called by Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1985.

Upon returning to Malaysia, she joined Messrs Skrine & Co and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1986. She set up her own legal practice Messrs Raja Eleena, Siew Ang & Associates in 1987, of which she is a senior partner.

Raja Eleena was appointed to the Board of Gamuda on 1 June 1992.

She is the niece of Kamarul Zaman bin Mohd Ali. She is a director and major shareholder of Generasi Setia (M) Sdn Bhd, which is a major shareholder of Gamuda.

Her directorships in other public companies are with KAF-Seagroatt & Campbell Holdings Berhad and Danau Permai Resort Berhad.

Raja Eleena was named in May 2007 as Malaysia's 25th richest in the country with assets worth over US$228 million (MYR 773 million). She becomes the list’s second woman after Chong Chook Yew, who occupies number 18th with US$320 million (MYR 1.085 billion).

Childhood

Raja Eleena was born at Penang, Malaya, 3 April 1960 as the fourth child of the late Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah, later Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, and his wife Tuanku Bainun Binti Mohd Ali (herself a member of the Royal House of Perak and much fourth granddaughter of her husband's father Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah of Perak)

Her siblings are :
* brother Raja Nazrin Shah (born 27 November 1956)
* sister Raja Azureen (born 9 December 1957)
* brother Raja Ashman Shah (born 28 December 1958 died 30 March 2012)
* sister Raja Yong Sofia (born 24 June 1961)

Honours

Honours of Raja Eleena

She has been awarded:

Honours of Perak

* Member Second Class of the Azlan Royal Family Order (DKA II)
* Grand Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (the Perak Sword of State, SPCM, 19 April 1989) with title ''Dato' Seri''
** current ribbon de the decoration :

Honours of Ismail Farouk

He has been awarded:

Honours of Perak

* Member Second Class of the Azlan Royal Family Order (DKA II)
* Grand Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (the Perak Sword of State, SPCM, 19 April 1992) with title ''Dato' Seri''
** current ribbon of the decoration :

References

Ancestry

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Royal House of Perak
1960 births
People from Penang
Living people
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Malaysian Muslims

20th-century Malaysian lawyers

Members of Lincoln's Inn
21st-century Malaysian lawyers