Tunku Shazuddin Ariff ibni Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin (born 27 April 1970) is the current Tunku Mahkota (Deputy Crown Prince) of

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Biography

Tunku Shazuddin Ariff was born on 27 April 1970 in

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. He is the youngest son of Sultan Sallehuddin ibni Sultan Badlishah and Sultanah Maliha binti Tengku Ariff. Sultan Sallehuddin ibni Sultan Badlishah was the seventh son of the Sultan of Kedah,

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and Sultanah Asma, the Sultanah of Kedah. Tunku Shazuddin has one elder brother,

Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah ibni Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin (born 2 March 1967) is the current Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Kedah. He was proclaimed as Raja Muda of Kedah on 26 November 2017, upon the accession of his father, Sultan Sa ...

, who is the current Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Kedah. He received his early education at Sekolah Rendah Sri Petaling from 1977 to 1982 and his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Bukit Bintang from 1982 to 1987. He later continued with his studies at

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from 1989 to 1990. He attended

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from 1990 to 1994 and graduated with a major in design and marketing.

Tunku Laksamana of Kedah

Tunku Shazuddin previously became the Tunku Laksamana of Kedah on 26 November 2017 before being proclaimed as the Tunku Mahkota of Kedah.

Tunku Mahkota of Kedah

Tunku Shazuddin was proclaimed as the Tunku Mahkota of Kedah on 19 June 2022.

Personal life

Tunku Shazuddin married a commoner Che Puan Nur Julie Ariff (''née'' Julie Gwee Chai Hong) on 26 November 2022. On the same day, Tunku Shazuddin's father, Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah bestowed Che Puan Nur Julie Ariff with the royal title of Her Highness Tunku Puan Mahkota of Kedah (equivalent to the Deputy Crown Princess).

Honours

* : ** Grand Commander of the

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(SSSK) – Dato' Seri Diraja (25 August 2019) ** Knight Companion of the

Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah The Illustrious Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (Bahasa Melayu: ''Darjah Yang Mulia Setia di-Raja'') is an honorific order of the Sultanate of Kedah History It was founded by Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah on 21 September 1973. C ...

(DSDK) – Dato' (19 January 2014)

Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shazuddin Ariff, Tunku Royal House of Kedah 1970 births Living people People from Kedah Malaysian Muslims Malaysian people of Malay descent Sons of monarchs