Raja Ja'afar
Raja Ja'afar during Karnival Sukan 100-tahun Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Anderson
Raja Muda of Perak
Incumbent20 June 2014 - present
PredecessorNazrin Shah of Perak
Born (1940-09-26) 26 September 1940
Taiping Hospital, Taiping, Perak
Spouse
Raja Nor Mahani binti Almarhum Raja Shahar Shah
(m. 1973; died 2017)
    Che’ Puan Hazleza binti Ishak
    (m. 2002; died 2002)
      Raja Nazhatul Shima binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah
      (m. 2019)
      Issue
      • Raja Shah Azman
      • Raja Nor Azwina
      Names
      Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa
      HouseHouse of Perak
      FatherRaja Muda Musa ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mustasim Billah Shah Nikmatullah
      MotherChe’ Puan Mariam binti Abdullah
      ReligionSunni Islam

      Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa is the Raja Muda (crown prince) of Perak Darul Ridzuan since 20 June 2014.[1]

      Early life and education

      He was born on 26 September 1940 at Taiping Hospital, Taiping, in then Federated Malay States. Raja Jaafar is the son of the late Perak Raja Muda, Raja Musa ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdulaziz and his first wife, Cik Puan Mariam binti Encik Abdullah. He had his early education at Anderson School, Ipoh and Anglo-Chinese School, Teluk Intan before studying for his bachelor's degree at Universiti Malaya and then his master's degree in Public Administration at Cornell University, United States.

      Government Service

      Raja Ja'afar has a wide experience in public administration. He joined Perak State Secretariat in 1966, served in the District & Land Office from 1966 to 1971. From 1976 to 1979, he was a management consultant at the Prime Minister's Office. He became an under-secretary at the Higher Education Division of the Education Ministry from 1979 to 1984, and then secretary of the Foreign Investment Committee at the Economic Planning Unit and deputy secretary-general (Development and Finance) of the Defence Ministry before finally retiring from government service in 1996.

      Raja Muda of Perak

      As senior prince, Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa was sworn in as the Raja Muda of Perak on 1 July 2014.[2]

      Personal life

      His first wife was Raja Puan Besar Perak Raja Nor Mahani binti Almarhum Raja Shahar Shah (18 October 1946 - 3 October 2017); they have a son, Raja Shah Azman, and a daughter, Raja Nor Azwina.

      After the death of his first wife, he married Raja Puan Mahkota Perak, Raja Nazhatul Shima (born 1951) on 12 January 2019. She had been widowed since the death of her husband in 2017.

      Ancestry

      Honours

      References

      1. The Malaymailonline
      2. Malaysiandigest[usurped]
      3. "SPCM 1985". pingat.perak.gov.my.
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