JOHOR BAHRU – Tunku Mahkota of Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim is set to be appointed regent of Johor tomorrow in anticipation of Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar ascending the federal throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong next week.
Tunku Ismail’s appointment ceremony as regent of Johor is scheduled to take place at 10am at the Balai Menghadap (Audience Hall) of Istana Bukit Serene before Sultan Ibrahim and witnessed by the ruler’s other children.
Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi and Johor Royal Court Council president Datuk Abdul Rahim Ramli will also attend the ceremony.
Sultan Ibrahim will ascend the throne at Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur on January 31 as the 17th king of Malaysia and reign for five years.
Tunku Ismail, 39, who was born on June 30, 1984 in Johor Bahru, is the eldest of six children of Sultan Ibrahim and Permaisuri of Johor Raja Zarith Sofiah Sultan Idris Shah.
Tunku Ismail has been appointed as regent on several occasions, the most recent being on June 16, 2022, during a period when Sultan Ibrahim took a brief respite from his royal administrative duties.
Tunku Ismail, who has a keen interest in polo and football, has been the Johor Football Association president since February 16, 2012.
He married Che’ Puan Mahkota Khaleeda on October 24, 2014 and the royal couple has been blessed with four children – two sons and two daughters: Tunku Khalsom Aminah Sofiah, Tunku Iskandar Abdul Jalil Abu Bakar Ibrahim, Tunku Abu Bakar Ibrahim and Tunku Zahrah Zarith Aziyah. – January 27, 2024