Sultan Muhammad V ( Jawi: ; born 6 October 1969) has reigned as the 29th

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since September 2010 and served as the 15th

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from December 2016 until his abdication in January 2019. He was proclaimed Sultan of Kelantan on 13 September 2010, succeeding his father,

Sultan Ismail Petra Sultan Ismail Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra ( Jawi: ; 11 November 1949 – 28 September 2019) was the 28th Sultan of Kelantan who reigned from 30 March 1979 to 13 September 2010. He succeeded on the death of his father, Sultan Yahy ...

, who was deemed incapacitated by illness. Sultan Muhammad V was proclaimed Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 13 December 2016. He became the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong to

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from the federal throne, effective 6 January 2019.

Early life and regency

Born Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra ibni Tengku Ismail Petra ( Jawi: ) in

Kota Bharu Kota Bharu, colloquially referred to as KB, is a town in Malaysia that serves as the state capital and royal seat of Kelantan. It is situated in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia and lies near the mouth of the Kelantan River. The ...

Kelantan Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is located in the ...

. He is the eldest son of

and

Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis binti Almarhum Tengku Abdul Hamid (born 6 January 1949) is the former Raja Perempuan ( Queen consort) of Kelantan. She is the widow of Sultan Ismail Petra and the mother of Sultan Muhammad V. As a Queen dowager, she i ...

. Tengku Faris received his early education at Fatima Convent kindergarten from 1974 to 1975 and SK Sultan Ismail (1),

from 1976 to 1981. He thereafter studied at Alice Smith School,

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before leaving for the

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to study at

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, Rutland, England from 1983 to 1989. He then attended St Cross College, Oxford and the

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to study diplomatic studies, graduating in 1991. He also studied at

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; Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE),

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; and the European Business School,

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. He was made the Tengku Mahkota (

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) of

on 30 March 1979 and formally installed at Balairong Sri, Istana Balai Besar,

on 6 October 1985. On 14 May 2009, his father,

, suffered a major stroke. Sultan Ismail Petra was admitted to

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in Singapore and Tengku Faris was appointed Regent on 25 May in the Sultan's absence.

Reign

Accession

On 13 September 2010, Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra was proclaimed the 29th Sultan of Kelantan, in accordance with Article 29A of the State Constitution which states that a Sultan can no longer be king if he is not viable to rule for a period of more than a year. He took the

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''Sultan Muhammad V''. Sultan Muhammad V attended the 222nd Meeting of the

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for the first time as a full member in October 2010. This marked the recognition of his accession as Sultan by other rulers. Sultan Muhammad V is the Royal Artillery Regiment current Colonel-in-Chief, and also of the

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(Royal Intelligence Corps), both of the

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, as all his predecessors have been.

Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Sultan Muhammad V was elected Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong in October 2011. He served in that post from 13 December 2011 until his election as Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 13 December 2016.

Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Sultan Muhammad V was elected by the Conference of Rulers on 14 October 2016 to become the next

, the head of state of Malaysia. His reign began on 13 December 2016, taking over from

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, the Sultan of Kedah. Sultan Muhammad V was installed as the fifteenth Yang Di Pertuan Agong of Malaysia on 24 April 2017 in a ceremony held at the Istana Negara, Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur. At 47, Sultan Muhammad V was the fourth youngest Yang di-Pertuan Agong to be elected, after Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu and Tuanku Abdul Halim of Kedah. His younger brother,

Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Petra ( Jawi: ; born 20 January 1974) is the current Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of the Malaysian state of Kelantan, heir presumptive and first in line of succession to the throne of Ke ...

, the Tengku Mahkota, served as Regent of Kelantan throughout Sultan Muhammad V's tenure as Yang di-Pertuan Agong. He was made an Honorary Fellow of his former College, St Cross College, Oxford on 28 February 2018. In an unprecedented move, Sultan Muhammad V became the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong to

from the throne, effective 6 January 2019 while his term was to end on 12 December 2021. This followed a leave of absence from his position follwing rumours that he had married a former Russian beauty queen.

Personal life

On 15 November 2004, Sultan Muhammad V (the then Tengku Mahkota) married Tengku Zubaidah binti Tengku Norudin bin Tengku Muda (née Kangsadal Pipitpakdee), a member of the Pattani royal family. He divorced her in 2008, which resulted in her losing the privilege as ''Tengku Ampuan Mahkota of Kelantan''. He was the first

in Malaysian history to reign without a

Raja Permaisuri Agong ''Raja Permaisuri Agong'' ( Jawi: راج ڤرمايسوري اݢوڠ; full title: ''Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Permaisuri Agong''; سري ڤدوک بݢيندا راج ڤرمايسوري اݢوڠ, literally ''The Que ...

consort. On 30 October 2010, he married Che Puan Nur Diana Petra Abdullah (''née'' Yana Yakubková) and proclaimed her as the Sultanah of Kelantan on 2 August 2022, with the style ''Her Highness Sultanah Nur Diana Petra Abdullah''. In late November 2018, it was reported that while on leave from the country, Sultan Muhammad V had married former beauty pageant winner Oksana Voevodina in

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. However, the reported marriage in Moscow was in fact a party to enable Oksana Voevodina's friends and family to celebrate the couple's official Islamic wedding, which had taken place in private on the 7 June 2018, in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, following Oksana's conversion to Islam in April 2018. There is no official record of a marriage in Russia. Voevodina won the Miss Moscow title in 2015. Media reported the birth of their son Tengku Ismail Leon Petra ibni Sultan Muhammad V on 21 May 2019. On 1 July 2019, Sultan Muhammad V divorced her by a ''"talak tiga"'' or talaq baayin that is the irrevocable divorce and most severe divorce in Islam, after filing of documents at the Singapore Syariah Court earlier on 22 June. On 6 September he acknowledged that the marriage did take place.

Role

As per his duties as Sultan and head of the state of Kelantan, he serves currently as the Chancellor of

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(UMK), and was proclaimed on 23 November 2022.

Titles and styles

Sultan Muhammad V's full style and title is in Malay: ''Sultan Muhammad V, D.K., D.K.M., D.M.N., D.K. (Selangor), D.K. (Negeri Sembilan), D.K. (Johor), D.K. (Perak), D.K. (Perlis), D.K. (Kedah), D.K. (Terengganu), S.P.M.K., S.J.M.K., S.P.K.K., S.P.S.K., S.P.J.K., Al-Sultan Kelantan'' in English: ''His Royal Highness Sultan Muhammad V, D.K., D.K.M., D.M.N., D.K. (Selangor), D.K. (Negeri Sembilan), D.K. (Johor), D.K. (Perak), D.K. (Perlis), D.K. (Kedah), D.K. (Terengganu), S.P.M.K., S.J.M.K., S.P.K.K., S.P.S.K., S.P.J.K., Al-Sultan of Kelantan''

Awards and recognitions

Honours

He has been awarded:

Kelantan

As Sultan of Kelantan (since 13 September 2010): * MY-KEL Royal Family Order - Star of Yunus - DK

Recipient (DK, 6 October 1986) and Grand Master of the Royal Family Order (''Al-Yunusi Star'') * MY-KEL Order of the Crown of Kelantan - Star of Muhammad

Knight Grand Commander (SPMK) and Grand Master (since 13 September 2010) of the

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(''Al-Muhammadi Star'') * My-KEL Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan 2006

Knight Grand Commander (SJMK) and Grand Master (since 13 September 2010) of the

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(''Al-Ismaili Star'') * My-KEL Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Kelantan

Knight Grand Commander (SPSK) and Grand Master (since 13 September 2010) of the

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(''Al-Ibrahimi Star'') * National_Order_of_Scientific_Merit_-_Commander_(Brazil)_-_ribbon_bar

Knight Grand Commander (SPKK) and Grand Master (since 13 September 2010) of the

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(''Al-Yahyawi Star'') * MY-KEL Order of the Most Distinguished and Most Valiant Warrior - PYGP

Grand Master of the Order of the Most Distinguished and Most Valiant Warrior (PYGP, since 13 September 2010) *

Founding Knight Grand Commander (SPJK) and Grand Master (since 11 November 2016) of the Most Loyal Order of Services to the Crown of Kelantan (''Al-Petrawi Star'') * MY-KEL Silver Jubilee Medal 2004

Silver Jubilee Medal (PJP, 30 March 2004)

Malaysia and its other states

* : **

MY Darjah Kerabat Diraja Malaysia - Royal Family Order of Malaysia - DKM

Grand Master of the

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(13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019) and Recipient (DKM, 31 January 2017) ** Recipient (DMN, 7 December 2011) and Grand Master of the

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(13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019) ** Grand Master of the

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(13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019) **

Grand Master of the

Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia The Most Esteemed Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia ( ms, Darjah Yang Mulia Setia Mahkota Malaysia) is a Malaysian federal award presented for meritorious service to the country and awarded by the sovereign. The order was instituted on ...

(13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019) ** MY Darjah Bakti - Order of Merit of Malaysia - DB

Grand Master of the

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(13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019) ** MY Darjah Jasa Negara - Order of Meritorious Service - PJN

Grand Master of the

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(13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019) ** MY Panglima Setia Diraja - Order of the Royal Household - PSD

Grand Master of the

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(13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019) * : **

Most Esteemed Royal Family Order of Johor - ribbon bar

First Class of the

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(DK I, 14 April 2011) * : ** MY-KED Royal Family Order of Kedah (DK)

Member of the

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(DK, 26 March 2012) * : ** MY-NEG Royal Family Order of Negeri Sembilan - DKNS

Member of the

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(DKNS, 13 January 2011) * : ** MY-PERA Royal Family Order of Perak - DK

Recipient of the

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(DK, 24 July 2011) * : ** MY-PERL Perlis Family Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Putra Jamalullail - DK

Recipient of the

Perlis Family Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Putra Jamalullail Perlis, ( Northern Malay: ''Peghelih''), also known by its honorific title Perlis Indera Kayangan, is the smallest state in Malaysia by area and population. Located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, it borders the Thai provinces ...

(DK, 19 October 2011) * : ** MY-SEL Royal Family Order of Selangor - DK I

First Class of the Royal Family Order of Selangor (DK I, 5 January 2011) * : ** MY-TER Family Order of Terengganu 1st class - DK I

Member first class of the

Family Order of Terengganu The Most Distinguished Family Order of Terengganu (Bahasa Melayu: ''Darjah Kebesaran Kerabat Terengganu Yang Amat Mulia'') is an honorific order of the Sultanate of Terengganu. History It was founded by Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu o ...

(DK I, 9 November 2014)

Foreign

* : **

Order of Sheikh Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifa

Member Special Class of the

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(1 May 2017) * : ** Sultan's Golden Jubilee Medal (2017)

Sultan of Brunei Golden Jubilee Medal (5 October 2017) * : ** Legion Honneur GC ribbon

Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour (27 March 2017) * : ** Order of Independence (Qatar) - ribbon bar

Collar of the Order of Independence (15 October 2017) * : ** Decoration without ribbon - en

Collar of Badr Chain (26 February 2017)

Academic

* Honorary Fellow,

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, University of Oxford (28 February 2018)

Places named after him

Several places were named after him, including: * Sultan Muhammad V Mosque in Kampung Lajau,

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* Sultan Muhammad V Mosque in Kompleks Penjara Sungai Udang,

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* Wisma Sultan Muhammad V in

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* Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra Mosque in

Kuala Krai Kuala Krai (alternative spelling: Kuala Kerai, Jawi: كوالا كراي) is a town located in the coterminous Kuala Krai District in southern-central Kelantan, Malaysia. During British protection it was known as ''Kuala Lebir''. It is 67&nbs ...

* Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra Science Secondary School in

Pengkalan Chepa Pengkalan Chepa is a town and parliamentary constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia. Pengkalan Chepa is where the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport is located. It is located about 8 km from Kota Bharu Kota Bharu, colloquially referred to as KB, ...

Trivia

# He has the shortest

of all the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. # He is the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong to reign without a Raja Permaisuri Agong consort. # He is the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong to abdicate from the throne, effective 6 January 2019 while his term was to end on 12 December 2021.

Ancestry

References

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