Prince Abdul Hakeem Jefri Bolkiah (born 13 June 1973) is a

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from

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...

. He is a member of the Brunei Royal Family.

Biography

Prince Abdul Hakeem (or Hakim) Bolkiah is the eldest son of

Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei Jefri Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III (born 6 November 1954), is a member of the Brunei Royal Family. His elder brother is the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah. Prince Jefri was the finance minister of his oil-rich country from 1986 t ...

and nephew of Hassanal Bolkiah, the current Sultan of Brunei. After education at Emanuel School in London, he competed in the men's skeet shooting events at the 1996 and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

. In the 1996 event, he tied for 49th place, while in the 2000 event, he placed 45th; he failed to qualify for the finals in either year.

Positions

* Managing Director of the Amedeo Development Corporation (ADC) until 1998. * Managing Director of the Datastream Technology. * Chairman of The Lexicon Group Limited (Singapore) since 2010. * Director of Amedeo Holdings Inc. * Director of PH Partners Inc. * Director of Palace Holdings Inc. * Director of Kava Holdings Inc. * Cedar Swamp Holdings Inc. * President of the Brunei Bullets Football Club 1995. * Represented Brunei at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 in shooting (skeet). * Vice-President of the Brunei Amateur Football Association (BAFA) since 2001.

Controversies

On 8 September 2012 it was reported that the prince was being sued by 9 investors because of a disagreement over the transfer of some 80 million shares in the Singapore-listed Elektromotive Group to those shareholders. It was reported that among those who were suing was Citi's Chief Singapore and Malaysia Economist, Kit Wei Zheng, Ms Eileen Ong and Mr Chan Kwai Sum. Eventually the Prince agreed to pay the full amount demanded by the investors of S$890,000 as well as legal costing amounting to $50,000. The prince suggested that he had been used as a "figurehead" to gain the trust of investors. However, Elektromotive Group was struggling financially.

Honours

National

Pingat Indah Kerja Baik (Medal for Service to State - PIKB, 2 March 2017). * BRU_Independence_Medal_ribbon

Brunei Independence (1 January 1984). * Sultan's Golden Jubilee Medal (2017)

Sultan of Brunei Golden Jubilee Medal (5 October 2017). * Sultan%27s_Silver_Jubilee_Medal_(1992)

Silver Jubilee Medal (5 October 1992).

International

Silver

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, 1999. ()

Ancestry

References

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, - Living people People educated at Emanuel School Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters of Brunei Bruneian male sport shooters Bruneian royalty Royal Olympic participants 1973 births {{Brunei-royal-stub