PETALING JAYA: Kedah ruler Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah died today. He was 89.
Messages of condolences were being exchanged among Malaysians on social media this afternoon.
The Kedah menteri besar is expected to make an official announcement later today.
The late ruler was first appointed as the Agong at the age of 47, and appointed again in 2011, the only sultan to have held the post twice.
Sultan Abdul Halim received his early education at the Titi Gajah Malay School in Alor Setar before attending the Sultan Abdul Hamid College.He graduated in social science and public administration from the Wadham College in the United Kingdom.
Sultan Abdul Halim first ascended the throne as the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 1970, at a time when the country was recovering from the racial riots of May 13, 1969.
He was installed again as the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong under a unique rotation system of election of the nine Malay Rulers.
Sultan Abdul Halim was born on Nov 28, 1927 and ascended the Kedah throne after the demise of his father, Sultan Badlishah, in 1959.
He was married to Sultanah Bahiyah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, who died in 2003.
He then married a commoner from Perak, Haminah Hamidun, who was crowned as Sultanah in 2004.
Source from : http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/09/11/kedahs-sultan-abdul-halim-dies/
