Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah


Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah ibni Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin is the current Raja Muda of Kedah. He was proclaimed as Raja Muda of Kedah on 26 November 2017, upon the accession of his father, Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah as the 29th sultan of Kedah.

Biography

Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah was born on 2 March 1967 in Alor Setar, Kedah. He is the eldest son of Sultan Sallehuddin of Kedah and Sultanah Maliha. Tengku Sarafudin has one younger brother, Tunku Shazuddin Ariff, who is the current Tunku Mahkota of Kedah.
Tengku Sarafuddin attended the Royal Military College at Sungei Besi, Malaysia and continued with legal studies at Holborn College London. He graduated from Brunel University London with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1990. He received his Barrister at Law UK appointment and was admitted in the High Court of Malaya as an advocate and solicitor in 1994.

Tunku Laksamana of Kedah

Tengku Sarafudin had previously become the Tunku Laksamana of Kedah before being proclaimed as the Raja Muda of Kedah. He was succeeded as Tunku Laksamana by his younger brother, Tunku Shazudin Ariff.

Raja Muda of Kedah

Tengku Sarafudin was proclaimed as Raja Muda of Kedah on 26 November 2017, upon the accession of his father as the 29th sultan of Kedah.
As Raja Muda, Tengku Sarafudin holds a number of important positions including as chancellor of the Management and Science University and president of the Kedah Islamic Religious Council.

Personal life

Tengku Sarafudin is married to a commoner from Perak, Che Puan Muda Zaheeda Mohamad Ariff who became the Raja Puan Muda of Kedah in 2017. The couple have two children:
  • Tunku Zara Bahiyah.
  • Tunku Sulaiman Badlishah.

Honours