Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor

Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar (Jawi: سلطان إبراهيم ابن المرحوم سلطان إسکندر; born 22 November 1958) is the seventeenth and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia. He is also the fifth Sultan of modern Johor since ascending to the throne following the death of his father, Sultan Iskandar, in 2010.

Ibrahim
  • إبراهيم
Ibrahim in 2019
Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVII
Reign31 January 2024 – present
PredecessorAbdullah
DeputyNazrin Shah
Sultan of Johor
Reign23 January 2010 – present
Coronation23 March 2015
PredecessorIskandar
Heir apparentTunku Ismail
Born (1958-11-22) 22 November 1958
Sultanah Aminah Hospital, Johor Bahru, Johor, Federation of Malaya
Spouse
Raja Zarith Sofiah
(m. 1982)
Issue
  • Tunku Ismail
  • Tunku Tun Aminah
  • Tunku Idris Iskandar
  • Tunku Abdul Jalil (died 2015)
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman
  • Tunku Abu Bakar
Names
Tunku Ibrahim Ismail ibni Tunku Mahmood Iskandar
Regnal name
Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar
HouseTemenggong
FatherSultan Iskandar
MotherEnche’ Besar Hajah Khalsom (née Josephine Ruby Trevorrow)
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
Allegiance Malaysia
Johor
Service/branch Malaysian Army
Royal Johor Military Force
Years of service1977–present
(active service)
Rank Field marshal
Admiral of the Fleet
Marshal of the Air Force
(Commander-in-chief)
Commandant (JMF)
UnitJohor Military Forces

A motorcycle enthusiast, Sultan Ibrahim is the founder of the annual motorcycling tour event Kembara Mahkota Johor.

On 31 January 2024, he was sworn in as the seventeenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, having been elected to a five-year term on 27 October 2023.

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