Raja Zarith Sofiah

Raja Zarith Sofiah
راج زاريث صوفية
Raja Zarith Sofiah depicted in an oil painting by Rajasekharan Parameswaran, 2019
Raja Permaisuri Agong XVII
Tenure31 January 2024 – present
Installation20 July 2024
PredecessorTunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah
Permaisuri of Johor
Tenure23 January 2010 – present
Coronation23 March 2015
PredecessorSultanah Zanariah (as Sultanah)
BornRaja Zarith Sofiah binti Raja Idris Shah
(1959-08-14) 14 August 1959 (age 65)
Batu Gajah Hospital, Perak, Malaya
Spouse
(m. 1982)
Issue
Names
Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah
Regnal name
Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah
HouseSiak-Perak
(by birth)
Temenggong
(by marriage)
FatherSultan Idris Shah II
MotherRaja Perempuan Muzwin
ReligionSunni Islam

Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Permaisuri Agong Malaysia XVII Duli Yang Maha Mulia Permaisuri Johor Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah (Jawi: راج زاريث صوفية بنت المرحوم سلطان إدريس شاه; born 14 August 1959) is the Queen of Malaysia (Raja Permaisuri Agong) and the Permaisuri of Johor as a wife of Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar. She was born as a member of the Perak royal family. While still attending Somerville College, Oxford, she married the heir to the throne of Johor. Now a mother of six, she participates in the work of non-governmental organisations and universities, and writes a periodical column for a newspaper.