Raja Zarith Sofiah راج زاريث صوفية | |||||||||
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Raja Permaisuri Agong XVII | |||||||||
Tenure | 31 January 2024 – present | ||||||||
Installation | 20 July 2024 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah | ||||||||
Permaisuri of Johor | |||||||||
Tenure | 23 January 2010 – present | ||||||||
Coronation | 23 March 2015 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Sultanah Zanariah (as Sultanah) | ||||||||
Born | Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Raja Idris Shah 14 August 1959 Batu Gajah Hospital, Perak, Malaya | ||||||||
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House | Siak-Perak (by birth) Temenggong (by marriage) | ||||||||
Father | Sultan Idris Shah II | ||||||||
Mother | Raja Perempuan Muzwin | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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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.