Abdul Halim
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| Al-Mu'tassimu Billah (He who seeks help from God) | |||||||||
 Abdul Halim in 2012 | |||||||||
| Yang di-Pertuan Agong V & XIV | |||||||||
| First reign | 21 September 1970 – 20 September 1975 | ||||||||
| Installation | 20 February 1971 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Ismail Nasiruddin | ||||||||
| Successor | Yahya Petra | ||||||||
| Second reign | 13 December 2011 – 12 December 2016 | ||||||||
| Installation | 11 April 2012 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Mizan Zainal Abidin | ||||||||
| Successor | Muhammad V | ||||||||
| Sultan of Kedah | |||||||||
| Reign | 14 July 1958 – 11 September 2017 | ||||||||
| Installation | 20 February 1959 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Badlishah | ||||||||
| Successor | Sallehuddin | ||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1927 Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States (now Malaysia) | ||||||||
| Died | 11 September 2017 (aged 89) Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia | ||||||||
| Burial | 12 September 2017 Langgar Royal Mausoleum, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia | ||||||||
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| House | Mahawangsa | ||||||||
| Father | Sultan Badlishah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah | ||||||||
| Mother | Tunku Sofiah binti Tunku Mahmud | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Al-Mu’tassimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah (Jawi: المرحوم السلطان المعتصم بالله محب الدين توانکو الحاج عبدالحليم معظم شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان بدلي شاه; 28 November 1927 – 11 September 2017) was the 28th Sultan of Kedah from 1958 until his death in 2017, and served twice as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1970 to 1975 and from 2011 to 2016. He was the first and only ruler to reign as Yang di-Pertuan Agong twice, as well as the oldest elected to the office. Prior to his death, he was the second longest-reigning living monarch in the world after Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.