Overview
Tunku Abdul Majid Idris Ismail Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar (born 20 July 1970, in Johor Bahru) is a member of the hereditary nobility in Malaysia as the prince (Tunku Aris Bendahara) of Johor. Tunku Majid has served in honorary positions in national sports associations including as President of the Malaysian Golf Association and as Deputy President of the Malaysian Hockey Confederation. An incident in 1992 in which Tunku Majid was assaulted a hockey player led to the ending of legal immunity for Malaysia's nobility.
He is the half-brother of the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail.
Biography
Tunku Majid was born on 20 July 1970 at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Bahru as the second son of Sultan Iskandar by his second wife Sultanah Zanariah. In his youth, he began his early education at Temenggong Abdul Rahman Primary School and then continued his secondary education at English College Johore Bahru. Subsequently, he pursued his higher education in Business Management at MENLO College, Palo Alto in San Francisco, United States. Tunku Majid also took part in international sports tournaments in the 1980s as a youth, particularly windsurfing, hockey and golf. In 1989, after his uncle, Tunku Abdul Rahman passed, the incumbent Tunku Bendahara of Johor, Tunku Majid was appointed by his father to succeed Tunku Abdul Rahman on 23 September 1992.
On 13 January 2006, Tunku Majid married Tunku Teh Mazni binti Tunku Yusuf, a member of Kedah and Kelantan royal family. Tunku Teh's father, Tunku Yusuf is the son of Tunku Temenggong of Kedah, Tunku Muhammad Jewa ibni Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah and her mother, Tengku Embong Suria is the daughter of Tengku Sri Pekerma Raja of Kelantan, Tengku Abdul Majid bin Tengku Besar Tuan Yusuf. They have two sons, Tunku Mahmood Iskandar, whom Tunku Majid named after his father, Sultan Mahmood Iskandar and second son, Tunku Abdul Mateen Idris Ismail Ibrahim Iskandar, and a daughter named Tunku Aisha Menjalara Iskandar.
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