Raja Jaafar

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Raja Jaafar
Raja Ja'afar during Karnival Sukan 100-tahun Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Anderson
Raja Muda of Perak
Incumbent	20 June 2014 - present
Predecessor	Nazrin Shah of Perak
Born	(1941-09-26) 26 September 1941 (age 79) Taiping Hospital, Taiping, Perak
Spouse	Raja Nor Mahani binti Almarhum Raja Shahar Shah ​ ​ (m. 1973; died 2017)​ Che’ Puan Hazleza binti Ishak ​ ​ (m. 2002; died 2002)​ Raja Nazhatul Shima binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah ​ ​ (m. 2019)​
Issue	Raja Shah Azman Raja Nor Azwina
Names Raja Jaafar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa
House	House of Perak
Father	Raja Muda Musa ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mustasim Billah Shah Nikmatullah
Mother	Che’ Puan Mariam binti Abdullah
Religion	Sunni Islam

showRoyal family of Perak
Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, the Sultan Tuanku Zara Salim, the Raja Permaisuri Raja Azlan Muzzaffar Shah, the Raja Kechil Besar Raja Nazira Safya Raja Jaafar, the Raja Muda Raja Nazhatul Shima, the Raja Puan Besar Raja Shah Azman Raja Nor Azwina Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain, the Raja Di-Hilir Tunku Soraya, the Raja Puan Muda Raja Nabil Imran Raja Idris Shah Raja Siffuddin Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah Raja Safia Azizah Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah, the Raja Kechil Sulong Raja Iskandar, the Raja Kechil Tengah Che Puan Rokiak, the Raja Puan Kechil Tengah Raja Muhammad Azryn Shah Che Puan Hezrin Nazlin Raja Muhammad Ibrahim Che Puan Sazelinoor Raja Ahmad Zarif Iskandar Raja Ahmad Zakwan Ilmi Raja Anis Azyarina Raja Izuddin Chulan, the Raja Kechil Bongsu Raja Arbi, the Raja Puan Kechil Bongsu Raja Shamir Che Fadzliza Hamin Raja Amaluddin Chulan Raja Zara Dariah Muhammad Rizal Bin Yaakob Raja Zana Nadiah Shahzan Bin Dato' Shamsul Bahari Raja Dara Zaliah Meor Faizal Bin Sairi Raja Dana Afzan
Azlan Shah's family
Tuanku Bainun, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah's widow Raja Azureen Muhammad Saleh Latiff Mohd Saleh Nurlin Mohd Saleh Azlin Mohd Saleh Azim Mohd Saleh Noraini Jane, Raja Ashman Shah's widow Raja Eminah Alliyah Raja Bainunnisa Safia Raja Eleena Ismail Farouk Omar Ismail Farouk Imran Ismail Farouk Ashman Ismail Farouk Alia Ismail Farouk Sofia Ismail Farouk Raja Yong Sofia Tunku Kamil of Kedah Tunku Aznal Shahabudin Tunku Amira Shahabudin Tunku Maisara Shahabudin
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Raja Jaafar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa is the Raja Muda (crown prince) of Perak Darul Ridzuan since 20 June 2014.^[1]

Early life and education[]

He was born on 26 September 1941 at Taiping Hospital, Taiping,^{[citation needed]} in then Federated Malay States. Raja Jaafar is the son of the late Perak Raja Muda, Raja Musa ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdulaziz and his first wife, Cik Puan Mariam binti Encik Abdullah. He had his early education at Anderson School, Ipoh and Anglo-Chinese School, Teluk Intan before studying for his bachelor's degree at Universiti Malaya and then his master's degree in Public Administration at Cornell University, United States.

Government Service[]

Raja Jaafar has a wide experience in public administration. He joined Perak State Secretariat in 1966, served in the District & Land Office from 1966 to 1971. From 1976 to 1979, he was a management consultant at the Prime Minister's Office. He became an under-secretary at the Higher Education Division of the Education Ministry from 1979 to 1984, and then secretary of the Foreign Investment Committee at the Economic Planning Unit and deputy secretary-general (Development and Finance) of the Defence Ministry before finally retiring from government service in 1996.

Raja Muda of Perak[]

As senior prince, Raja Jaafar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa was sworn in as the Raja Muda of Perak on 1 July 2014.^[2]

Personal life[]

His first wife was Raja Puan Besar Perak Raja Nor Mahani Binti Almarhum Raja Shahar Shah (18 October 1942 - 3 October 2017); they have a son, Raja Shah Azman, and a daughter, Raja Nor Azwina.

After the death of his first wife, he married Raja Puan Mahkota Perak, Raja Nazhatul Shima on 12 January 2019. She had been widow since the death of her husband in 2017.

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