Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra

Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Petra (born 20 January 1974) is the current Crown Prince (Tengku Mahkota) of the Malaysian state of Kelantan. He was proclaimed as the Crown Prince of Kelantan on 18 October 2010 upon the accession of his elder brother, Sultan Muhammad V as the 29th Sultan of Kelantan.[fn 1]

Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra
Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan
Tengku Fa-iz during Sambutan Hijratul Rasul Peringkat Negeri Kelantan 1437H/2015M
Regent of Kelantan
Reign8 December 2016 - 6 January 2019
Crown Prince of Kelantan
Proclaimed18 October 2010 - present
Tengku Bendahara of Kelantan
Proclaimed30 Mac 1989 - 18 October 2010
BornTengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra ibni Tengku Ismail Petra
(1974-01-20) 20 January 1974
Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Full name
Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail Petra
HouseLong Yunus
FatherSultan Ismail Petra Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra
MotherTengku Anis Binti Tengku Abdul Hamid
ReligionSunni Islam
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He is the second of four children of the late Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Ismail Petra and Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis. His two younger siblings are Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra and Tengku Amalin Aishah Putri. His eldest brother is the Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V, the fifteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

Biography

Tengku Fa-iz was born in Kota Bharu, Kelantan on 20 January 1974. He was appointed Tengku Bendahara of Kelantan on 30 March 1989 and was the President of the Kelantan Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIK) from 21 June 2009 to 18 March 2019.[1]

He received his complete education as follows:

His PhD dissertation is about the transition between late antiquity and the early medieval period in north Etruria (400-900 AD).[2]

Tengku Fa-iz was elevated to the position of Tengku Mahkota or heir presumptive to the throne of Kelantan upon deliberation of the Kelantan State Council of Succession which was chaired by Tengku Laksamana Kelantan Tengku Abdul Halim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim. The ceremony to present the letter of appointment as Tengku Mahkota Kelantan was held at Istana Negeri in Kubang Kerian on 18 October 2010.[3]

According to the Kelantan State Constitution, Tengku Fa-iz could be the ruler or regent when the Sultan is abroad for a period of more than 12 months or unable to carry out his duties as the ruler over the same period.

On 8 December 2016, Tengku Fa-iz was appointed as the Pemangku Raja (Regent) of Kelantan, following the appointment of his eldest brother, Sultan Muhammad V as the fifteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia on 13 December 2016.[4]

Tengku Fa-iz is the current Chancellor of the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK), and was proclaimed on 16 February 2017.[5]

Marriage

On 19 April 2019, Tengku Fa-iz married Swedish citizen, Cik Puan Sofie Louise Johansson (born 1986) at Istana Balai Besar in Kota Bharu. They met in London where Tengku Fa-iz was a student and Johansson also studied and worked as an au-pair. For wedding presents the couple wished for donations to aid organisations in Kelantan. The solemnisation ceremony was performed by Datuk Aria Diraja cum Kelantan Syariah Court Chief Judge Datuk Daud Mohamad and were witnessed by Tengku Laksamana of Kelantan Tengku Abdul Halim and Member of Parliament for Gua Musang Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.[6]

Honours

He has been awarded:[7]

Honours of Kelantan
  • Recipient of the Royal Family Order or Star of Yunus (DK, 30 March 2003).
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan or Star of Muhammad (SPMK).
  • Silver Jubilee Medal (30 March 2004)

Honours of Kedah

Foreign Honours

Ancestry

Note
  1. Although he is sometimes called heir apparent due to him being appointed Tengku Mahkota, this is not technically true since he may still behave been displaced in the line of succession by a son born to the current Sultan, however, implausible that may seem.

References
  1. Profile Tengku Mahkota Kelantan
  2. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1310437/1/1310437.pdf
  3. https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2010/10/18/tengku-muhammad-faiz-is-kelantan-crown-prince
  4. https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2016/12/08/tengku-dr-muhammad-faiz-petra-appointed-as-regent-of-kelantan/1267987/
  5. https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/09/283761/regent-kelantan-now-umk-chancellor
  6. https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/04/19/kelantan-crown-prince-marries-swedish-sweetheart/
  7. Pro-chancellor of the University of Kelantan Archived 4 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine with orders mentions

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Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra
House of Kelantan
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Sultan Muhammad V		 Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan
2010–present		 Incumbent
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