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Abdul Halim of Kedah

1927 - 2017

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Al-Mu’tassimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah (Jawi: المعتصم بالله محب الدين سلطان 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Halim of Kedah is the 5,615th most popular politician (down from 4,487th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 7th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Malaysian Politician.

Abdul Halim of Kedah is most famous for being the Sultan of Kedah from 1938 to 1970.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdul Halim of Kedah ranks 5,615 out of 19,576. Before him are Pierre Mendès France, Alexandre Pétion, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Margaret Bondfield, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, and Antipope Constantine II. After him are Al-Muqtafi, George Canning, Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Julius Schaub, Coloman of Galicia, and José María Morelos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Abdul Halim of Kedah ranks 94. Before him are Rosemary Harris, R. D. Laing, Günter Guillaume, Lucio Fulci, Jupp Derwall, and Narciso Yepes. After him are Claude Gensac, Hans Schäfer, Robert N. Bellah, Franciszek Macharski, Shirley Fry, and Lois Maxwell. Among people deceased in 2017, Abdul Halim of Kedah ranks 85. Before him are Azzedine Alaïa, Nicolai Gedda, Michael Nyqvist, Zhou Youguang, Peter Abrahams, and Jake LaMotta. After him are Lubomyr Husar, Fats Domino, Charlie Murphy, Anita Pallenberg, John Berger, and Karl-Otto Apel.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Abdul Halim of Kedah ranks 11 out of 90. Before him are Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), P. Ramlee (1929), Michelle Yeoh (1962), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), Najib Razak (1953), and Michael Gough (1916). After him are Jimmy Choo (1948), Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), and Hussein Onn (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Abdul Halim of Kedah ranks 7. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Anwar Ibrahim (1947), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), and Najib Razak (1953). After him are Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Hussein Onn (1922), and Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943).

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