Princess Majeedah Bolkiah

Princess Hajah Majeedah Nuurul Bulqiah (Malay: Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Majeedah Nuurul Bulqiah) (born 16 March 1976) is the fourth child of Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei and his wife, Pengiran Anak Saleha (both first cousins).

Majeedah Nuurul Bulqiah
Princess of Brunei
Born (1976-03-16) 16 March 1976
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
SpousePengiran Anak Khairul Khalil
IssuePengiran Anak Abdul Hafeez
Pengiran Anak Raihaanah Hanaa-Ul Bolqiah
HouseHouse of Bolkiah
FatherSultan Hassanal Bolkiah
MotherQueen Saleha
ReligionSunni Islam
OccupationSpecial Duties Officer
Bruneian royal family

The Sultan
The Queen
Extended royal family

Biography

Princess Majeedah holds a BA (Hons) in Administration and Public Policy from the University of Brunei Darussalam and an MA in Environmental Development from King's College London.

Name Majeedah (or Majida) means "Magnificent" or "Glorious".

Princess Majeedah is currently the Senior Environment Officer and Head of Planning and Management Division at the Department of the Environment, Parks and Recreation, an agency of the Ministry of Development. One of the tasks of the Planning and Management Division is to evaluate the Environmental Impact Assessment Report on the Sungai Liang Industrial Site Development. Majeedah has supervised several successful projects, including the ASEAN Youths Forum on the Environment, which was held on 8 January 2007.

Majeedah began her career as Special Duties Officer at the Environmental Unit, a section of the Ministry of Development responsible for policy and strategic environment affairs, on 11 February 2002. Among her written work include: the Environmental Management Guidelines for Quarry Activity; and the Position Paper on Brunei’s Accession to the Basel Convention to Control the Disposal and Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes.

Marriage

On 10 June 2007, Princess Majeedah married Khairul Khalil at the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque. He was given the noble title YAM Pengiran Anak.

Children
  • Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Anak Abdul Hafeez (born on (2008-03-18)18 March 2008) (age 12 years).[1]
  • Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Anak Raihaanah Hanaa-Ul Bolqiah (born on (2010-01-06)6 January 2010) (age 11 years).

Honours

See also List of honours of the Bruneian Royal Family by country

She has been awarded :

National Honours

Ancestry

References
  1. Princess Gives Birth To Baby Boy Archived 2008-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
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