Tengku Mohamad Rizam

Tengku Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mohamad Rizam bin Tengku Abdul Aziz (born 18 July 1961) is a member of the Kelantan Royal Family and the Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan. He is the eldest child of Tengku Sri Utama Raja Tengku Abdul Aziz and the cousin of the current Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V.

Tengku Mohamad Rizam
Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan
Born (1961-07-18) 18 July 1961
Istana Kota Lama, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya
(now in present-day Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia)
SpouseTengku Puan Temenggong Kelantan
YTM Tunku Puan Sri Dato' Hajjah Noor Hayati binti Almarhum Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
IssueTengku Nur Qistina Petri
Tengku Abdul Rahman Petra
Tengku Yahya Aziz Petra
Full name
Tengku Mohamad Rizam bin Tengku Abdul Aziz
HouseLong Yunus
FatherTengku Sri Utama Raja
Tengku Abdul Aziz bin Almarhum Tengku Sri Maharaja Tengku Muhammad Hamzah
MotherTengku Merjan binti Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra
ReligionSunni Islam

He is the President of the Kelantan Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIK) and the Chairman of the Kelantan State Service Commission (SPN). He is also the Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) and was proclaimed on 13 October 2018.[1][2][3]

Appointment History

In 1999, the late Sultan of Kelantan, His Royal Highness Sultan Ismail Petra has appointed Tengku Mohamad Rizam as Tengku Sri Jaya Raja of Kelantan and held the post for 11 years. In 2010, the then-Regent of Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra raised the rank of Tengku Mohamad Rizam as Tengku Panglima Raja of Kelantan and held the post for 3 years. On the 25 November 2013, the current Sultan of Kelantan, His Royal Highness Sultan Muhammad V has consented to promote and appoint Tengku Mohamad Rizam as Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan. He is also a member of State Royal Succession Council of Kelantan (Majlis Perajaan Negeri Kelantan).[4]

Marriage and children

On 18 July 1991, he married to Tunku Noor Hayati, the daughter of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra.[5]

He has two sons and a daughter named Tengku Nur Qistina Petri, Tengku Abdul Rahman Petra and Tengku Yahya Aziz Petra.

Honours

He has been awarded:

His wife, Tunku Noor Hayati, Tengku Puan Temenggong Kelantan was awarded :

Ancestry

References

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