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The Sultan of Johor (Malay: Sultan Johor; Jawi: سلطان جوهر) is a hereditary seat and the sovereign ruler of the Malaysian state of Johor. In the past, the sultan held absolute power over the state and was advised by a bendahara .
The Johor Sultanate was founded in 1528 by Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah II (1528–1564) and was based at Pekan Tua. [6] Muzaffar Shah went on to establish Perak . [ 6 ] Although Alauddin Riayat Shah II and his successor had to contend with attacks by the Portuguese in Malacca and by the Acehnese in Sumatra, they managed to maintain their hold ...
The current Sultan of Johor is Ibrahim Iskandar, who became sultan on 23 January 2010. [105] The main royal palace for the sultan is the Bukit Serene Palace , while the crown prince's is the Istana Pasir Pelangi ; both palaces are located in the state capital.
Sultan Iskandar died on the same night, and Tunku Ibrahim was installed as the Sultan of Johor the following morning. [19] The Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Johor, Abdul Ghani Othman cited that Sultan Ibrahim and immediate members of the royal family would undertake a mourning period of 40 days. [20]
Paduka Sri Sultan Mahmud Shah II ibni al-Marhum Sultan Ibrahim Shah (1675 or 1680 – 1699) was the Sultan of Johor, Pahang and Lingga (1685 – 3 September 1699).As he was young upon assuming the throne, regents oversaw the affairs of state in Johor until the death of the Bendahara in 1697.
Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah III was the Sultan of Johor and reigned from 1597 to 1615. He resided at the new capital of Johor at Batu Sawar , but later moved his administration to Pasir Raja around 1609.
Sultan Ali Iskandar Shah I ibni almarhum Sultan Ahmad Hussein Muazzam Shah I [5] (Malay: سلطان علي اسکندر شاه اول ابن المرحوم سلطان احمد حسين معظم شاه اول) was the 20th Sultan of Johor, [6] who succeeded his father, Sultan Hussein Shah after the latter died of natural causes in 1835. Over the ...
Tunku Ismail was made the Johor's regent in 1928 as Sultan Ibrahim began to spend more time travelling overseas. [3] In 1937, Tunku Ismail appointed Onn Jaafar by this point a state executive councillor, as his private secretary and entrusted him to run the Johor Pavilion at the world fair in San Francisco the following year.