Abdul Halim of Kedah
Abdul Halim
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| Al-Mu'tassimu Billah (He who seeks help from God) | |||||||||
Abdul Halim in 2012 | |||||||||
| King of Malaysia | |||||||||
| First reign | 21 September 1970 – 20 September 1975 | ||||||||
| Installation | 20 February 1971 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Ismail Nasiruddin | ||||||||
| Successor | Yahya Petra | ||||||||
| Second reign | 13 December 2011 – 12 December 2016 | ||||||||
| Installation | 11 April 2012 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Mizan Zainal Abidin | ||||||||
| Successor | Muhammad V | ||||||||
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| Reign | 14 July 1958 – 11 September 2017 | ||||||||
| Installation | 20 February 1959 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Badlishah | ||||||||
| Successor | Sallehuddin | ||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1927 Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States (now Malaysia) | ||||||||
| Died | 11 September 2017 (aged 89) Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia | ||||||||
| Burial | 12 September 2017 Langgar Royal Mausoleum, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia | ||||||||
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| House | Mahawangsa | ||||||||
| Father | Sultan Badlishah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah | ||||||||
| Mother | Tunku Sofiah binti Tunku Mahmud | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
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 Sultan of Kedah from 1958 until his death in 2017, and served twice as the King of Malaysia from 1970 to 1975 and from 2011 to 2016. He was the first and only ruler to reign as king 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.