Raja Eleena

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Raja Eleena
BornRaja Eleena binti Raja Azlan Shah
(1960-04-03) 3 April 1960 (age 63)
Penang, Malaya
SpouseYBhg. Dato' Seri Ismail Farouk bin Abdullah
Issue Omar Azlan
Puteri Alia Azleena
Imran Azlan
Ashman Azlan
Puteri Nur Iman Sofia
Names
Raja Eleena binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-Lah
Father Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah
Mother Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun

Raja Eleena binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-Lah (born 3 April 1960) is the fourth child of the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah.

Raja Eleena was born on 3 April 1960 and she went to SMK Convent Bukit Nanas during her school years. She also holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of London. She is a lawyer with her own legal firm in Kuala Lumpur.

Biography

Raja Eleena is also a practising barrister, being called by Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1985.

Upon returning to Malaysia, she joined Messrs Skrine & Co and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1986. She set up her own legal practice Messrs Raja Eleena, Siew Ang & Associates in 1987, of which she is a senior partner.

Raja Eleena was appointed to the Board of Gamuda on 1 June 1992.

She is the niece of Kamarul Zaman bin Mohd Ali. She is a director and major shareholder of Generasi Setia (M) Sdn Bhd, which is a major shareholder of Gamuda. [1]

Her directorships in other public companies are with KAF-Seagroatt & Campbell Holdings Berhad and Danau Permai Resort Berhad.

Raja Eleena was named in May 2007 as Malaysia's 25th richest in the country with assets worth over US$228 million (MYR 773 million). She becomes the list’s second woman after Chong Chook Yew, who occupies number 18th with US$320 million (MYR 1.085 billion).

Childhood

Raja Eleena was born at Penang, Malaya, 3 April 1960 as the fourth child of the late Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah, later Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, and his wife Tuanku Bainun Binti Mohd Ali (herself a member of the Royal House of Perak and much fourth granddaughter of her husband's father Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah of Perak)

Her siblings are :

Honours

Honours of Raja Eleena

She has been awarded:[ citation needed ]

Honours of Perak

  • MY-PERA Azlanii Royal Family Order - Member Second Class - DKA II.svg Member Second Class of the Azlan Royal Family Order (DKA II)
  • MY-PERA Order of Cura Si Manja Kini - Grand Knight - SPCM (new).svg Grand Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (SPCM, 19 April 1989) - Dato' Seri

Honours of Ismail Farouk

He has been awarded:

Honours of Perak

  • MY-PERA Azlanii Royal Family Order - Member Second Class - DKA II.svg Member Second Class of the Azlan Royal Family Order (DKA II)
  • MY-PERA Order of Cura Si Manja Kini - Grand Knight - SPCM (new).svg Grand Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (SPCM, 19 April 1992) - Dato' Seri

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References

  1. Malaysian business, Issues 3-6, New Straits Times Press (Malaysia), 2004, p. 70


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