Raja Jaafar

Not to be confused with Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan.

Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa (Jawi: راج جعفر ابن المرحوم راج مودا موسى; born 26 September 1941) is the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Perak Darul Ridzuan since 20 June 2014.^[1]

Raja Ja'afar راج جعفر‎
Raja Muda of Perak
Raja Ja'afar attending the 100th centennial sports carnival of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Anderson in 2018
Crown Prince of Perak
Incumbent	20 June 2014 – present
Predecessor	Nazrin Shah of Perak
Born	(1941-09-26) 26 September 1941 (age 83) Taiping Hospital, Taiping, Perak
Spouse	Raja Nor Mahani ​ ​ (m. 1973; died 2017)​ Che’ Puan Hazleza Ishak ​ ​ (m. 2002; died 2002)​ Raja Nazhatul Shima ​ (m. 2019)​
Issue	Raja Shah Azman Raja Nor Azwina
Names Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa
House	House of Perak
Father	Raja Muda Musa ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Aziz Al-Mustasim Billah Shah Nikmatullah
Mother	Che’ Puan Mariam binti Abdullah
Religion	Sunni Islam

Early life and education

He was born on 26 September 1941 at Taiping Hospital, Taiping, Perak in the then-Japanese occupied Federated Malay States. Raja Jaafar is the son of the late Perak Raja Muda, Raja Musa ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Aziz and his first wife, Che' Puan Mariam binti Abdullah. He had his early education at Anderson School, Ipoh and Anglo-Chinese School, Teluk Intan before studying for his bachelor's degree at Universiti Malaya and then his master's degree in Public Administration at Cornell University, United States.

Government Service

Raja Ja'afar has wide experience in public administration. He joined Perak State Secretariat in 1966, served in the District & Land Office from 1966 to 1971. From 1976 to 1979, he was a management consultant at the Prime Minister's Office. He became an under-secretary at the Higher Education Division of the Education Ministry from 1979 to 1984, and then secretary of the Foreign Investment Committee at the Economic Planning Unit and deputy secretary-general (Development and Finance) of the Defence Ministry before finally retiring from government service in 1996.

Raja DiHilir of Perak

Raja Jaafar was sworn in as Raja DiHilir of Perak on 10 March 1998, after he was appointed by the Dewan Negara Perak to replace Raja Ahmad Hisham Raja Abdul Malek, who died on 21 September 1997.

Raja Muda of Perak

As senior prince, Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa was sworn in as the crown prince of Perak on 1 July 2014.^[2]

Personal life

His first wife was Raja Puan Besar of Perak Raja Nor Mahani binti Almarhum Raja Shahar Shah (18 October 1942 - 3 October 2017); they have a son, Raja Shah Azman, and a daughter, Raja Nor Azwina.

After the death of his first wife, he married Raja Puan Mahkota of Perak Raja Nazhatul Shima on 12 January 2019. Following their marriage, she was granted the title of Raja Puan Besar of Perak. She had been widowed since the death of her husband in 2017.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Raja Jaafar
8. Raja Muda Musa bin Sultan Ja'afar 4. Sultan Abdulaziz bin Raja Muda Musa 9. Cik Amina binti Sheikh Muhammad Taib 2. Raja Musa bin Sultan Abdulaziz 10. Sultan Idris Shah I of Perak 5. Raja Shah Alam Khadija binti Sultan Sir Idris Murshid 11. Cik Haji Ngah Uteh Mariah binti Encik Haji Sulaiman 1. Raja Ja'afar bin Raja Muda Musa 6. Encik Abdullah 3. Cik Puan Mariam binti Encik Abdullah

Honours

• Perak :
  • Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Perak (DK)
  • Member First Class of the Azlanii Royal Family Order (DKA)
  • Grand Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (SPCM) – Dato' Seri (1985)^[3]
• Malaysia :
  • Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM)