Muhammad V of Kelantan

Sultan Muhammad V (Jawi:zV سلطان محمد;z born 6 October 1969) is the current Sultan of Kelantan and served as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 13 December 2016 to 6 January 2019. He was proclaimed Sultan of Kelantan on 13 September 2010, succeeding his father, Sultan Ismail Petra, who was deemed incapacitated by illness. He was proclaimed Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 13 December 2016. In an unprecedented move, Muhammad V became the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong to step down from the throne, effective 6 January 2019 while his term was to end on 12 December 2021.[3]

Muhammad V
V سلطان محمد
Yang di-Pertuan Agong XV
Al-Sultan of Kelantan
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Reign13 December 2016 –
6 January 2019
Installation24 April 2017
PredecessorAbdul Halim
SuccessorAbdullah
Prime Ministers
Sultan of Kelantan
Reign13 September 2010 – present
PredecessorIsmail Petra
Heir presumptiveTengku Muhammad Faiz Petra
Chief Ministers
Born (1969-10-06) 6 October 1969 [fn 1]
Istana Batu, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
Spouse
Tengku Zubaidah Binti Tengku Noruddin (née Kangsadal Pipitpakdee)
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(
m. 2004; div. 2008)

Diana Petra
(
m. 2010)

​
(
m. 2018; div. 2019)
IssueNone that is announced and endorsed by the Kelantan Palace (though Oksana did give birth to a son in the marriage)[1][2]
Full name
Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra ibni Tengku Ismail Petra
Regnal name
Sultan Muhammad V
HouseLong Yunus
FatherSultan Ismail Petra Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra
MotherTengku Anis Binti Tengku Abdul Hamid
ReligionSunni Islam
Signature

Early life and regency

Born Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra ibni Tengku Ismail Petra at Istana Batu, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. He is the eldest son of Sultan Ismail Petra and Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis.

Tengku Faris received his early education at SK Sultan Ismail, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, and thereafter at Alice Smith School, Kuala Lumpur. He left for the United Kingdom to study at Oakham School, Rutland, England. He then attended St Cross College, Oxford and the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies to study diplomatic studies, graduating in 1991.[4] He also studied at Huron University College, London, Ontario, Canada; Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE), Berlin, Germany; and the European Business School, London, United Kingdom.

He was made the Tengku Mahkota (Crown Prince) of Kelantan on 30 March 1979 and formally installed at Balairong Sri, Istana Balai Besar, Kota Bharu, Kelantan on 6 October 1985.

On 14 May 2009, his father, Sultan Ismail Petra, suffered a major stroke. Sultan Ismail Petra was admitted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore and Tengku Faris was appointed Regent on 25 May in the Sultan's absence.[5]

Reign

Accession

On 13 September 2010, Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra was proclaimed the 29th Sultan of Kelantan, in accordance with Article 29A of the State Constitution which states that a Sultan can no longer be king if he is not viable to rule for a period of more than a year.[6] He took the regnal name Sultan Muhammad V.[7] However, his father, Sultan Ismail Petra, had petitioned the Federal Court to declare his appointment unconstitutional.[8] Sultan Ismail Petra at that time was recovering from the stroke he suffered in 2009.[9]

Sultan Muhammad V attended the 222nd Meeting of the Conference of Rulers for the first time as a full member in October 2010. This marked the recognition of his accession as Sultan by other rulers.[10]

Sultan Muhammad V is the Royal Artillery Regiment current Colonel-in-Chief, and also of the Kor Risik DiRaja (Royal Intelligence Corps), both of the Malaysian Army, as all his predecessors have been.

Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Sultan Muhammad V was elected Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong in October 2011. He served in that post from 13 December 2011 until his election as Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 13 December 2016.[11]

Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Sultan Muhammad V was elected by the Conference of Rulers on 14 October 2016 to become the next Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the head of state of Malaysia. His reign began on 13 December 2016, taking over from Abdul Halim, the Sultan of Kedah.[12] Sultan Muhammad V was installed as the fifteenth Yang Di Pertuan Agong of Malaysia on 24 April 2017 in a ceremony held at the Istana Negara, Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur. At 47, Sultan Muhammad V was the fourth youngest Yang di-Pertuan Agong to be elected, after Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu and Tuanku Abdul Halim of Kedah.[13]

His eldest younger brother, Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra, the Tengku Mahkota, served as Regent of Kelantan throughout Muhammad V's tenure as Yang di-Pertuan Agong.[14]

He was made an Honorary Fellow of his former College, St Cross College, Oxford on 28 February 2018.[15]

In an unprecedented move, Sultan Muhammad V became the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong to step down from the throne, effective 6 January 2019 while his term should have ended on 12 December 2021.[3]

Personal life

Sultan Muhammad V married Tengku Zubaidah binti Tengku Norudin bin Tengku Muda (née Kangsadal Pipitpakdee), member of the Pattani royal family on 15 November 2004.[16] They divorced in 2008.

As a divorcee, he was the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong in Malaysian history to reign without a Raja Permaisuri Agong consort.[17]

In late 2010, he married a Diana Petra

In late November 2018, it was incorrectly reported that while on leave from the country, Sultan Muhammad V had married former beauty pageant contestant Oksana Voevodina in Barvikha, Russia. No official statement was released by the Malaysian Government to confirm or deny the matter.[18] However, the reported marriage in Moscow was in actual fact a party to enable Oksana Voevodina's friends and family to celebrate the couple's official Islamic wedding, which had taken place in private on the 7 June 2018, in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, following Oksana's conversion to Islam in April 2018.[19] There is no official record of a marriage in Russia. Voevodina won the Miss Moscow title in 2015. Media reported the birth of their son Tengku Ismail Leon Petra ibni Sultan Muhammad V on 21 May 2019.[1][2] On 1 July 2019, Sultan Muhammad V divorced her by a "talak tiga" or talaq baayin that is the irrevocable divorce and most severe divorce in Islam, after filing of documents at the Singapore Syariah Court earlier on 22 June.[20] On 6 September he acknowledged that the marriage did take place.[21]

Titles and styles
Styles of
Muhammad V
Lambang peribadi Sultan Kelantan
Reference styleHis Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness
Alternative styleTuanku
  • 6 October 1969 – 30 March 1979: His Highness (Yang Amat Mulia) Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra ibni Tengku Ismail Petra
  • 30 March 1979 – 6 October 1985: His Royal Highness (Yang Teramat Mulia) Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra ibni Sultan Ismail Petra
  • 6 October 1985 – 25 May 2009: His Royal Highness (Yang Teramat Mulia) Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra ibni Sultan Ismail Petra, The Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan
  • 25 May 2009 – 13 September 2010: His Royal Highness (Yang Maha Mulia) Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra ibni Sultan Ismail Petra, The Regent of Kelantan
  • 13 September 2010 – 13 December 2016: His Royal Highness (Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia) Sultan Muhammad V, Al-Sultan of Kelantan
  • 13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019: His Majesty (Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda) Sultan Muhammad V, The Yang di-Pertuan Agong XV[22]
  • 6 January 2019 – present: His Royal Highness (Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia) Sultan Muhammad V, Al-Sultan of Kelantan

Sultan Muhammad V's full style and title is in Malay: Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Muhammad V, D.K., D.K.M., D.M.N., D.K. (Selangor), D.K. (Negeri Sembilan), D.K. (Johor), D.K. (Perak), D.K. (Perlis), D.K. (Kedah), D.K. (Terengganu), S.P.M.K., S.J.M.K., S.P.K.K., S.P.S.K., S.P.J.K., Al-Sultan Kelantan[22]

in English: His Royal Highness Sultan Muhammad V, D.K., D.K.M., D.M.N., D.K. (Selangor), D.K. (Negeri Sembilan), D.K. (Johor), D.K. (Perak), D.K. (Perlis), D.K. (Kedah), D.K. (Terengganu), S.P.M.K., S.J.M.K., S.P.K.K., S.P.S.K., S.P.J.K., Al-Sultan of Kelantan[22]

Awards and recognitions

Honours
See also: List of honours of the Kelantan Royal Family by country

He has been awarded:

Kelantan

As Sultan of Kelantan (since 13 September 2010):

  • Recipient (DK, 6 October 1986) and Grand Master of the Royal Family Order (Al-Yunusi Star)
  • Knight Grand Commander (SPMK) and Grand Master (since 13 September 2010) of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (Al-Muhammadi Star)
  • Knight Grand Commander (SJMK) and Grand Master (since 13 September 2010) of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (Al-Ismaili Star)
  • Knight Grand Commander (SPSK) and Grand Master (since 13 September 2010) of the Order of the Loyalty to the Crown of Kelantan (Al-Ibrahimi Star)
  • Knight Grand Commander (SPKK) and Grand Master (since 13 September 2010) of the Order of the Noble Crown of Kelantan (Al-Yahyawi Star)
  • Grand Master of the Order of the Most Distinguished and Most Valiant Warrior (PYGP, since 13 September 2010)
  • Founding Knight Grand Commander (SPJK) and Grand Master (since 11 November 2016) of the Most Loyal Order of Services to the Crown of Kelantan (Al-Petrawi Star)
  • Silver Jubilee Medal (30 March 2004)

Malaysia and its other states
  •  Malaysia:
    • Grand Master of the Order of the Royal Family of Malaysia (13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019) and Recipient (DKM, 31 January 2017)
    • Recipient (DMN, 7 December 2011) and Grand Master of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019)[23]
    • Grand Master of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019)
    • Grand Master of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019)
    • Grand Master of the Order of Merit of Malaysia (13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019)
    • Grand Master of the Order for Important Services (13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019)
    • Grand Master of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal Family of Malaysia (13 December 2016 – 6 January 2019)
  •  Johor:
  •  Kedah :
  •  Negeri Sembilan:
    • Member of the Royal Family Order of Negeri Sembilan (DKNS, 13 January 2011)
  •  Perak:
    • Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Perak (DK, 24 July 2011)
  •  Perlis:
    • Recipient of the Perlis Family Order of the Gallant Prince Syed Putra Jamalullail (DK, 19 October 2011)
  •  Selangor:
    • First Class of the Royal Family Order of Selangor (DK I, 5 January 2011)
  •  Terengganu :

Foreign
  •  Bahrain:
    • Member Special Class of the Order of Sheikh Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifa (1 May 2017)
  •  Brunei:
    • Sultan of Brunei Golden Jubilee Medal (5 October 2017)
  •  France:
  •  Qatar:
    • Collar of the Order of Independence (15 October 2017)
  •  Saudi Arabia:
    • Collar of Badr Chain (26 February 2017)

Academic

Places named after him

Several places were named after him, including:

Ancestry

References
  1. His birthday is on 6 October but his official birthday is on 11 November
  1. "Sultan Muhammad V, ruler of Malaysia's Kelantan state, has baby boy with Russian wife Oksana Voevodina". South China Morning Post. 5 June 2019.
  2. Rachel Genevieve Chia (6 June 2019). "Sultan Muhammad V's Russian wife gave birth to a baby boy – and she called the pregnancy 'the most difficult time of my life'". Business Insider. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. "Sadness, shock over Sultan Muhammad V's resignation as King". The Star Online. 7 January 2019.
  4. "Sultan Muhammad V, the people's ruler". Mysinchew. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  5. "Younger prince downplays talk of discord in Kelantan palace". The Star. 4 January 2010. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  6. "Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra is new Sultan of Kelantan". Sin Chew Daily. 13 September 2010. Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  7. "Sultan Muhammad V Official Name of New Kelantan Sultan". Bernama. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  8. "Proclamation of Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra As Sultan Unconstitutional, Says Former Sultan". Bernama. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  9. A. Letchumanan (21 September 2010). "Kelantan's Tuanku Ismail wants court to declare him rightful Sultan". The Star. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  10. "Conference of Rulers welcomes Sultan Muhammad V". New Straits Times. Bernama. 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  11. "Pejabat Penyimpan Mohor Besar Raja-Raja – Senarai Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong". www.majlisraja-raja.gov.my.
  12. "Kelantan Sultan will be new King". The Star. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  13. "Youngest Ruler selected". The Star Online. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  14. "Tengku Dr Muhammad Faiz Petra appointed as Regent of Kelantan". 8 December 2016.
  15. "St Cross College Welcomes His Majesty Sultan Muhammad V". ox.ac.uk. 27 February 2018. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  16. "Proposal came as a surprise". www.thestar.com.my. 23 October 2004. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  17. Aina Nasa (16 October 2016). "Having a consort not compulsory to become Yang di-Pertuan Agong, says expert". New Straits Times. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  18. "Mahathir says can't confirm if Malaysian King has married, as widely reported on social media". The Straits Times. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  19. ""Malaysian king, who abdicated, 'expecting baby' with beauty queen wife"". The Week. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  20. Syed Umar Ariff, Hana Naz Harun (17 July 2019). "Kelantan Sultan divorces Russian wife". New Straits Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  21. "Malaysian palace slams posting of sultan's private photos on social media". South China Morning Post. 6 September 2019.
  22. "Nama rasmi Yang di-Pertuan Agong".
  23. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang, dan Pingat Persekutuan".
Muhammad V of Kelantan
Kelantan Royal Family
Born: 1969
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Ismail Petra		 Sultan of Kelantan
2010–present		 Incumbent
Heir presumptive:
Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra
Preceded by
Abdul Halim of Kedah		 Yang di-Pertuan Agong
2016–2019		 Succeeded by
Abdullah of Pahang
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