Raja Eleena

Yang Teramat Mulia

Born

3 April 1960
Penang, Malaya

Spouse

Ismail Farouk Abdullah

Issue

Omar Azlan Ismail Farouk
Alia Azleena Farouk
Imran Azlan Ismail Farouk
Ashman Azlan Ismail Farouk
Sofia Ismail Farouk

Full name
Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfurlah

Father

Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah

Mother

Tuanku Bainun

Religion

Sunni Islam

Perak Royal Family

HRH Sultan Dr. Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, Sultan HRH Tuanku Zara Salim, Raja Permaisuri HH Raja Azlan Muzzaffar Shah, Raja Kechil Besar HH Raja Nazira Safya HH Raja Jaafar bin Almarhum Raja Muda Musa, Raja Muda HH Raja Nor Mahani, Raja Puan Besar Raja Shah Azman Raja Nor Azwina HH Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain, Raja Di-Hilir HH Tunku Soraya, Raja Puan Muda Raja Nabil Imran Raja Idris Shah Raja Siffuddin Raja Sarina Intan Bahiyah Raja Safia Azizah HH Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah, Raja Kechil Sulong
Azlan Shah's family
HRH Tuanku Bainun, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah's widow HH Raja Azureen The Hon. Muhammad Saleh The Hon. Latiff Mohd Saleh The Hon. Nurlin Mohd Saleh The Hon. Azlin Mohd Saleh The Hon. Azim Mohd Saleh Noraini Jane, Raja Ashman Shah's widow HH Raja Eminah Alliyah HH Raja Bainunnisa Safia HH Raja Eleena The Hon. Ismail Farouk The Hon. Omar Ismail Farouk The Hon. Imran Ismail Farouk The Hon. Ashman Ismail Farouk The Hon. Alia Ismail Farouk The Hon. Sofia Ismail Farouk HH Raja Yong Sofia HH Tunku Kamil HH Tunku Aznal Shahabudin of Kedah HH Tunku Amira Shahabudin of Kedah HH Tunku Maisara Shahabudin of Kedah

Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfullah (born 3 April 1960) is a fourth daughter of the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah. She was born on 3 April 1960 and during her school years, she went to SMK Convent Bukit Nanas. She also holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of London. Yang Amat Mulia is a lawyer with her own legal firm in Kuala Lumpur.

Childhood

Raja Eleena was born at Penang, Malaya, 3 April 1960 as the fourth daughter of late Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yussuf 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 Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of Perak)

Her siblings are :

brother Raja Nazrin Shah, (Sultan of Perak) (27 November 1956)
sister Raja Azureen, Raja Azureen (9 December 1957)
brother Raja Ashman Shah, (Raja Kechil Sulong of Perak) (28 December 1958)
sister Raja Yong Sofia, Raja Yong Sofia (24 June 1961)

Biography

Y A M Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Azlan Shah 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.

Y A M Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Azlan Shah was appointed to the Board of Gamuda on 1 June 1992.

She is the niece of Y Bhg Dato' Ir 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 Datuk Seri Eleena Raja Azlan Shah 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 Puan Sri Chong Chook Yew, who occupies number 18th with US$320 million (MYR 1.085 billion).

Honours

She has been awarded:^[2]

Honours of Perak

Grand Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (the Perak Sword of State, SPCM, 19.4.1989) with title Dato' Sri
- current ribbon de the decoration :

References

↑ Malaysian business, Issues 3-6, New Straits Times Press (Malaysia), 2004, p. 70
↑ Royal Ark, Perak genealogy details p.16

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