 almu'tasimu billahi muhibbuddin tuanku alhaj sir abdul halim mu'adzam shah ibni almarhum sultan badlishah, gcb kstj (born 28 november 1927) is the 14th and current yang di-pertuan agong (supreme head of state) of malaysia, as well as the 27th and current sultan of kedah. he previously served as the fifth yang di-pertuan agong from 1970 to 1975. he is the first person to hold the position twice, as well as the oldest elected to the office. he is a week older than the world's longest reigning monarch, king bhumibol adulyadej of thailand. ==biography== ===early career=== born at istana anak bukit near alor star as tunku abdul halim, he was the second, but eldest surviving son, of sultan badlishah (born 1894; reigned 1943â1958), who later became the 27th sultan of kedah. he is of malay and thai descent. his mother was a kedah-born thai lady named tunku sofiah binti tunku mahmud (born 1910), who died in an automobile accident on 28 february 1935. tunku abdul halim's maternal grandfather, tunku mahmud, was once raja muda or heir presumptive to the throne of kedah.finestone, jeffrey and s
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