Tunku Annuar

Tunku Tan Sri Annuar Ibni Al Marhum Sultan Badlishah PSM DKH DMK SPMK SSDK PSB (30 June 1939 – 21 May 2014) was a member of the Kedah royal family and Chairman of the Regency Council of the Malaysian state of Kedah. He was the son of Sultan Badlishah and the half-brother of Sultan Abdul Halim.

Tunku Annuar was born on 30 June 1939, the first son of Tunku Badlishah by his third wife, Tengku Asma Sultan Sulaiman. His father, Tunku Badlishah, was the seventh son of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim. His mother, Tengku Asma, was a daughter of Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah of Terengganu. She was crowned Sultanah of Kedah in 1943. Tunku Badlishah was appointed Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Kedah in 1935 and became sultan in 1943. His full brother from the same father and mother was the current Raja Muda of Kedah, Tunku Sallehuddin.

Tunku Annuar was educated at Malay College Kuala Kangsar then pursue his study at Australian Army Staff College, Fort Queenscliff. He was granted the title Tunku Bendahara in 1981.

On 12 December 2011, he was appointed Chairman of the Council of Regency after Tuanku Abdul Halim became Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Other members of the council include his brothers Tunku Sallehuddin, Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani, and Tuanku Abdul Halim's daughter Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz.

Tunku Annuar married Sharifah Saleha Syed Omar Shahabuddin on 22 January 1962. They had four children:

• Tunku Marina
• Tunku Putra Badlishah (born 6 September 1964), who married Wan Zainab Wan Mahmud (born 30 July 1964) on 5 February 1987 and has four children:
  • Tunku Putri Nadia
  • Tunku Intan Nazirah
  • Tunku Asma Narissa
  • Tunku Annuar Nazirshah
• Tunku Johanez
• Tunku Azudin Shah (born 1969), who married Paula Malai Ali (born 3 March 1974) on 23 September 2002. They divorced in 2006.

His second wife was Toh Puan Noor Suzanna Abdullah, the current Toh Puan Bendahara. Toh Puan Noor Suzanna has been involved in various charity events for flood victims in Kedah. The couple has one son.

• Tunku Dato' Harrun ar-Rasheed Putra, who married ms:Amelia Henderson on 14 August 2015.

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• Aida Ahmad (2011-09-28). "Dinner aims at helping victims of natural disaster in Kedah". The Star. Retrieved 2011-12-18. 

Tunku Annuar died at 12:20 am on 21 May 2014 at Pantai Hospital in Ipoh, Perak, of a heart attack. He was 74. His body was laid to rest at the Kedah Royal Mausoleum in Langgar, Kedah after Asr prayers.

Before his death, he was presumably thought to be the successor to the throne of Kedah, since the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) who his elder half-brother, Tunku Abdul Malik was considered incapacitated due to old age, and then the subsequent successors will follow his lineage. Due to his death, his descendants has been by-passed and since 16 December 2016, his younger brother, Tunku Sallehuddin was proclaimed the next heir and Raja Muda of Kedah.

Honours of Kedah

He has been awarded:

• Member of the Halimi Family Order of Kedah (DKH, 16.7.2008)
• Member of the Supreme Order of Sri Mahawangsa (DMK)
• Knight Grand Commander of the Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah with title : Dato' Seri (SPMK)
• Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah with title : Dato' Seri (SSDK)
• Sultan Badlishah Medal for Faithful and Loyal Service (PSB)

His second wife, Noor Suzanna, Toh Puan Bendahara was awarded :

• Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah with title : Dato' Seri (SSDK, 12.12.2011)

Honours of Malaysia

He has been awarded:

•  Malaysia
  • Knight Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia with title :Tan Sri (PSM)