Tunku Annuar ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah (30 June 1937 – 21 May 2014) was a member of the Kedah royal family and the Chairman of the Regency Council of theMalaysian state ofKedah from December 2011 until his death in May 2014. He was the son ofSultan Badlishah and the half-brother ofSultan Abdul Halim.

Tunku Annuar was born on 30 June 1937. He was the first son ofTunku Badlishah by his second wife, Tengku Asma Sultan Sulaiman. His father, Tunku Badlishah, was the seventh son ofSultan Abdul Hamid Halim. His mother, Tengku Asma, was a daughter ofSultan 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.^{[citation needed]} His full brother from the same father and mother was the current Sultan of Kedah,Tunku Sallehuddin.

Tunku Annuar was educated atMalay College Kuala Kangsar^[1] then pursue his study atAustralian Army Staff College,Fort Queenscliff.^{[citation needed]} He was granted the title Tunku Temenggong of Kedah on 21 January 1979. He was then granted the title Tunku Bendahara of Kedah as the second heir to the throne after the Raja Muda of Kedah on 28 November 1981.^{[citation needed]}

On 12 December 2011, he was appointed the Chairman of the Council of Regency after Tuanku Abdul Halim becameYang di-Pertuan Agong. Other members of the council include his brothers Tunku Sallehuddin, Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani, and Tuanku Abdul Halim's daughterTunku Puteri Intan Safinaz.^[2]

Tunku Annuar married Sharifah Saleha Syed Omar Shahabuddin on 22 January 1962. They had four children:^{[citation needed]}

• Tunku Marina (18 October 1962)

• 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:
  • Y.M. Tunku Putri Nadia
  • Y.M. Tunku Intan Nazirah
  • Y.M. Tunku Asma Narissa
  • Y.M. Tunku Annuar Nazirshah
  • Y.M. Putri Alyssa Batrisha

• Tunku Azuddin Shah (born 1969), who marriedPaula Malai Ali (born 3 March 1974) on 23 September 2002.^[3] They divorced in 2006. Puan Anna Baris (b. 10 February 198x), educ. Lyceum No 7, and Tomsk State Pedagogical Univ (TSPU), Tomsk, Russia. He has issue, two sons and one daughter by his second wife:
  • Y.M. Tunku Danil Badlishah bin Tunku Azudin Shah. b. 2010.
  • Y.M. Tunku Kiril Badlishah bin Tunku Azudin Shah. b 2015
  • Y.M. Tunku Ivanna binti Tunku Azudin Shah. b. July 2012

• Tunku Johanez (s/o Sharifa Saleha), educ. Sri Petaling Sch, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, and Malay Coll, Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Dir Client Services at Krakatua/ICOM 2010, MD Shahril Assocs Advertising & Design Sdn Bhd. Chair Felab Engineering Sdn Bhd, You Wings Sdn Bhd, and Masmeyer Success Sdn Bhd. Exec Chair Bumi Aviation Sdn Bhd. Mbr Royal Selangor Golf Club. Rcvd: DSDK (19.1.2014). m. (first) (div.) Che’ Wawa. m. (second) Y.A.Bhg. Datin Sophia binti ‘Abdu’llah, née Winnie Sophia Low, daughter Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Low Kheng Huat, Chair Low Keng Huat (Singapore) Ltd, by his wife, Y.Bhg. Puan Sri Dato’ Molly Low. He has issue, three sons and one daughter (including triplets) by his second wife:
  • Y.M. Tunku ... bin Tunku Johanez Mansur. b
  • Y.M. Tunku ... bin Tunku Johanez Mansur. b
  • Y.M. Tunku Jayden Jian bin Tunku Johanez Mansur. b. 10 July 2008. Mbr Kuala Lumpur Youth Soccer Club.
  • Y.M. Tunku ... binti Tunku Johanez Mansur.

His second wife was Puan Sri Dato’ Seri Noor Suzanna Abdullah.^{[citation needed]} Noor Suzanna has been involved in various charity events for flood victims in Kedah. The couple had one son.

• Dato' Indera Tunku Harunnarasheed Putra, who marriedAmelia Henderson on 14 August 2015, but divorced in 2018.^[4][5] On 27 February 2023, he married Singaporean painter and Islamic calligrapher Datin Indera Tania Yasmin Mohammed Shaafi.^[6]

Tunku Annuar died at 12:20 am on 21 May 2014 at Pantai Hospital inIpoh,Perak, of a heart attack. He was 74. His body was laid to rest at theKedah Royal Mausoleum inLanggar, Kedah, afterAsr prayers.

Before his death, he was presumably thought to be the successor to thethrone 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 his younger brother,Tunku Sallehuddin was proclaimed the next heir and Raja Muda of Kedah on 15 December 2016.

He was awarded:

• Member of theHalimi Family Order of Kedah (DKH) (16.7.2008)^[7]
• Member of theSupreme Order of Sri Mahawangsa (DMK) –Dato' Seri Utama
• Knight Grand Commander of theExalted Order of the Crown of Kedah (SPMK) –Dato' Seri
• Knight Grand Companion of theOrder of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (SSDK) –Dato' Seri
• Sultan Badlishah Medal for Faithful and Loyal Service (PSB)

•  Malaysia
  • Commander of theOrder of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) –Tan Sri (2012)^[8]

His wife,Noor Suzanna Abdullah, was awarded :

• Knight Grand Companion of theOrder of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (SSDK) –Dato' Seri (12.12.2011)

• 1937 births
• Malaysian people of Malay descent
• Malaysian Muslims
• 2014 deaths
• Royal House of Kedah
• Sons of sultans
• Members of the Halimi Family Order of Kedah
• Members of the Supreme Order of Sri Mahawangsa
• Knights Grand Commander of the Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah
• Knights Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah
• Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia

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