The 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong @ SULTAN Muhammad V of Kelantan will take over as the next Yang di-Pertuan Agong when Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, the Sultan of Kedah, completes his five-year term as King (Dec 13, 2011 to Dec 12, 2016). ™ Born in Kota Baru on Oct 6, 1969. lm The eldest of four children to Sultan Ismail Petra Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra and Tengku Anis Tengku Ahmad Hamid, His siblings are Tengku Mahkota Kelantan Tengku Dr Muhammad Faiz Petra, 42, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra, 38, and Tengku ‘malin ishah Putri, 32. 1 Installed as the Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan on Oct 6, 1985, and made Regent in 2009. ‘= Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra was proclaimed the 29th Sultan of Kelantan on Sept 13, 2010, taking the ‘name Sultan Muhammad V, after his father Sultan {smail Petra was incapacitated by illness. = At47, Sultan Muhammad Vis the youngest among the rulers of the nine states, @ Received his early education at Fatima Convent kindergarten (1974-75) and Sekolah Rendah Sultan Ismail | (1976-81) in Kota Baru, Studied at ‘Alice Smith International School in Kuala Lumpur before enrolling in Oakham School, Rutland, Britain (1983-89), Pursued diplomatic studies at Stross College, Oxford, and studied at Oxford Centre for islamic Studies until 1991. tm Sultan Muhammad V, who is Universiti Malaysia 7 Kelantan chancellor, enjoys reading and has an interest in extreme sports such as four-wheel-drive ns and endurance challenges, equestrian sports, bowling and archery. tm Loves the outdoors and started the “Walk with Me” Walkathon D’Raja Kelantan, which has been held since 2011, where the sultan will walk with his subjects for 10km around Kota Baru. = Married Tengku Zubaidah Tengku Norudin, a member of the Pattani royal family, in November 2004, but they divorced several years later.