Tunku Ali Redhauddin

تونكو علي رضا الدينTunku Besar of Seri MenantiTenure22 February 2009 – presentProclamation22 February 2009PredecessorTunku MuhrizPro-Chancellor
Universiti Sains Islam MalaysiaReign2012 - presentPro-Chancellor
National University of MalaysiaReign25 November 2023 - presentBorn (1977-04-26) 26 April 1977 (age 47)
University Hospital, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Names
Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tunku Muhriz (at birth)
Regnal name
Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tuanku Muhriz

DynastyPagaruyungFatherTuanku MuhrizMotherTuanku Aishah RohaniReligionSunni IslamMilitary careerAllegiance Malaysia
 Negeri SembilanService/branch Rejimen Askar WataniahRank Brigadier GeneralUnitRej 508 AW

Royal family of Negeri Sembilan
Tuanku Muhriz, The Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Aishah Rohani, the Tunku Ampuan Besar Tunku Ali Redhauddin, the Tunku Besar Seri Menanti Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin
Muhriz's sisters Yang di-Pertuan Besar's sisters: Tunku Anne Dakhlah YBhg. Dato’ Abdul Malik Siti Mazeera Shazmi Izzam Siti Mazlina Siti Mazlynda Tunku Deborah YBhg. Dato' Ahmad Fuad Tunku Deannah YM Tengku Datuk Amran of Jelebu Tengku Amera Nafisah of Jelebu Tengku Nadia Azrina of Jelebu Tengku Dahira Azirah of Jelebu
Jaafar's family Tunku Naquiah, the Tunku Dara Tunku Mudzaffar, the Tunku Kecil Besar Tunku Nadzimuddin Che Puan Sarimah Ibrahim Tunku Sofia Najihah Tunku Miratun Madihah Dato' James Iskandar Jaafar-Greaves Putera Ryan Puteri Tahlia Tunku Nasaifuddin Che Puan Claire Rania Moore Tunku Arthur Idris Tunku Gabriella Amiera Tunku Nasruan Adil Tunku Naquiyuddin, the Tunku Laksamana Tunku Nurul Hayati of Kedah, the Tunku Puan Muda Tunku Mohammad Alauddin Putri Badrinise Alauddin Tunku Alayna Putri Tunku Alia Nadira Lorance Cheikh El Haddadin Tunku Nadia Sahiya Tunku Khairul-Zaim Tunku Imran, the Tunku Muda Serting Che Engku Puan Sri Nora Marzuki Tunku Khairil Imran Tunku Tarrant Tunku Abdul Rahman Aminu'llah Tunku Jawahir, the Tunku Puteri and Tengku Puan Panglima Besar of Pahang Tengku Azlan Shah, the Tengku Panglima Besar of Pahang Tengku Aslahuddin Jaafar of Pahang Sofia Tengku Muhammad Ayden Saladin of Pahang Tengku Azran of Pahang Tunku Irinah, the Tengku Puan Panglima Raja of Selangor Tengku Ahmad Shah of Selangor, the Tengku Panglima Raja of Selangor Tengku Alam Shah Amiruddin of Selangor Tengku Aiman Shahirah of Selangor Tunku Nadzaruddin, the Tunku Panglima Besar Tunku Mimi Wahida Tunku Muhammad Hazim Shah Raden Tunku Muhammad Mish’al Raden Tunku Ines Najihah Raden
v t e

Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tuanku Muhriz (born 26 April 1977) is the eldest son of the reigning Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir and the Tunku Ampuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Aishah Rohani binti Almarhum Tengku Besar Mahmud. He was proclaimed the title Tunku Besar (Senior Prince) of Seri Menanti on 22 February 2009 and also a member of the Negeri Sembilan Council of Justice and Law. Besides his official duties, Tunku Ali divides his time between corporate boards, non-profit entities and educational institutions. He was recognised as a Young Global Leader in 2013 by World Economic Forum.^[1]

Family

Tunku Ali Redhauddin was born on 26 April 1977 at University Hospital, Petaling Jaya, Selangor as the elder son of Tunku Muhriz (the then Tunku Besar of Seri Menanti) and his consort Tengku Aishah Rohani.

He has two siblings:

• Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin (born 6 July 1982).
• Tunku Alif Hussein (born 3 September 1984 – died 15 January 2016).

Education

Tunku Ali received his early education at Sri Inai Junior School and the Alice Smith School Kuala Lumpur before continuing his education at Marlborough College, Wiltshire, United Kingdom at the GCSE (‘O’ Level) and GCE ‘A’ Level. Tunku Ali was actively involved in sports, whereby he represented his college in badminton and basketball. In college, he also participated in the CCF Mixed Cadet Force.

His excellent results in his ’A’ Level has enabled Tunku Ali to be awarded the Sime Darby/Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Fellowship and continued his tertiary education at the University of Cambridge in 1995. He then graduated with a B.A (Hons) in History, Social Sciences and Politics in 1998. At the university, Tunku Ali was a committee member of the Malaysian Student Association and was the Treasurer of the Cambridge University Orient Express, an association formed to enhance cross-cultural understanding between students of diverse multicultural background of Asia and the United Kingdom. Tunku Ali also attended courses at the University of Oxford, UK.

He successfully graduated with a Masters in Public Administration at John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, USA in July 2011.^[2]

Career

Corporate

Tunku Ali started his career in 1998 with McKinsey & Company and worked primarily out of its London, Hong Kong and Singapore offices where he advised governments and large corporations on issues ranging from long-term strategy to organisational and corporate governance. From 2004 until 2010, Tunku Ali was with Khazanah Nasional^[3] as Director, Investments where he was actively involved in several significant transformation projects and strategic investments in Malaysia and abroad. From then on, he has taken on multiple corporate positions in various industries. Currently, Tunku Ali chairs two public listed companies - Bumi Armada Berhad^[3] and Taliworks Corporation Berhad and sits on a few other boards, including Bangkok Bank and Sun Life Malaysia.^[4] Tunku Ali is also Senior Advisor to TPG Capital where he sits on the boards of several TPG portfolio companies.

Non-Profit and other entities

Tunku Ali is also active in the non-profit sector where he devotes his time towards charitable endeavours and educational entities. He is Chairman and Founding Trustee of Teach For Malaysia, an independent, not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to provide all children in Malaysia the opportunity to attain an excellent education.^[5][6] Tunku Ali is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Yayasan Munarah, the Negeri Sembilan Royal Family Foundation. He is a Trustee of Amanah Warisan Negara. He served as Chairman of WWF Malaysia from 2014 to 2022.^[7] In June 2022, Tunku Ali was appointed the Chairman of Astro.^[8] He is a Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM).

Tunku Besar of Seri Menanti (2009 - present)

On 22 February 2009, Tunku Ali was made the title Tunku Besar (Senior Prince) of Seri Menanti when he was 32 following his father, Tuanku Muhriz was proclaimed as eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan.

His title as Tunku Besar of Seri Menanti made him as a member of the Negeri Sembilan Council of Justice and Law that participated by Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan, Undang Yang Empat and Tunku Besar Tampin.

Styles and honours

Styles of Tunku Ali Redhauddin
Reference style	His Highness
Spoken style	Your Highness
Alternative style	Tunku

• 26 April 1977 - 28 December 2008 : His Highness Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tunku Muhriz
• 29 December 2008 - 21 February 2009 : His Highness Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tuanku Muhriz
• 22 Februari 2009 - present : His Highness Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tuanku Muhriz, Tunku Besar of Seri Menanti

The styles of Tunku Ali Redhauddin is :

His Highness Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tuanku Muhriz, Tunku Besar of Seri Menanti

Honours

• Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Yamtuan Radin Sunnah (D.K.Y.R.) (20 October 2009)
• Grand Knight of the Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz (S.S.T.M.) – Dato' Seri (2014)

Ancestry

References

Malaysian royalty
Preceded by Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan	Line of succession to the throne of Negeri Sembilan 1st position	Succeeded by Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin