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Tuanku Zara Salim was born on 22 March, 1973 in Ipoh, Malaysia, is a Her Royal Highness Raja Permaisuri of Perak. Discover Tuanku Zara Salim's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?
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Her husband is Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah (m. 2007)
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Tuanku Zara Salim Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Tuanku Zara Salim worth at the age of 51 years old? Tuanku Zara Salim’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from Malaysia. We have estimated
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She then was made as the first Royal Patron of the IChemE in Malaysia in October 2016. On accepting the honour, Tuanku Zara said that chemical engineering can be a challenging career, but rewarding as well. Chemical engineers are highly employable, have wide and diverse career options, and can make a big impact in society and the environment. She intends to, as Royal Patron of the IChemE, do her part to inspire the younger generation to consider chemical engineering as a viable career choice.
A chemical engineer by training, she was heading an oil and gas consultancy firm based in Kuala Lumpur before her marriage to the Sultan. She and the Sultan, who had been the country’s most eligible royal bachelor for decades, have known each other since the mid-1990s. She was officially crowned as the Raja Permaisuri of Perak during Sultan Nazrin's enthronement ceremony as the 35th Sultan of Perak on 6 May 2015.
She has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in April 2014 in recognition of her interest in the continued improvement of Malaysia’s education and academic performance.
She is the current Chancellor of the Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), and was proclaimed on 1 January 2012.
The couple's first child, a son named Raja Azlan Muzzaffar Shah, was born 14 March 2008. Their second child, a daughter named Raja Nazira Safya, was born 2 August 2011.
Zara's wedding to Raja Nazrin Shah was held at Istana Iskandariah on 17 May 2007.
The royal wedding reception took place on 19 May 2007.
On July 9, 2007, a purple, hybrid orchid was named Dendrobium Tuanku Zara Salim in honour of her visit to the 7th Ipoh International Orchid Festival.
Between 2005 and 2007, Zara, who is a certified life-saver and adventure sports enthusiast, became the managing director of Forthwave Consulting Sdn Bhd, a hydrocarbon technical engineering and software development company in Kuala Lumpur.
Zara left Petronas in November 2001 to become an account manager at Formis Network Services Sdn Bhd and then assumed the post of vice-president of partnerships and alliances at Formis (Malaysia) Berhad, a technology-based company listed on Bursa Malaysia, between 2003 and 2005.
Between February 1999 and October 2000, she was a product manager at Petlin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, a Petronas joint venture with DSM of the Netherlands and Sasol of South Africa. She was also part of the Petronas project team to operationalise the largest single-train low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant in the world at Kertih.
Zara joined the Business Evaluation Department in the Corporate Planning Unit of Petronas in December 1995 and was part of the team responsible for the successful establishment of the Kertih and Kuantan integrated petrochemical complexes, whose foreign partners included BP, BASF, Dow Chemicals and Mitsubishi.
After completing her A-Levels at Prime College in 1992, she left for the United Kingdom to study chemical engineering at the University of Nottingham and graduated with first class honours in July 1995. She also won the top student award for her final-year project.
Zara, who has a strong interest in foreign languages, studied at SMK Convent Ipoh and represented her school in squash and tennis from 1988 to 1990. She also represented Perak in swimming between 1981 and 1987.
A day after the solemnisation of their vows, there was a special proclamation ceremony to bestow Zara with the official title of Raja Puan Besar of Perak, a title reserved for the royal wife of the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Perak that had been vacant since April 1987.
Tuanku Zara Salim (née Zara Salim Davidson; born 22 March 1973) is the wife of Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, who is the reigning Sultan of Perak. She has been conferred the title of Raja Permaisuri (Queen consort) of Perak by the Dewan Negara Perak on 20 June 2014.
Born in the city of Ipoh on 22 March 1973, she is the youngest of four children of William Stanley Walker Davidson (Salim Davidson) and Sharifah Azaliah Syed Omar Shahabudin. She is a member of Kedah Royal Family. She has three elder brothers. Her father is a prominent lawyer in Perak and Kuala Lumpur.
She is also the granddaughter of the former Kedah Menteri Besar Tan Sri Syed Omar Syed Abdullah Shahabudin. Tunku Aminah married Syed Omar, who became Kedah's second Menteri Besar after independence, from July 1959 to December 1967.
Coincidentally her father-in-law, the late Sultan Azlan Shah, read law at the same university and was conferred the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1953 before being admitted to the English Bar in 1954.
Zara Salim Davidson is the great-grandchild of Kedah's 24th ruler Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, Utusan Malaysia reported.
The Sultan ruled Kedah for 62 years from 1881 to 1943 and one of the Sultan's sons was Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's first prime minister. Therefore, she is also the grandniece of Tunku Abdul Rahman.