Tuanku Zara Salim
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Tuanku Zara Salim (Jawi: توانكو زارا سليم; born Zara Salim Davidson; 22 March 1973) is the Raja Permaisuri (Queen consort) of Perak as the wife of Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, the current Sultan of Perak.
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Zara Salim زارا سليم | |||||
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Raja Permaisuri of Perak | |||||
Tenure | 20 June 2014 – present | ||||
Installation | 6 May 2015 | ||||
Predecessor | Tuanku Bainun | ||||
Raja Puan Besar of Perak | |||||
Tenure | 17 May 2007 – 28 May 2014 | ||||
Proclamation | 18 May 2007 | ||||
Predecessor | Che’ Puan Besar Bainun (as Che’ Puan Besar) | ||||
Successor | Raja Nor Mahani | ||||
Born | Zara binti Salim Davidson (1973-03-22) 22 March 1973 (age 51) Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia | ||||
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House | House of Perak | ||||
Father | William Stanley Walker Davidson | ||||
Mother | Sharifah Azaliah Syed Omar Shahabudin | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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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 installed as the Raja Permaisuri of Perak during Sultan Nazrin's enthronement ceremony as the 35th Sultan of Perak on 6 May 2015.