Tunku Abdul Rahman Hassanal Jefri

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Tunku Abdul Rahman Al-Haj ibni Sultan Ibrahim (Jawi: تونكو عبد الرحمن; born 5 February 1993), also known as Prince Jefri Ibrahim,^[1] is a member of the Johor royal family who is the Tunku Panglima of Johor. He is the third son of Sultan Ibrahim and Raja Zarith Sofiah. He is also the grandson of both Sultan Iskandar of Johor and Sultan Idris Shah II of Perak.

Tunku Abdul Rahman تونكو عبد الرحمن
Tunku Panglima of Johor
Tenure	22 November 2012 – present
Proclamation	22 November 2012
Born	(1993-02-05) 5 February 1993 (age 31) Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Names Tunku Abdul Rahman Hassanal Jefri ibni Sultan Ibrahim Regnal name Tunku Abdul Rahman Al-Haj ibni Sultan Ibrahim
Father	Sultan Ibrahim
Mother	Raja Zarith Sofiah
Religion	Sunni Islam
Military career
Other name(s)	Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Allegiance	Sultan of Johor
Service / branch	Royal Johor Military Force (JMF)
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel

Tunku Abdul Rahman is also a racing driver. He is contracted to Triple Eight Race Engineering where he competes in Asian and Australian GT3 championships.

Background

Tunku Abdul Rahman Hassanal Jefri is the fifth child and fourth son of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the current Sultan of Johor, as well as Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, the Permaisuri of Johor.^[2] His parents are also the current Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) and the Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen consort) of Malaysia.^[3]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2021	GT World Challenge Australia - Pro-Am	Triple Eight Race Engineering	8	1	2	2	7	121	3rd
2022	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	Triple Eight JMR	10	2	0	1	5	123	2nd
	GT World Challenge Asia - Pro-Am Cup			3	0	1	6	158	1st
	GT World Challenge Australia - Pro-Am	JMR Triple Eight Race Engineering	8	4	7	0	1	130	3rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1	0	0	0	1	15	15th
2023	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	Triple Eight JMR	12	0	0	0	0	7	36th
	GT World Challenge Asia - Pro-Am Cup			0	0	0	0	13	33rd
	GT World Challenge Australia - Pro-Am	Triple Eight Race Engineering	8	0	0	0	3	91	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Triple Eight JMR	5	2	0	0	2	74	2nd
2024	GT World Challenge Australia - Pro-Am	Johor Motorsports Racing
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Triple Eight JMR
	Intercontinental GT Challenge
	International GT Open		1	0	0	0	0	0	41st
	GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am

Complete GT World Challenge Asia results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2022	Triple Eight JMR	SEP 1 1	SEP 2 5	SUZ 1 3	SUZ 2 2	FUJ 1 4	FUJ 2 1	SUG 1 9	SUG 2 10	OKA 1 3	OKA 2 13			2nd	123
2023	Triple Eight JMR	BUR 1 11	BUR 2 15	FUJ 1 7	FUJ 2 13	SUZ 1 22	SUZ 2 18	MOT 1 11	MOT 2 13	OKA 1 18	OKA 2 12	SEP 1 11	SEP 2 11	36th	7

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2023–24	Triple Eight JMR	GT	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	SEP 1 7	SEP 2 6	DUB 5	ABU 1 1	ABU 2 1	2nd	74

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Ovr. Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Broc Feeney Shane van Gisbergen	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	APA	291	3rd	3rd
2023	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Richie Stanaway Jamie Whincup	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	319	10th	3rd
2024	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Jordan Love Jamie Whincup	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	274	11th	3rd

Complete Spa 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Ovr. Pos.	Class Pos.
2024	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Martin Konrad Jordan Love Alexander Sims	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	114	DNF

Honours

Styles of Tunku Abdul Rahman Hassanal Jefri
Reference style	His Highness
Spoken style	Your Highness
Alternative style	Tunku

See also: List of honours of the Johor Royal Family by country

• First Class of the Royal Family Order of Johor (DK I) (22 November 2012)
• Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor (DPMJ) – Dato' (11 April 2009)
• Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ibrahim of Johor (SMIJ) – Dato' (2015)^[4][5][6]
• Sultan Ibrahim Coronation Medal (PSI, 1st class) (23 March 2015)
• Sultan Ibrahim Medal (PSI I, 1st class) (23 March 2017)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Tunku Abdul Rahman Hassanal Jefri

16. Sultan Ibrahim bin Abu Bakar of Johor 8. Sultan Ismail bin Ibrahim of Johor 17. Ungku Maimuna binti Ungku Abdul Majid 4. Sultan Iskandar bin Ismail of Johor 18. Ungku Ahmad bin Ungku Muhammad Khalid 9. Ungku Tun Amina binti Ungku Ahmad 19. Ungku Khadija binti Ungku Muhammad 2. Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor 20. Henry David Trevorrow 10. Reginald George Trevorrow 21. Florence Louisa Capling 5. Enche' Besar Hajjah Kalsum binti Abdullah (née Josephine Ruby Trevorrow) 22. Thomas Alderman 11. Ruby May Alderman 1. Tunku Abdul Rahman Hassanal Jefri 24. Sultan Idris Shah I of Perak 12. Sultan Iskandar bin Idris of Perak 25. Cik Ngah Manah binti Manda Duwayat 6. Sultan Idris Shah II of Perak 26. Raja Kulop Muhammad Kramat bin Raja Alang Iskandar 13. Raja Puteh Umi Kalsum binti Raja Kulop Muhammad Kramat 27. Che Ken Uda Sari binti Abdul Rahman 3. Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Idris 28. Raja Haji Harun al-Rashid bin Idris Murshid 14. Raja Arif Shah bin Raja Haji Harun al-Rashid 29. Cik Haji Ngah Uteh Mariah binti Haji Sulaiman 7. Raja Muzwin binti Raja Arif Shah 30. Abdullah 15. Cik Puan Aziza binti Abdullah

References

1. Simon Chapman. (16 September 2022) His Highness Prince Jefri Ibrahim of Johor. It's a name not many Australians will know, but for Malaysians, the 28-year-old is literal royalty. Wide Worlds of Sports.
2. "Johor Gov". johor.gov. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
3. "65-Year Old Sultan Ibrahim Assumes the Throne as Malaysia's New King". Lokmat Times. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
4. "Tunku Ismail heads 83 award recipients". New Straits Times. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
5. "TMJ ketuai senarai 83 penerima anugerah Sultan Johor" (in Malay). Berita Harian. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
6. "TMJ dahului 83 penerima pingat darjah kebesaran Johor" (in Malay). Harian Metro. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.