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Tunku Zain Al’-Abidin, Founding President and Chairman of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Sharifah binti Salleh, IAC Principal and Centre Manager, and Mazrina Ariffin, Finance Director of IDEAS along with ambassadors and celebrities for IAC Autism Awareness Week during the photo session with the young children from Ideas Awareness Centre.

TUANKU Muhriz Tuanku Munawir was born on this day in 1948, in the royal town of Seri Menanti and is the only son of Tuanku Munawir Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the ninth Yang di- Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, and his consort Tuanku Durah Tunku Besar Burhanuddin. The 11th Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan is also the grandson of the country’s first Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Rahman Tuanku Muhammad.

The Ruler was raised in Negri Sembilan, where he attended the Tuanku Muhammad School in Kuala Pilah, Tunku Besar School in Tampin and later King George V Secondary School in Seremban.

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