1959 - Today
Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah (Jawi: السلطان عبدﷲ رعاية الدين المصطفى بالله شاه ابن المرحوم سلطان حاج أحمد شاه المستعين بالله; ; born 30 July 1959) is the Sultan of Pahang since the abdication of his father in 2019. He was the sixteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia, from 2019 to 2024, being sworn in just a few weeks after ascending to the throne as Sultan of Pahang. Notably, just days after being proclaimed Sultan of Pahang, Abdullah was elected as the sixteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the paramount constitutional monarch of Malaysia, a role he assumed on 31 January 2019. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdullah of Pahang has received more than 2,488,707 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Abdullah of Pahang is the 7,512th most popular politician (down from 7,471st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 11th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Malaysian Politician.
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Among politicians, Abdullah of Pahang ranks 7,512 out of 15,577. Before him are Mesih Pasha, Robert H. Jackson, Cyrus Vance, Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia, Estanislao Figueras, and Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia. After him are Jovan Divjak, Adolfo López Mateos, Uthong, Félix Malloum, Mahamadou Issoufou, and Zenkō Suzuki.
1401 - 1501
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 7,506
1892 - 1954
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 7,507
1917 - 2002
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 7,508
1031 - 1061
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 7,509
1819 - 1882
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 7,510
1886 - 1918
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 7,511
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 7,512
1937 - 2021
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 7,513
1909 - 1969
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 7,514
1314 - 1369
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 7,515
1932 - 2009
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 7,516
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 7,517
1911 - 2004
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 7,518
Among people born in 1959, Abdullah of Pahang ranks 64. Before him are Benny Gantz, Satoru Iwata, Richie Sambora, Sean Young, Marcia Gay Harden, and Moza bint Nasser. After him are Azali Assoumani, Patricia Clarkson, Thomas Ravelli, Thomas F. Wilson, Andrea de Cesaris, and Clancy Brown.
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 58
1959 - 2015
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 59
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 60
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 61
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 62
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 63
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 64
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 65
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 66
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 67
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 68
1959 - 2014
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 69
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 70
Among people born in Malaysia, Abdullah of Pahang ranks 12 out of 74. Before him are Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Jimmy Choo (1948), and Najib Razak (1953). After him are Yusof Ishak (1910), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Wu Lien-teh (1879), Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), Anwar Ibrahim (1947), and Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796).
1922 - 1976
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 6
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 7
1922 - 1990
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 9
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 11
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 12
1910 - 1970
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 13
1895 - 1960
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 14
1879 - 1960
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 15
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 17
1796 - 1854
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 18
Among politicians born in Malaysia, Abdullah of Pahang ranks 9. Before him are Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Hussein Onn (1922), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), and Najib Razak (1953). After him are Yusof Ishak (1910), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), Anwar Ibrahim (1947), Iskandar of Johor (1932), and Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1960).
1927 - 2017
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 3
1922 - 1976
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 5
1922 - 1990
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 7
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 9
1910 - 1970
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 10
1895 - 1960
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 11
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 12
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 13
1932 - 2010
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 14
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 15