Ibrahim Ismail of Johor

These included the 211th Conference of Rulers, where Ibrahim and Abdullah, the Crown Prince of Pahang, represented their fathers in the meetings, among other state functions.

He stated that he wished to do this as his grandfather, Sultan Ismail, had opened the causeway between Singapore and Malaya in 1923, and that it was appropriate that he should drive the last train out of the station.

Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar (born 22 November 1958) is the seventeenth and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia.

Tunku Ibrahim was born on 22 November 1958 at Sultanah Aminah Hospital, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaya, during the reign of his great-grandfather, Sultan Sir Ibrahim of Johor.

He was the third child and eldest son of Sultan Iskandar by his first wife, Josephine Ruby Trevorrow, an English woman from Torquay.

Iskandar met Trevorrow while studying in England.

Trevorrow, a proprietor by profession, temporarily took on the name Khalsom binti Abdullah following her marriage to Iskandar.

Ibrahim's mother later remarried and returned to England.

Ibrahim's great-grandfather died in London on 8 May 1959.

Thus, Ibrahim's grandfather, Ismail, became Sultan of Johor.

Ibrahim moved up to second in line to the throne, after his father.

The last coronation was that of his grandfather Sultan Ismail on 10 February 1960.

His father sent him to complete his secondary education at Trinity Grammar School in Sydney, from 1968 until 1970.

After finishing high school, he was sent to Army Training Centre (PULADA) in Kota Tinggi for basic military training.

He also received military training in the United States, at Fort Benning, Georgia, and later at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Ibrahim was appointed as the Crown Prince of Johor on 3 July 1981, and has primarily resided at Istana Pasir Pelangi since then.

Shortly before Filipino opposition politician Benigno Aquino Jr. was assassinated at Manila International Airport on 21 August 1983, Ibrahim met Aquino upon his arrival in Singapore and later brought him to meet other Malaysian leaders across the Johor-Singapore Causeway.

Once in Johor, Aquino also met with Ibrahim's father, Iskandar, who was a close friend.

He served as the regent of Johor between 26 April 1984 and 25 April 1989 when his father served his term as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

In recent years, Ibrahim gradually took over some state duties and functions from his aging father.

He is also the fifth Sultan of modern Johor since ascending to the throne following the death of his father, Sultan Iskandar, in 2010.

A motorcycle enthusiast, Sultan Ibrahim is the founder of the annual motorcycling tour event Kembara Mahkota Johor.

On 31 January 2024, he was sworn in as the seventeenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, having been elected to a five-year term on 27 October 2023.

A few hours before his father's death on 22 January 2010, Tunku Ibrahim was appointed as the Regent of Johor, following medical reports that suggested Sultan Iskandar's impending demise.

Sultan Iskandar died on the same night, and Tunku Ibrahim was installed as the Sultan of Johor the following morning.

The Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Johor, Abdul Ghani Othman cited that Sultan Ibrahim and immediate members of the royal family would undertake a mourning period of 40 days.

During the mourning season, Sultan Ibrahim made his inaugural presence at the Conference of Rulers in February 2010 as the Sultan of Johor.

On 30 June 2011, Sultan Ibrahim drove the last train from Tanjong Pagar railway station, having received tuition from Chief Locomotive Inspector Hasnol Azahari Aman of Keretapi Tanah Melayu to enable him to do this.

Sultan Ibrahim also declared Muar as Johor's new royal capital, replacing Johor Bahru, on 5 February 2012.

This coincided with the Maulidur Rasul celebrations.

Sultan Ibrahim became the first ruler of Johor to celebrate his birthday celebration in Muar on 22 November 2012.

He picks the town because it is "rich in history and tradition besides being peaceful, beautiful and progressive".

He wanted the state government to gazette all the old buildings in the town as a state heritage.

He also wants the local authorities to preserve the cleanliness of Sungai Muar which could be done by relocating the bus and taxi terminals elsewhere.

Sultan Ibrahim was crowned as the sultan of Johor on 23 March 2015.

From 2015 onwards, 23 March is made an annual state public holiday as the Sultan's official birthday, replacing the public holiday on 22 November, the Sultan's actual birthday.

Sultan Johor is noted for advocating religious moderation and has criticised the creeping Arabisation of Malaysian Muslim culture.

Despite being the only sultan in Malaysia without tertiary (post-secondary) education, he has promoted quality education for Johor.

On 6 January 2024, Sultan Ibrahim decreed that he would not grant any audiences till he ascends to the throne as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 31 January 2024.

He would not be accepting any appointments except for the previously scheduled events and the weekly audiences with the Menteri Besar and the state government of Johor as he wanted to spend the remaining time before the ascension with the royal family.