Tuanku Zara Salim

Tuanku Zara Salim (Jawi: توانكو زارا سليم; née Zara Salim Davidson; born 22 March 1973) is the wife of Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, the current Sultan of Perak. She was conferred the title Raja Permaisuri (Queen consort) of Perak by the Dewan Negara Perak on 20 June 2014.

Zara Salim
زارا سليم
Raja Permaisuri of Perak
Queen consort of Perak
Tenure20 June 2014 – present
Installation6 May 2015
PredecessorTuanku Bainun
Raja Puan Besar of Perak
Tenure17 May 2007 – 28 May 2014
Proclamation18 May 2007
PredecessorChe’ Puan Besar Bainun
SuccessorRaja Nor Mahani
BornZara binti Salim Davidson
(1973-03-22) 22 March 1973
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Spouse
(m. 2007)
Issue
Regnal name
Tuanku Zara Salim
HouseHouse of Perak
FatherWilliam Stanley Walker Davidson
MotherSharifah Azaliah Syed Omar Shahabudin
ReligionSunni Islam

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.

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