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  1. Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III [a] ( Jawi: حسن البلقية ابن عمر علي سيف الدين ٣‎; born 15 July 1946) has been the Sultan of Brunei since 1967 and the prime minister of Brunei since independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one of the few absolute monarchs in the world.

  2. May 9, 2019 · The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, was widely condemned in April for ushering in new laws to punish homosexuality with death by stoning as part of a move to align the country with...

  3. Jul 19, 2024 · Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muʿizzaddin Waddaulah is the 29th sultan of Brunei. Hassanal Bolkiah was the eldest son of Sultan Sir Haji Omar Ali Saifuddin. He was educated privately and later attended the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, England.

  4. One of the last remaining absolute monarchs, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (born 1946) has used enormous income from vast reserves of oil and natural gas to make his tiny sultanate one of the world's most economically prosperous and socially secure societies.

  5. Apr 4, 2019 · When Brunei made gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning, it cast a light on Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the country’s monarch and main enforcer of religion.

  6. Nov 14, 2019 · Hassanal Bolkiah, 29th Sultan of Brunei, lives today with his three wives and twelve children at his own palace, the Istana Nurul Iman, which holds the world’s record for the largest palace at 200,000 square meters of luxuriously furnished living space.

  7. Oct 5, 2017 · Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is the countrys prime minister, minister of defence, finance and foreign affairs, supreme commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces and also the head of...

  8. Jun 13, 2013 · Hassanal Bolkiah, one of the world's longest-reigning monarchs, became sultan in October 1967 after his father, Sir Haji Omar Ali Saifuddin, abdicated. He was...

  9. Hassanal Bolkiah (born Hassanal Bolkiah Mu´izzadin Waddaulah; 1946) is the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei. [1] He succeeded to the throne following the abdication of his father, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, in 1967 .

  10. Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III has been the Sultan of Brunei since 1967 and the prime minister of Brunei since independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one of the few absolute monarchs in the world.