Back
العربية
Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei
Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei · Cancillería del Perú, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei

b. 1946

Sultan of Brunei since 1967

Born
15 Jul 1946 · Bandar Seri Begawan
Part ofBrunei1945 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 92 years
  1. 15 Jul 1946BornBorn in Bandar Seri Begawan
  2. 1967RoleSultan of Brunei Darussalam
  3. 1984RolePrime Minister of Brunei
  4. 1984AwardCollar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
  5. 1986RoleMinister of Defence of Brunei
  6. 1988AwardOrder of the Rajamitrabhorn
  7. 1992AwardHonorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  8. 1997RoleMinister of Finance of Brunei
  9. 1998AwardGrand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  10. 2001AwardHonorary Doctor of the Beijing Foreign Studies University
  11. 2004AwardRoyal Order of the Seraphim
  12. 2013AwardKnight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
  13. 2022RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei

Loading from Wikipedia and Wikidata…

Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1946 – today).

  1. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  3. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  4. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  6. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  7. 1956Suez Crisis
  8. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  10. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  12. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  14. 1968Prague Spring
  15. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  16. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  17. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  18. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  20. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  21. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  22. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  23. 1985Schengen Agreement
  24. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  25. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  26. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  28. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  30. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  32. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  33. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  34. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  35. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  36. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  37. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  38. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  39. 20112011 Norway attacks
  40. 2011Libyan civil war

Biography

Hassanal Bolkiah Muiz'zaddin Wad'daulah (born 15 July 1946) has reigned as the sultan of Brunei since 1967, and has also served as the prime minister of Brunei since its independence from British rule in 1984. He is among the world's few remaining absolute monarchs.

The eldest son of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Damit, he is the 29th sultan to ascend to the Bruneian throne, following the abdication of his father in 1967. The Sultan has been ranked among the wealthiest individuals in the world. Currently, as of 2026, Hassanal Bolkiah is said to have a net worth of $50 billion. He is the world's longest-reigning current monarch and the longest-serving current head of state. On 5 October 2017, Bolkiah celebrated his Golden Jubilee to mark the 50th year of his reign.

Text from the Wikipedia article Hassanal Bolkiah, CC BY-SA 4.0

About this information

Dates and life events come from this person’s Wikidata entry.

We only show events that the sources give a date for. Anything without a date is left out rather than guessed.