Jaya Rajid

Pengiran Jaya bin Rajid (Malay: Pengiran Setia Raja Pengiran Hj Jaya bin Pengiran Hj Rajid; 1925 – 18 October 2009) was a nobleman and the first Brunei local to be appointed as Brunei's Commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) and appointed as the Brunei High Commissioner to several countries.

Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Setia Raja Pengiran
Jaya Rajid
DSNB DK DHPNB QPM CPM
Jaya in 1971
Commissioner of Police
In office
1975–1983
MonarchsHassanal Bolkiah
Diplomatic positions
Brunei High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office
14 March 1984 – 1990
Succeeded byMustapha Metassan
Brunei High Commissioner to France
Brunei High Commissioner to Thailand
In office
30 October 1990 – ?
Preceded byHamid Jaafar
Brunei High Commissioner to Malaysia
In office
29 August 1993 – ?
Personal details
Born
Pengiran Jaya

1925[1]
Brunei
Died18 October 2009 (aged 83)
Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Resting placeKubah Makam Di Raja, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Children8
ProfessionPolice officer
Diplomat

Career

He became the first Brunei police personnel to be sent to United Kingdom in 1956. He was also an appointed member of Brunei Privy Council[2] also a Member of Brunei's Royal Succession Council (Majlis Mesyuarat Mengangkat Raja).[3] In 1963, the acting Head of the Religious Affairs Department awarded the Order of Setia Negara Brunei to Police Superintendent Jaya.[4] On 30 January 1967, he was elected as the deputy commissioner of police,[5] and later was again bestowed the Family Order of Seri Utama by then Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III on 9 August.[6]

He was the Bruneian High Commissioner to the London, United Kingdom,[7][8] Paris, France in 1985, and to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[9] and Ambassador to Bangkok, Thailand in October 1990.[10] On 30 October 1990, he made a credential speech to the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej.[11]

Death

Jaya bin Rajid passed away at Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan at 05:45 on 18 October 2009. Funeral was immediately carried out later that morning at Kampong Sungai Tilong and the State Mufti Abdul Aziz Juned carried out prayers. Both the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah offered their final respects before he was finally buried at the Kubah Makam Di Raja.[3]

Honours

He was bestowed the tile "YAM Pengiran Setia Raja" on March 18, 1969, and also received other titles such as "Dato Laila Utama", DK and "Dato Seri Utama" and other awards (DHPNB, PHBS, QPM, CPM, PJK, Pingat Perjuangan, PKLP, Pingat Puspa and Pingat Polls Diraja) of recognition during his lifetime service to the Brunei government.

References
  1. "Mendapat Kurniaan C.P.M." (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 4 January 1961. p. 1.
  2. "Majlis-Majlis Mesyuarat". Brunei Privy Council. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  3. "HM pays last respects to late Cheteria | The BT Archive". btarchive.org. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  4. Malaysia. 1963. p. 23.
  5. Malaysia. British Association of Malaysia. 1967. p. 22.
  6. "Istiadat Mengurniakan Bintang2 Dan Pingat2" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 9 August 1967. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  7. Malaysian Digest. Federal Department of Information, Malaysia. 1982. p. 8.
  8. Paxton, J. (2016-12-20). The Statesman's Year-Book 1990-91. Springer. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-230-27119-7.
  9. Brunei Darussalam Newsletter. Department of Information, Prime Minister's Office. 1994. p. 16.
  10. The Diplomatic Corps and Other Foreign Representatives in Bangladesh. The Ministry. 1994. p. 9.
  11. Thailand), Bhumibol Adulyadej (King of (1970). Pramūan phrarātchadamrat læ phrabō̜rommarāchōwāt thī phrarātchathān nai ʻōkāt tāng tāng (in Thai). Samnak Rātchalēkhāthikān. p. 440.
  12. Brunei (1972). Report. Printed at the Brunei Press. p. 579.
  13. "96 di-kurniakan bintang2 dan pingat2" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 16 April 1969. p. 8.
  14. A Year Book of the Commonwealth. H.M. Stationery Office. 1982. p. 413. ISBN 978-0-11-580226-3.
  15. Office, Great Britain Colonial (1962). Brunei. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 101.
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