Pengiran Jaya bin Pengiran 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. Notably, he was also a member of the Legislative Council.[2]

Jaya Rajid
جاي راجيد
Pengiran Jaya in 1967
Commissioner of Police
In office
1975–1983
MonarchHassanal Bolkiah
DeputyUmar Apong
Preceded byJames Burns
Succeeded byUmar Apong
Diplomatic positions
High Commissioner of Brunei to the United Kingdom
In office
14 March 1984 – 1990
Succeeded byMustapha Metassan
High Commissioner of Brunei to France
High Commissioner of Brunei to Thailand
In office
30 October 1990 – ?
Preceded byHamid Jaafar
High Commissioner of Brunei to Malaysia
In office
29 August 1993 – ?
Preceded byAbdul Momin Ismail
Personal details
Born
Pengiran Jaya bin Pengiran Rajid

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 and diplomat
Police career
Country Brunei
Department Royal Brunei Police Force
Rank Commissioner

Career edit

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[3] also a Member of Brunei's Royal Succession Council (Majlis Mesyuarat Mengangkat Raja).[4] In 1963, the acting Head of the Religious Affairs Department awarded the Order of Setia Negara Brunei to Police Superintendent Jaya.[5] On 30 January 1967, he was elected as the deputy commissioner of police,[6] and later was again bestowed the Family Order of Seri Utama by then Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III on 9 August.[7]

He was the Bruneian High Commissioner to the London, United Kingdom,[8][9] Paris, France in 1985, and to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[10] and Ambassador to Bangkok, Thailand in October 1990.[11] On 30 October 1990, he made a credential speech to the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej.[12]

Death edit

Jaya bin Rajid died 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.[4]

Personal life edit

Jaya is born in 1925. He has a son named Pengiran Kamaluddin, Assistant Commissioner of Police.[13]

Honours edit

He was bestowed the tile Yang Amat Mulia (The Most Noble) Pengiran Setia Raja on 18 March 1969, making him a member of cheteria. He also received other titles such as "Dato Laila Utama", DK and "Dato Seri Utama" and other awards of recognition during his lifetime service to the Brunei government. Additionally, he has been known to have the following honours:[14]

National edit

Foreign edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Mendapat Kurniaan C.P.M." (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 4 January 1961. p. 1.
  2. ^ A Year Book of the Commonwealth. H.M. Stationery Office. 1975. p. 476. ISBN 978-0-11-580169-3.
  3. ^ "Majlis-Majlis Mesyuarat". Brunei Privy Council. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  4. ^ a b "HM pays last respects to late Cheteria | The BT Archive". btarchive.org. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b Malaysia. 1963. p. 23.
  6. ^ Malaysia. British Association of Malaysia. 1967. p. 22.
  7. ^ a b "Istiadat Mengurniakan Bintang2 Dan Pingat2" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 9 August 1967. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  8. ^ Malaysian Digest. Federal Department of Information, Malaysia. 1982. p. 8.
  9. ^ Paxton, J. (20 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1990-91. Springer. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-230-27119-7.
  10. ^ Brunei Darussalam Newsletter. Department of Information, Prime Minister's Office. 1994. p. 16.
  11. ^ The Diplomatic Corps and Other Foreign Representatives in Bangladesh. The Ministry. 1994. p. 9.
  12. ^ Thailand), Bhumibol Adulyadej (King of (1970). Pramūan phrarātchadamrat læ phrabō̜rommarāchōwāt thī phrarātchathān nai ʻōkāt tāng tāng (in Thai). Samnak Rātchalēkhāthikān. p. 440.
  13. ^ "Negara Brunei Darussalam: obituary 2010-2011. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Negara Brunei Darussalam: obituary 2009. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  15. ^ "D.Y.M.M. Mengurniakan Bintang2 Kehormatan Dan Pingat2 Pada Ari Jadi Baginda" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 2 October 1963. p. 2. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  16. ^ Brunei (1972). Report. Printed at the Brunei Press. p. 579.
  17. ^ "96 di-kurniakan bintang2 dan pingat2" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 16 April 1969. p. 8.
  18. ^ a b A Year Book of the Commonwealth. H.M. Stationery Office. 1982. p. 413. ISBN 978-0-11-580226-3.
  19. ^ Office, Great Britain Colonial (1965). Brunei. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 154.
  20. ^ Office, Great Britain Colonial (1962). Brunei. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 101.
Police appointments
Preceded by Commissioner of Police
1975–1983
Succeeded by