Tunku Tan Sri Naquiah binti Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar is a member of the Negeri Sembilan royal family who is the Tunku Dara. She is the eldest daughter and first child of Tuanku Ja'afar, the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan and Tunku Ampuan Najihah.
She was born on 29 December 1944 at Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan.
Her other siblings;
The eldest of the six siblings of Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Tunku Dara studied in Malay Girls College, Kuala Lumpur before pursuing her studies in New York and London. She holds a bachelor's degree in Economics/Political Science from the American University in Cairo. Upon returning to Malaysia, she began a successful Public Relations (PR) career during which she received a distinction for her Diploma in Public Relations from the Malaysian Institute of Public Relations (IPR) in 1971.
She is currently a director of Syarikat Pesaka Antah, Syarikat Pendidikan Staffield Bhd and the chairman of Munaq Holdings Sdn Bhd.
Since 1980, Tunku Dara Naquiah has run Ecole de Belle Jeunesse, a finishing school in Malaysia.
Tunku Naquiah is on the board of trustees of Tuanku Ja'afar Educational Trust.
In 1969, she married Tunku Mudzaffar, the Tunku Kecil Besar.
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