Brunei Bank Notes

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Brunei

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1 Ringgit, 1972

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Front: Hassanal Bolkiah I (1946-), Sultan of Brunei

Bolkiah was graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and has received an honorary doctorate from a Russian University.

He became Sultan of Brunei in 1967 when his father abdicated voluntarily. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, of which Brunei was a protectorate until 1984, knighted him. Bolkiah also held the positions of Prime Minister, Defense Minister, and Finance Minister. He has not favored democratization. Brunei has no elected legislature since the Legislative Council was dissolved in 1962.

The Sultan has married three times, the second marriage to a Bruneian air stewardess ending in divorce and the third marriage to a former Malaysian TV3 presenter occurring in August 2005. The Sultan has a sizable private fortune. He was considered by Forbes Magazine to be the world's richest man in 1997, with a net worth of almost US$ 40 billion.

Back: Mosque

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1 Ringgit, 1994

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Front: Hassanal Bolkiah I (1946-), Sultan of Brunei

Back: Aerial view

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25 Ringgit, 1992
Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of
Accession of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah

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Front: Hassanal Bolkiah I (1946-), Sultan of Brunei

Back: Coronation scene

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Brunei, located on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo, became a British protectorate in 1888 and a British Dependency in 1905. Internal affairs were restored to the sultan in 1954 while the British remained responsible for defense and foreign affairs. Became fully independent and a member of the British Commonwealth in 1984. For a more detailed country profile, see CIA World Factbook on Brunei.

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