Sultan of Johor
He was crowned at Istana Besar, Johor Bahru on the 10 February 1960 and was the last Johor Sultan to be officially crowned. The Sultan was known to be very close to his subjects; he made annual trips to visit selected villages in all eight districts of Johor and frequently acquainted himself with the civil servants working for the state government.
He was the first Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia when the institution was established in 1975.
In August 1977, both Sultan Ismail and his wife, Ungku Tun Aminah binti Ungku Ahmad, met with a car accident in Kulai. While she was permanently left in a vegetative state until her death a month later owing to brain damage, the sultan escaped with only minor injuries. Nevertheless, the ordeal passed rather quickly, and Sultan Ismail remarried in November 1977 to Tengku Nora. Tengku Nora was subsequently crowned as Sultanah the following October.
Sultan Ismail died on 10 May 1981 and was interred at the Makam Mahmoodiah royal mausoleum, Johor Bahru.
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