Hassanal Bolkiah Quotes
As a small country, both in size and population, our future hinges on the quality of our people.
Bolkiah, Hassanal. Titah: Addresses by His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam. Information Department, Prime Minister's Office, 2001.
The high level of educational attainment and a good telecommunications infrastructure made Ireland a major high technology world power whose exports of software in 2000 were second only to the United States.
Hassanal Bolkiah is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei and the Prime Minister of Brunei. He is one of the last absolute monarchs in the world. The eldest son of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III and Raja Isteri (Queen) Pengiran Anak Damit, he succeeded to the throne as the sultan of Brunei, following the abdication of his father on 5 October 1967.