Jaafar, Crown Prince of Perak

Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa (Jawi: راج جعفر ابن المرحوم راج مودا موسى; born 26 September 1941) is the Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Perak since 20 June 2014.

Early life and education He was born on 26 September 1941 at Taiping Hospital, Taiping, Perak in the Federated Malay States during the Japanese occupation. Raja Jaafar is the son of Perak Raja Muda Musa ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Aziz and his first wife, Che' Puan Mariam binti Abdullah. He had his early education at Anderson School, Ipoh and Anglo-Chinese School, Teluk Intan before studying for his bachelor's degree at Universiti Malaya and then his master's degree in Public Administration at Cornell University, United States.

Government service Raja Ja'afar has wide experience in public administration. He joined the Perak State Secretariat in 1966, served in the District & Land Office from 1966 to 1971. From 1976 to 1979, he was a management consultant at the Prime Minister's Office. He was an under-secretary at the Higher Education Division of the Education Ministry from 1979 to 1984, and then secretary of the Foreign Investment Committee at the Economic Planning Unit and deputy secretary-general (Development and Finance) of the Defence Ministry before retiring from government service in 1996.

Raja DiHilir of Perak Raja Jaafar was sworn in as Raja DiHilir of Perak on 10 March 1998, after he was appointed by the Dewan Negara Perak to replace Raja Ahmad Hisham Raja Abdul Malek, who died on 21 September 1997.

Raja Muda of Perak As senior prince, Raja Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa was sworn in as the crown prince of Perak on 1 July 2014.

Personal life His first wife was Raja Puan Besar of Perak Raja Nor Mahani binti Almarhum Raja Shahar Shah (18 October 1942 – 3 October 2017); they have a son, Raja Shah Azman, and a daughter, Raja Nor Azwina.

Jaafar's second wife was former model Che’ Puan Hazleza Ishak (1976–2002), a divorcée with children whom he married in January 2002 in Thailand. On 11 October 2002, her body was found bound and gagged at the foot of a waterfall, with evidence suggesting she had been strangled and then thrown from a bridge in a jungle clearing.