Type: | monarch |
Munawir Malay: {{Script|Arab|مناور | |
Succession: | Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan |
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan | |
Reign: | 5 April 1960 - 14 April 1967 |
Coronation: | 17 April 1961 |
Cor-Type: | Malaysia |
Predecessor: | Tuanku Abdul Rahman |
Successor: | Tuanku Ja'afar |
Spouse: | Tunku Ampuan Durah binti Tunku Besar Burhanuddin |
Issue: | Tunku Umpa Munawirah Tunku Mudziah Tunku Muhriz Tunku Anne Dakhlah Tunku Deborah Tunku Deannah |
Full Name: | Tunku Munawir ibni Tunku Abdul Rahman (at birth) |
Dynasty: | Pagaruyung |
Father: | Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad |
Mother: | Tunku Maharunnisa binti Tunku Mambang |
Birth Date: | 22 March 1922 |
Birth Place: | Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan |
Death Place: | Istana Hinggap, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan |
Place Of Burial: | Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum, Seri Menanti, Kuala Pilah |
Religion: | Sunni Islam |
Succession1: | Tunku Laksamana of Negeri Sembilan |
Reign1: | April 1937 - April 1960 |
Successor1: | Tunku Laksamana Nasir |
Succession2: | Tunku Muda Serting of Negeri Sembilan |
Reign2: | July 1934 - April 1960 |
Predecessor2: | Tuanku Abdul Rahman |
Successor2: | Tuanku Ja'afar |
Tuanku Munawir ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Jawi: Malay: توانكو مناور ابن المرحوم توانكو عبدالرحمن; 22 March 1922 – 14 April 1967) was the ninth Yang Di-Pertuan Besar (Grand Ruler) of the Malaysian State of Negeri Sembilan. He was the eldest son of the first of Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia), Tuanku Abdul Rahman with his second consort Tunku Maharun.
He ascended the throne as the Grand Ruler of Negeri Sembilan when his father died on 1 April 1960. His younger brother, Tuanku Ja'afar succeeded him after his death due to the relatively young age of his son. His son later became the eleventh Yamtuan Besar.
He received his early education at the Seri Menanti Malay School in 1928 before continuing his studies at the King George V School in Seremban and later on at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. He then furthered his education abroad at the School Oriental Studies in the United Kingdom.
Upon his return to Malaya, Munawir served the public sector at the Seremban Land Office, Negeri Sembilan.
Munawir married Tunku Ampuan Durah in 1940 and had six children who are Tunku Munawirah, Tunku Mudziah, Tunku Muhriz, Tunku Anne Dakhlah, Tunku Deborah and Tunku Deannah.
The Undang Yang Empat were undisputed in selecting Munawir as his father's successor. On 5 April 1960, Tunku Munawir was installed as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan.
He died from diabetes on 14 April 1967 after a seven-year reign as the ninth Yamtuan Besar. He was 45 years old and was buried at the Istana Hinggap, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.