| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Setia Raja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pengiran Jaya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Honorific-Suffix: | DSNB DK DHPNB PHBS PJK PKLP QPM CPM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Office1: | Commissioner of Police | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch1: | Hassanal Bolkiah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy1: | Umar Apong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End1: | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | James Burns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor1: | Pengiran Umar
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| Birth Date: | 1925[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Brunei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death Date: | 18 October 2009 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restingplace: | Kubah Makam Di Raja, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Profession: | Police officer and diplomat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children: | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pengiran Jaya bin Pengiran Haji Rajid (1925 – 18 October 2009) was a nobleman and the first Brunei local to be appointed as Brunei's Commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) and appointed as the Brunei High Commissioner to several countries. Notably, he was also a member of the Legislative Council.[2]
Pengiran Jaya became the first Brunei police personnel to be sent to United Kingdom in 1956. He was also an appointed member of Brunei Privy Council[3] also a Member of Brunei's Royal Succession Council (Majlis Mesyuarat Mengangkat Raja).[4] In 1963, the acting Head of the Religious Affairs Department awarded the Order of Setia Negara Brunei to Police Superintendent Jaya.[5] On 30 January 1967, he was elected as the deputy commissioner of police,[6] and later was again bestowed the Family Order of Seri Utama by then Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III on 9 August.[7]
Pengiran Jaya was the Bruneian High Commissioner to the London, United Kingdom,[8] [9] Paris, France in 1985, and to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[10] and Ambassador to Bangkok, Thailand in October 1990.[11] On 30 October 1990, he made a credential speech to the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej.[12]
Pengiran Jaya died at Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan at 05:45 on 18 October 2009. Funeral was immediately carried out later that morning at Kampong Sungai Tilong and the State Mufti Abdul Aziz Juned carried out prayers. Both the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah offered their final respects before he was finally buried at the Kubah Makam Di Raja.
Pengiran Jaya is born in 1925. He has a son named Pengiran Kamaluddin, Assistant Commissioner of Police.[13]
Pengiran Jaya was bestowed the tile Yang Amat Mulia (The Most Noble) Pengiran Setia Raja on 18 March 1969, making him a member of cheteria. He also received other titles such as "Dato Laila Utama", DK and "Dato Seri Utama" and other awards of recognition during his lifetime service to the Brunei government. Additionally, he has been known to have the following honours:[14]