Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei

Bruneian royal

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1954

Place of Birth: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei

Nationality: Brunei

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Brunei

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei

  • Prince Jefri Bolkiah, full name His Royal Highness Pengiran Digadong Sahibul Mal Pengiran Muda Jefri Bolkiah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien (born 6 November 1954), is a member of the Brunei Royal Family.
  • His elder brother is Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah.Prince Jefri was the finance minister of his oil-rich country from 1986 to 1998.
  • He also served as chairman of the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) which invests much of the country's wealth and was responsible for overseas investments.
  • In the wake of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the sultan had external accountants audit the books of BIA, resulting in charges by the Brunei government that Prince Jefri had embezzled $14.8 billion.
  • He denies the charges but in 2000 agreed to turn over his personal holdings to the government, in return for avoiding criminal prosecution and being allowed to keep a personal residence in Brunei.
  • After numerous legal disputes and appeals, in 2007 Britain's Privy Council ruled that this agreement is enforceable.
  • His various legal issues with the Bruneian state have become the most expensive legal case in British legal history.
  • Prince Jefri is known for his extravagant lifestyle.
  • His personal holdings included a huge art collection, the British jeweller Asprey, the New York Palace Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles and Plaza Athénée in Paris.
  • He is married to three wives and divorced from two others and has eighteen children.

Read more at Wikipedia