Datu Esmail Dalus Strattan Kiram, 73, is the new sultan of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo, succeeding his elder brother Jamalul who passed away on Oct. 19.
Abraham J. Idjirani, secretary general and spokesman of the sultanate, relayed this on the seventh day prayer for the late Sultan Jamalul Kiram III.
He said the younger Kiram’s ascension to the throne was assured, following “strict adherence to the law and order of succession.”
Idjirani said the new Moro royal leader’s title will be officially known as Sultan Esmail Kiram II. The new sultan was born on Nov. 9, 1940.
In an interview with the new sultan, Kiram II said he will pursue, along with his brothers and sisters, the struggle for peace and economic development, including the pursuit for Sabah through peaceful means.
“That has been my stand since I was young, a peaceful struggle for Sabah,” he said.
Kiram II became a teacher in the province after graduating due to lack of teachers. He was a consistent honor student and a basketball player in high school.
He worked with the Marcos regime’s Ministry of Human Settlements as provincial coordinator for his province.
After the snap elections in 1986, the then President Cory Aquino appointed Kiram II as one of the officers-in-charge Sulu provincial board members.
He has nine children to his first wife, the late Hadja Zainab Hussin Kiram.
Three of his eldest children are Datu Hayder Ali Hussin Kiram, Datu Amirbahar Hussin Kiram, and Dayang-Dayang Shvetlana Hussin Kiram (Abdurajak).
Kiram II is currently married to Hadja Leonor Sakiral Kiram.
http://www.mb.com.ph/jamalul-kirams-successor-named/
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