Death
Sultan Iskandar died on 22 January 2010 at the Puteri Specialist Hospital after being admitted earlier in the day following an illness. Although he died around 7.15 p.m, his death was only officially announced at 11.20 p.m by the Menteri Besar of Johor Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman. He was buried in the Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum the next day at 2 pm. Before that, the public was allowed to pay their last respects to Sultan Iskandar from early morning.
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak cut short his visit to India to attend his funeral. Other dignitaries who paid their last respects are the then Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Tengku Mahkota Tengku Abdullah of Pahang, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah of Selangor, Tuanku Muhriz, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah and Regent of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra. Also present were Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.
His son the Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ibrahim Ismail was proclaimed as the next Sultan of Johor also on 23 January.
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