Al-Marhum Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Maulana Paduka Seri Begawan Al-Hajj Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien III (Brunei Town, 23 september 1914 – Bandar Seri Begawan, 7 september 1986) was installed as the 28th sultan of Brunei on June 14, 1950, crowned on May 31, 1951..
He was the seventh child of Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam 2 and the second surviving son with his elderly brother who would later become Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin. On the death of his brother, leaving no male heirs on 4 June 1950, he was proclaimed as the next Sultan.
In the early era of his rule, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien focused on raising Brunei's standard of living. His top priority was providing adequate education. Several primary and secondary schools were built throughout the nation to ensure that all citizens could attend formal schooling. A free-food scheme was introduced in rural schools and students with distinction results were sent abroad for higher education.
In 1952 Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien worked for the implementation of the Brunei written constitution as the foundation of governance and the achievement ofindependence from Britain. Discussions with theBritish government culminated in the signing of the Brunei written constitution and the Brunei Agreement on 29 September 1959.
After ruling for 17 years, on 4 October 1967, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien abdicated in favour of his eldest son, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, but he has continued to play an important role as a mentor to his son, as the first Brunei Defence Minister until his death on 7 September 1986.
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien's reign was marked by so much progress that he is known as the "Architect of Modern Brunei". In recognition of his contributions, on October 1970, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, had consented to rename Brunei Town, Brunei's capital to Bandar Seri Begawan, after his father's title, further several institutions and places in Brunei were named after him: the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque; Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien College; the Seri Begawan Religious Teaching College; the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Institute of Islamic studies of Universiti Brunei Darussalam; the Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Science College; and the Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien in the capital
Brunei achieved its independence on 1 January 1984 as promised by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien.
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