Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun

She is now styled as Yang Maha Mulia Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun.

The Sultan was then a Magistrate in Kuala Lumpur, while Tuanku Bainun was teaching at her former school.

She was a teacher for 22 years and has taught in various schools in Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Raub, Taiping and Kuantan.

Upon her husband's accession to the Perakian throne on 3 February 1984, she became the Raja Permaisuri of Perak with the honorific prefix of Tuanku before her given name.

Her Royal Highness was officially proclaimed the Raja Permaisuri of Perak Darul Ridzuan on 9 December 1985 in a ceremony at the Istana Iskandariah in Kuala Kangsar.