Najib's Daughter Engaged

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- Nooryana Najwa, the daughter of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, was engaged to Daniyar Nazarbayev in a ceremony at Seri Perdana in Putrajaya Friday night.

The ceremony was conducted in the presence of family and friends of the couple and dignitaries from Malaysia and abroad.

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin and the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah, Sultan of Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah and the Sultanah of Pahang Hajah Kalsom, Tengku Mahkota Pahang Tengku Abdullah and Raja Muda of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah were present.

Also at the ceremony were Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and wife, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and senior federal and state government officials.

Also present was Najib's mother, Tun Hajah Rahah Tan Sri Mohamad Noah.

The foreign dignitaries present included the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and wife Sheikha Salam binti Hamdan Al Nahyan, and Chairman of the Medina Council of Saudi Arabia Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.

Nooryana Najwa, 22 years old, graduated from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, United States.

Daniyar, 22, completed his studies at Columbia University, New York.

The couple met while studying in the US.