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Article: Sultan of Brunei: Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah.

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May 1, 2000
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`The central cardinal element of His Majesty's style of government is

From the Sultan's website: www.bruneisultan.com

DESPITE his wealth, Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan and Prime Minister of Brunei since 1967, is surrounded by gloom. From his father he inherited a personal fortune estimated at $40 billion, which once placed him at the top of

The question is: where in earth can it all have gone? It's not so easy to blow $30 billion, which is roughly equivalent to the entire annual income of all 125 million people living in Bangladesh.

Well, a sizeable chunk of it went on the Sultan's palace, a monstrosity that boasts ...

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