Aga Khan V facts for kids
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Aga Khan V awarded Pakistan's highest civilian honour (2024)
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| 50th Imam of Nizari Ismaili Islam | |
| Tenure | 4 February 2025 – present |
| Predecessor | Aga Khan IV |
| Born | Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan 12 October 1971 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Spouse |
Kendra Irene Spears
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| Persian | رحیم آقا خان |
| House | Fatimid |
| Father | Aga Khan IV |
| Mother | Salimah Aga Khan |
| Religion | Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam |
| Alma mater | Brown University (BA) IESE Business School |
Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan (Persian: رحیم آقا خان; born 12 October 1971), known as the Aga Khan V (Persian: آقاخان پنجم), is the 50th Imam, or Hazar Imam, of the Shia Nizari Isma'ili Muslims. He is the second of the Aga Khan IV's four children, and succeeded his father upon his death in February 2025. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, he has been actively involved for many years in the governance of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).
Early life and education
Prince Rahim Aga Khan was born on 12 October 1971, in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the eldest son and second oldest of three children born to the Aga Khan IV (Prince Karim Al-Husseini) and his first wife Princess Salimah Aga Khan (née Sarah Croker-Poole), a British former model.
Prince Rahim was educated in the United States, receiving his secondary education at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (1990), and graduating from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in comparative literature in 1995. In 2006 he completed graduate studies in management and administration in Barcelona, Spain, at the IESE Business School University of Navarra.
In 2010, he established the Aga Khan Brown Workshop series at the Watson Institute.
Career
Prince Rahim has been actively involved in the governance of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), where as of 2020 he chaired the AKDN Environment and Climate Committee.
As of 2019, Prince Rahim sat on either the Board or Executive Committee for several of the AKDN's agencies and affiliated structures, including the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, and the Aga Khan University Foundation.
Prince Rahim travels regularly to oversee programs and other projects of the Aga Khan Development Network.
Following the death of the Aga Khan IV, on 4 February 2025, Prince Rahim was named the fifth Aga Khan and the 50th hereditary imam of Isma'ilism, as prescribed in his father's will. His formal inauguration will be held on 11 February 2025.
Titles and honours
The titles Prince and Princess are used by the Aga Khans and their children by virtue of their descent from Shah Fath Ali Shah of the Persian Qajar dynasty. The title was officially recognised by the British government in 1938.
Author Farhad Daftary wrote of how the honorific title Aga Khan (from Agha and Khan) was first given to Aga Khan I at the age of thirteen after the death of his father: "At the same time, the Qajar monarch bestowed on him the honorific title (laqab) of Agha Khan (also transcribed as Aqa Khan), meaning lord and master." Daftary additionally commented, "The title of Agha Khan remained hereditary amongst his successors."
Honours
Pakistan:
Nishan-e-Pakistan (NPk, 7 June 2024)
Personal life
Prince Rahim married Kendra Irene Spears on 31 August 2013 in Geneva. They have two children: Prince Irfan (b. 11 April 2015) and Prince Sinan (b. 2 January 2017). In 2019, he bought a house in Unstad in Vestvågøy Municipality, Norway. The couple divorced in February 2022.
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