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Monarchy of Malaysia

  • Malay: Yang di-Pertuan Agong

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What it's for

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of the Federation, elected for five years by the Conference of Rulers from among the nine hereditary Rulers on a rotating basis. Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.

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What it can't do

The Agong normally acts on the advice of the Cabinet or the Prime Minister (Art. 40(1)). He keeps discretion over appointing a Prime Minister who commands a majority, withholding consent to dissolve Parliament, and requisitions for a Conference of Rulers (Art. 40(2)).

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Who sits on it

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Sources for who sits on it

  • Yang di-Pertuan Agong lom.agc.gov.my · checked
  • Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor as Yang di-Pertuan Agong wikidata.org · checked
  • Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong lom.agc.gov.my · checked
  • Nazrin Shah of Perak as Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong wikidata.org · checked
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What it can do

  • Federal executive authority

    Executive authority of the Federation is vested in the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and exercised by him, the Cabinet or ministers authorised by the Cabinet (Art. 39); he acts on Cabinet advice except where the Constitution gives him discretion (Art. 40).

  • Dissolving Parliament and royal assent

    The Agong may withhold consent to a request to dissolve Parliament (Art. 40(2)(b)) and gives royal assent to bills (Art. 66); he is Supreme Commander of the armed forces (Art. 41).

  • Proclaiming an emergency

    The Agong may proclaim an emergency if satisfied that security, economic life or public order is threatened (Art. 150), and then issue ordinances having the force of law.

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  • lom.agc.gov.my · checked Attorney General's Chambers, Federal Constitution (Parts IV, V, VII, IX), read 2026-10-12: existence, kind and composition of the national authorities; Part IV Chapter 1 (Art. 32-33), Part IV Ch. 3 (Art. 38) and Art. 43-45 for the Agong, Conference of Rulers, Cabinet and Parliament. For: Monarchy of Malaysia
  • lom.agc.gov.my · checked Federal Constitution (articles cited in the text); vacancies per Election Commission announcements (Pandan/Setiawangsa 2026-05-20, Subang August 2026, Petaling Jaya 2026-10-05); Senate count from the Parliament list read 2026-10-12. For: What it's for, What it can't do
  • parlimen.gov.my · checked Malay (ms) names: parliament body and office names as used on the Malay-language Parliament portal; ministry names as used in standard Malay usage by the Government (pmo.gov.my unreachable on 2026-10-12, so not individually verified against official text; flagged official=false for office names). For: Monarchy of Malaysia in Malay
  • lom.agc.gov.my · checked Federal Constitution of Malaysia, article cited in each description, read 2026-10-12. For: Federal executive authority, Dissolving Parliament and royal assent, Proclaiming an emergency
  • lom.agc.gov.my · checked Federal Constitution (Art. 32, 38, 43, 45, 46, 55, 56, 122B), read 2026-10-12: how each national office is filled and its term. Office list and seat counts for the Cabinet from Wikipedia "Anwar Ibrahim cabinet" (revision read 2026-10-12); Fallback: Wikipedia, because pmo.gov.my was unreachable (connection failed); cross-checked against Bernama/NST reports of the 17 December 2025 reshuffle. For: Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong
  • wikidata.org · checked Agong and Deputy Agong sworn/elected 31 January 2024 (Conference of Rulers, 27 October 2023 vote; Wikipedia/Wikidata); Chief Justice sworn in 28 July 2025 (Bernama via Malay Mail); Speaker Johari Abdul. Fallback: Wikipedia/Wikidata and press, because official pages were not read in detail. For: Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor as Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Nazrin Shah of Perak as Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong

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