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The King of Malaysia, [2] officially Yang di-Pertuan Agong (lit. ' He who is made Lord ' [3] Jawi: يڠ دڤرتوان اݢوڠ), is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957, when the Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gained independence from the United Kingdom.
Permaisuri Siti Aishah (Jawi: ڤرمايسوري سيتي عائشه; born Siti Aishah binti Abdul Rahman; 18 November 1971) is the consort of the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj of Selangor.
The King of Malaysia serves as the constitutional monarch and head of state in Malaysia, a position established in 1957 upon the country's independence from the United Kingdom. This position is filled through an election process by the Conference of Rulers , consisting of nine kings from the Malay states . [ 3 ]
On 27 October 2023, the Conference of Rulers elected Sultan Ibrahim as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia), replacing Sultan Abdullah of Pahang. [ 3 ] [ 37 ] During this time, the Conference of Rulers also elected Sultan Nazrin Shah of Perak to a third term as the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong .
The Queen of Malaysia, [1] officially Raja Permaisuri Agong (lit. ' supreme queen ' Jawi : راج ڤرمايسوري اݢوڠ ) is the consort of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong , the elected , constitutional federal monarch of Malaysia .
Previously, she was the 16th Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen consort of Malaysia) during her husband's reign as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 2019 to 2024. She is also the younger sister of the 17th and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ibrahim.
Malaysia practises an elective monarchy, so there is no distinct line of succession to the Malaysian thrones.In the event where the current seat of the throne falls vacant (due to death, incapacitation or resignation), the Conference of Rulers meet to elect the new Yang di-Pertuan Agong (monarch) from among the rulers of the nine Malay states.
The installation of Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah as the sixteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia took place in a Malay Royal Ceremony at the Balairong Seri, Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, 30 July 2019 at 10 a.m.