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In the latter half of the 16th century, the Sultanate of Demak, the dominant power on the island of Java, disintegrated into several independent states. [8] At the turn of the 17th century, three of these states emerged as the leading powers: the Sultanate of Banten in western Java, the Sultanate of Mataram in inland central Java, and the Duchy of Surabaya in coastal eastern Java.
Every five years or when a vacancy occurs, the rulers convene as the Conference of Rulers (Malay: Majlis Raja-Raja) to elect among themselves the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the federal constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. [1] As the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected among the rulers, [2] Malaysia, as a whole, is also an elective ...
In Malaysia, a state legislative assembly, officially Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN), is the legislative branch of the state governments in each of the 13 Malaysian states. Members of a state legislative assembly comprises elected representatives from single-member constituencies during state elections through the first-past-the-post voting system.
The State Development Corporation of Selangor (Malay:Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor abbr:PKNS) is a state development corporation in Selangor, Malaysia.PKNS was established to drive the development of the state, focusing on fair economic prosperity while promoting social well-being and balanced urbanization.
The Dewan Di-Raja must meet in Klang under twenty four hours of the death of a Sultan. The vacancies of seat(s) will not disqualify any meeting of the Dewan Di-Raja but at least 10 members of the Dewan Di-Raja must present for each meeting. In the occasion where the meeting is to choose a new Sultan, two-thirds of the members must be present.
The monarch of Malaysia is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA), commonly referred to as the Supreme King of Malaysia. Malaysia is a constitutional elective monarchy, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is selected for a five-year term from among the nine Sultans of the Malay states. The other four states that do not have monarch kings, are ruled by ...
The Dewan Negara (Malay for Senate, literally National Council) is the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia, consisting of 70 senators of whom 26 are elected by the state legislative assemblies, with two senators for each state, while the other 44 are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King), including four of whom are appointed to ...
As Mataram's troops still respected Giri Kedaton's soldiers which was considered the descendant of Sunan Giri, a member of the Walisanga, Sultan Agung assigned Pangeran Pekik, a descendant of Sunan Ampel (Sunan Giri's father-in-law), to suppress the rebellion. Pangeran Pekik himself had been married to Queen Pandansari, Sultan Agung's sister ...