Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Malay title usually translated as "Supreme Head", "Supreme Ruler" or "Paramount Ruler", is the official title of the head of state of Malaysia. The position is often glossed as King in English. Since 1993, the full title in Malay has been, Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Prior to that the prefix Ke Bawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia was also used.

Related Topics:
Malay - Head of state - Malaysia - King - 1993

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Since Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy, the role of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is largely ceremonial. The constitution specifies that executive power, theoretically vested in the head of state, is exercised by (or on the advice of) the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister.

Related Topics:
Constitutional monarchy - Cabinet - Prime Minister

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The 12th and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong is Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail, the Raja of Perlis.

Related Topics:
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail - Perlis

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The Yang di-Pertuan Agong appoints the (ceremonial) Yang di-Pertua Negeri, or Governors, of the other four states of Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak.

Related Topics:
Yang di-Pertua Negeri - Penang - Malacca - Sabah - Sarawak

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By convention the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's birthday is officially celebrated on the first Saturday of June, regardless of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's actual birthday.

Related Topics:
Saturday - June

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