page_title: Yang di-Pertuan Agong
section_title: Yang di-Pertuan Agong
hierarchical_section_title: Yang di-Pertuan Agong / Lists / Yang di-Pertuan Agong
caption_attribution_description: English: HRH Tuanku Abdul Rahman Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Muhammad (1895 - 1960). The name of the photographer was not mentioned. The original image is © the Tuanku Ja'afar Royal Gallery, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
context_page_description: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, also known as the Supreme Head or the King, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957, when the Federation of Malaya gained independence from the United Kingdom. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected by the Conference of Rulers, comprising the nine rulers of the Malay states, with the office de facto rotated between them, making Malaysia one of the world's few elective monarchies.
  The 16th and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong is Sultan Abdullah of Pahang, replacing Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, who abdicated on 6 January 2019. He was elected on 24 January, at a special meeting of the Conference of Rulers; he took the oath of office and was sworn in at the Istana Negara on 31 January.
  The Yang di-Pertuan Agong's queen consort is known as the Raja Permaisuri Agong and the couple are styled in English as "His Majesty" and "Her Majesty", respectively.
context_section_description: The following rulers have served as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong:
  The most recently deceased former Yang di-Pertuan Agong was Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang, who died on 22 May 2019 (aged 88), the 7th (1979–1984) Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
caption: Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad, the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
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