Malaysia's royals to select new king in unique rotational system
2019-01-23 09:46:42 source：The Aljazeera
January 23, 2019
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysia's Conference of Rulers will meet on Thursday to decide which one of the country's nine sultans will become its next head of state, or Yang di-Pertuan Agong, for the next five years following the sudden resignation of Sultan Muhammad V earlier this month.
The new agong is expected to be installed on January 31.
Whoever is chosen as the new ruler will take the throne as the coalition government of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, which took office after an unprecedented change of power in May's election, attempts to push through promises of institutional and democratic reforms.
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