Malaysian constitutional monarchy

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The Malaysian constitutional monarchy is a federal system in which hereditary rulers of several Malay states, including sultans, periodically serve as the ceremonial head of state (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) within a parliamentary democracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional monarchy ⓘ
federal monarchy ⓘ
political system ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
continuedAfter formation of Malaysia in 1963 ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
electorateForMonarch Conference of Rulers ⓘ
established 1957 ⓘ
executiveAuthorityVestedIn Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
executiveExercisedBy Cabinet of Malaysia ⓘ
federalStructure federation of states and federal territories ⓘ
governmentForm parliamentary democracy ⓘ
governorRole non-royal head of state at state level ⓘ
governorTitle Yang di-Pertua Negeri ⓘ
hasComponent Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
executive branch of Malaysia ⓘ
judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
monarchy of Malaysia ⓘ
hasElectiveMonarch Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Malaysia ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
includesGovernorState Malacca ⓘ
Penang ⓘ
linked to: Penang state

Sabah ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ
includesRuler Raja of Perlis ⓘ
Sultan of Johor ⓘ
Sultan of Kedah ⓘ
Sultan of Kelantan ⓘ
Sultan of Pahang ⓘ
Sultan of Perak ⓘ
Sultan of Selangor ⓘ
Sultan of Terengganu ⓘ
Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan ⓘ
judicialIndependence formally guaranteed by constitution ⓘ
legalFoundation Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral parliament ⓘ
monarchPowers acts on advice of Prime Minister and Cabinet ⓘ
dissolution of Parliament on advice of Prime Minister ⓘ
formal appointment of Prime Minister ⓘ
largely ceremonial ⓘ
supreme commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces ⓘ
monarchRole ceremonial head of state ⓘ
monarchRotation de facto rotational system among nine Malay rulers ⓘ
monarchSelectionMethod election by Conference of Rulers ⓘ
monarchTermLength 5 years ⓘ
origin independence of the Federation of Malaya ⓘ
parliamentaryBody Dewan Negara ⓘ
Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
politicalSystemType Westminster-style system adapted to Malaysian context ⓘ
religionRole Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of Islam in some states and federal territories ⓘ
sovereignState Malaysia ⓘ
stateRulersRole heads of Islam in their respective states ⓘ
successionAtStateLevel hereditary in Malay royal houses ⓘ

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Sultan of Pahang → partOf → Malaysian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Sultan of Johor → partOf → Malaysian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Raja of Perlis → partOf → Malaysian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah → partOf → Malaysian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
Istana Negara (National Palace) → symbolizes → Malaysian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
state government of Kelantan → partOf → federal system of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian constitutional monarchy
Selangor state executive council → operatesWithin → federal constitutional monarchy of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian constitutional monarchy
Council of Rulers → playsRoleIn → Malaysian constitutional monarchy ⓘ