True practice of elective monarchy

Tuanku Muhammad V taking the oath as the 14th Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong at the Special Meeting of the Conference of Rulers back in December 2011. — BERNAMApic

MALAYSIA welcomes a new King at the helm every five years in accordance with its unique rotational basis of its monarchy institution.

This special system was suggested by Almarhu Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong; an idea borrowed from Negri Sembilan, where the nine region chiefs take turns to be the Yang di-Pertuan Besar. The nine members of the Conference of Rulers select the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, or Supreme Ruler, of the country.