History of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur is the centrepiece of the country’s constitutional monarchy.

THE post of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong was established in 1957, having initially been proposed by the Reid Commission as the drafter of the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya, says former Dewan Negara president Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim.

The proposal for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong post was made following the objection to the establishment of the Malayan Union, which was seen as an attempt by certain quarters to abolish the institution of the Malay Rulers.