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Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
(
Jawi
: ) is the
head of state
(king) of
Malaysia
. The office was established in 1957 when the
Federation of Malaya
(now Malaysia) gained independence from the
United Kingdom
. Malaysia is a
constitutional monarchy
with an
elected monarch
as head of state. The
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
is one of the few elected monarchs in the world. The
consort
of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is called the
Raja Permaisuri Agong
(Queen Lady Consort). The couple are addressed in English as "His
Majesty
" and "Her Majesty".
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