The Sultan of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, attends his official reception at Parliament Square before take his oath of office as the new Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Jan 31, 2019.
He is accompanied by his consort, Tengku Ampuan Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.
Sultan Abdullah succeeds Sultan Muhammad V, the Sultan of Kelantan, who stepped down on Jan 6 as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong after having reigned for two years.
Malaysia is the only country which has a rotational constitutional monarchy. The system was agreed upon in 1957, with each of the nine sultans spending five years on the throne as head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.