{"slug": "king-of-malaysia", "label": "King of Malaysia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Malaysia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174156", "qid": "Q174156", "description": "head of state and elective constitutional monarch of Malaysia", "entries": 30, "years": 23, "span": [1932, 2024], "span_label": ["1932 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 11}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 10}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong", "King_of_Malaysia", "Yang di-Pertuan Agong", "Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia"], "related": [{"slug": "malaysia", "label": "Malaysia", "shared": 12}, {"slug": "negeri-sembilan", "label": "Negeri Sembilan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "federation-of-malaya", "label": "Federation of Malaya", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sultan", "label": "Sultan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "yang-di-pertuan-besar", "label": "Yang di-Pertuan Besar", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kelantan", "label": "Kelantan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sultan-of-johor", "label": "Sultan of Johor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kuala-lumpur", "label": "Kuala Lumpur", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pahang", "label": "Pahang", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-malaysia", "label": "Prime Minister of Malaysia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1932, "year_label": "1932 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Sultan Iskandar of Johor, 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2010)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370718676#April", "title": "1932", "revid": 1370718676, "section": "Births › April"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – The Federation of Malaya gains independence from the United Kingdom, subsequently celebrated as Malaysia's National Day. Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, becomes the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya. The country's new Constitution had come into force on August 27. The Alliance Party and its successor are the ruling coalition until 2018.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#August", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 1", "text": "1 September – Tuanku Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan was installed as the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373377312#Events", "title": "1957 in Malaya", "revid": 1373377312, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya (modern-day Malaysia), dies in office. He is replaced by Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah, Sultan of Selangor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#April", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 31", "text": "31 July – The second Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor declared the state of emergency ended. A victory parade was held in Kuala Lumpur.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373377436#Events", "title": "1960 in Malaya", "revid": 1373377436, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah, Sultan of Selangor and 2nd Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya, dies in office. He is replaced by Tuanku Syed Putra, Raja of Perlis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#September", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 21", "text": "21 September – Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu was elected as the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373377181#Events", "title": "1965 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373377181, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 16", "text": "16 May – The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah declared a state of emergency and dissolved parliament.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373378348#Events", "title": "1969 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373378348, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 6", "text": "6 October – Sultan Muhammad V, 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373378348#Births", "title": "1969 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373378348, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 20", "text": "20 February – Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah of Kedah was installed as the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373376536#Events", "title": "1971 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373376536, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – The term of Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, as the 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, ends.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#September", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 21", "text": "September 21 – Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra of Kelantan, becomes the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#September", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 28", "text": "28 February – Yahya Petra of Kelantan was installed as the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373376839#Events", "title": "1976 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373376839, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan, the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Head of State) of Malaysia, dies in office. He is replaced by Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#March", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Ahmad Shah", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373376969#Federal_level", "title": "1980 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373376969, "section": "Incumbent political figures › Federal level"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Ahmad Shah", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373377010#Federal_level", "title": "1981 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373377010, "section": "Incumbent political figures › Federal level"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Sultan Iskandar of Johor becomes Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, in succession to Sultan Ahmad Shah, whose term ended the previous day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#April", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 26", "text": "26 April – Sultan Iskandar of Johor was elected as the eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, replacing Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373377035#Events", "title": "1984 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373377035, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah Ghafarullahu-lahu, Sultan of Perak, becomes the 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, succeeding Baginda Almutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#April", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Azlan Shah", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373378089#Federal_level", "title": "1990 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373378089, "section": "Incumbent political figures › Federal level"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Azlan Shah", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373381601#Federal_level", "title": "1991 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373381601, "section": "Incumbent political figures › Federal level"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Azlan Shah", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373381636#Federal_level", "title": "1992 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373381636, "section": "Incumbent political figures › Federal level"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Azlan Shah", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373379405#Federal_level", "title": "1993 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373379405, "section": "Incumbent political figures › Federal level"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah Ghafarullahu-lahu ends his term as the 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#April", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, becomes the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#April", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor becomes the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#April", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – Sirajuddin of Perlis becomes the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#December", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 22", "text": "January 22 – Iskandar of Johor, 77, Malaysian Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1984–1989), Sultan of Johor (1981–2010).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371041656", "title": "Deaths in January 2010", "revid": 1371041656, "section": "Deaths › January"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 19", "text": "November 19 – The 2022 Malaysian general election results in a hung parliament, which is the first in the country's history. Long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is appointed by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah as prime minister five days later to break the political deadlock and form a unity government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#November", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 31", "text": "January 31 – Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#January", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › January"}}]}