Does Malaysia have a leader

Answer 1

Malaysia is a democratic country with a parliamentary system. The 6th and current Prime Minister is Najib Razak, whose father Tun Abdul Razak was the 2nd Prime Minister. There is also a constitutional monarchy. The current "Yang Di-Pertuan Agong" is Tuanku Abdul Halim. This system is modelled after the UK's system, since Malaysia was once its colony.

A unique point of the monarchy is that it is rotational. There are nine state royal rulers, i.e. Sultan/Raja. There are 4 states who do not have royal leaders - but this would be too much information. In turns, the 9 are elected to the highest post of Yang di-Pertuan Agong, which they can hold for five years. They sort of take turns holding the post - beginning from the state Negeri Sembilan, then Selangor, then Perlis and so on, until in returns to Negeri Sembilan. The nine will hold a conference to "vote" for the next leader. This would mean that they can actually reject the next-in-turn if they feel he is not befitting to the post. This has never happened, however, and thus it is more of a ceremonial thing. In the event of the end of term, or death, of the Agong, the next-in-turn will be elected. While being Agong, the state he came from will have a temporal new "ruler", which would be his heir.

The current Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim, is the only King so far to have been on the throne twice - his first term was during 1970.