STORY: :: Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar becomes Malaysia’s 17th king in a ceremony at the national palace
:: July 20, 2024
:: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sultan Ibrahim hails from the southern state of Johor whose sultanate can be traced back to the 16th century.
Malaysia practices a unique rotational form of monarchy, in which the heads of the country’s nine royal families take turns to be king for a five-year reign.
While the monarchy plays a mostly ceremonial role in Malaysia, its influence has expanded in recent times, prompting the King to invoke rarely-used discretionary powers to address political instability and maintain order.
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