KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia‘s Sultan Ibrahim from the southern state of Johor was sworn in because the nation’s new king on Wednesday, taking the oath of workplace in a ceremony on the nationwide palace in Kuala Lumpur.
The monarchy performs a principally ceremonial function in Malaysia, however its affect has grown in recent times, prompting the king to wield rarely-used discretionary powers to quell political instability.
Beneath a novel system of monarchy, the heads of Malaysia’s 9 royal households take turns to be the King, referred to as the “Yang di-Pertuan Agong” each 5 years.
Sultan Ibrahim, 65, succeeds Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, who’s returning to steer his house state of Pahang after finishing his five-year tenure as king.
Whereas the monarchy is essentially seen as above politics, Sultan Ibrahim has been famous for his forthrightness and outsized persona, typically weighing in on the nation’s political points.
Identified for his massive assortment of luxurious vehicles and motorbikes, Sultan Ibrahim has wide-ranging enterprise pursuits from actual property to mining, together with a stake in Forest Metropolis – a $100-billion China-backed land reclamation and growth challenge off Johor.
The monarchy performs a principally ceremonial function in Malaysia, however its affect has grown in recent times, prompting the king to wield rarely-used discretionary powers to quell political instability.
Beneath a novel system of monarchy, the heads of Malaysia’s 9 royal households take turns to be the King, referred to as the “Yang di-Pertuan Agong” each 5 years.
Sultan Ibrahim, 65, succeeds Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, who’s returning to steer his house state of Pahang after finishing his five-year tenure as king.
Whereas the monarchy is essentially seen as above politics, Sultan Ibrahim has been famous for his forthrightness and outsized persona, typically weighing in on the nation’s political points.
Identified for his massive assortment of luxurious vehicles and motorbikes, Sultan Ibrahim has wide-ranging enterprise pursuits from actual property to mining, together with a stake in Forest Metropolis – a $100-billion China-backed land reclamation and growth challenge off Johor.
