How the Agong is appointed

Sultan Abdullah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Maimunah Iskandariah at the opening ceremony of the second session of the 14th Parliament in March 2019. — AZHAR MAHFOF/THe Star

THE Conference of Rulers is a unique institution that chooses the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from among its ranks of nine Malay Rulers.

Although it was officially established in 1948, the Conference had a predecessor in the durbar, where the Rulers and the British administrators would meet during the days of the Federated Malay States.