Council of Rulers

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collective head of state organ constitutional body federal institution of Malaysia

The Council of Rulers is the collective body of hereditary Malay rulers in Malaysia that plays a key constitutional role, including electing the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) and safeguarding Malay and Islamic privileges.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Rulers canonical	2

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collective head of state organ ⓘ constitutional body ⓘ federal institution of Malaysia ⓘ
advisesOn	appointment of judges of the superior courts ⓘ appointment of key public officials ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Conference of Rulers NERFINISHED ⓘ Majlis Raja-Raja NERFINISHED ⓘ Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalPower	consent to amendments affecting Malay privileges ⓘ consent to amendments affecting rulers' privileges ⓘ consent to amendments affecting the status of Islam ⓘ consent to amendments affecting the status of the national language ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
decisionMakingMethod	deliberation in camera ⓘ
elects	Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang di-Pertuan Agong NERFINISHED ⓘ
established	1948 ⓘ
hasChair	one of the Malay rulers on a rotational basis ⓘ
hasLegalBasisIn	Federal Constitution of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Raja of Perlis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Johor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Kedah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Kelantan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Pahang NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Perak NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Selangor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Terengganu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNonVotingMember	Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVotingMember	Raja of Perlis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Johor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Kedah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Kelantan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Pahang NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Perak NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Selangor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultan of Terengganu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal constitutional matters ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Malay ⓘ
meetingFrequency	three times a year or more ⓘ
meetsAt	Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	Malay ⓘ
playsRoleIn	Malaysian constitutional monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Conference of Rulers of the Malay States NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	electing the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ electing the Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
protects	special position of Malays ⓘ special position of natives of Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ status of Islam as the religion of the Federation ⓘ status of Malay as the national language of Malaysia ⓘ
relatedOffice	Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Conference of Rulers → alsoKnownAs → Council of Rulers ⓘ

Conference of Rulers of Malaysia → alsoKnownAs → Council of Rulers ⓘ