{"slug": "yang-di-pertuan-agong", "label": "Yang di-Pertuan Agong", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 16, "years": 13, "span": [1932, 2024], "span_label": ["1932 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "malaysia", "label": "Malaysia", "shared": 11}, {"slug": "sultan", "label": "Sultan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-malaysia", "label": "Prime Minister of Malaysia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1932, "year_label": "1932 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Sultan Iskandar of Johor, 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2010)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370718676#April", "title": "1932", "revid": 1370718676, "section": "Births › April"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – The Federation of Malaya gains independence from the United Kingdom, subsequently celebrated as Malaysia's National Day. Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, becomes the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya. The country's new Constitution had come into force on August 27. The Alliance Party and its successor are the ruling coalition until 2018.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#August", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 − Abdullah of Pahang, sixteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#July", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Births › July"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, 1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya (modern-day Malaysia), dies in office. He is replaced by Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah, Sultan of Selangor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#April", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah, Sultan of Selangor and 2nd Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya, dies in office. He is replaced by Tuanku Syed Putra, Raja of Perlis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#September", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – The term of Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, as the 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, ends.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#September", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 21", "text": "September 21 – Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra of Kelantan, becomes the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#September", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan, the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Head of State) of Malaysia, dies in office. He is replaced by Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#March", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Sultan Iskandar of Johor becomes Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, in succession to Sultan Ahmad Shah, whose term ended the previous day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#April", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah Ghafarullahu-lahu, Sultan of Perak, becomes the 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, succeeding Baginda Almutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#April", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah Ghafarullahu-lahu ends his term as the 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#April", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, becomes the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#April", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Sultan Salahuddin of Selangor becomes the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#April", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – Sirajuddin of Perlis becomes the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#December", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 19", "text": "November 19 – The 2022 Malaysian general election results in a hung parliament, which is the first in the country's history. Long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is appointed by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah as prime minister five days later to break the political deadlock and form a unity government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#November", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 31", "text": "January 31 – Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#January", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › January"}}]}