His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim of Johor was sworn in tas the new King of Malaysia while the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, took the oath of office as the Deputy King, in a ceremony steeped in tradition at Istana Negara on Wednesday (Jan 31).
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00:00 His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim of Johor was sworn in on Wednesday as the new King of Malaysia
00:09 in a ceremony steeped in tradition at Istana Negara.
00:14 "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. We, Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Ammarhum Sultan Iskandar, are here to swear in the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, to the Malaysian people, by saying, 'I swear by Allah, by Allah, and by Allah.'"
00:40 At the same ceremony, the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, took the oath of office as the Deputy King.
00:47 Their Majesties were elected to the office respectively by the Malay rulers at the 263rd Special Meeting of the Conference of Rulers in October last year to reign for a five-year term from January 31st.
01:02 Malaysia is one of 43 nations which practice the system of a constitutional monarchy, but the rotational system of electing a king from among nine Malay rulers is the only one of its kind in the world.
01:17 65-year-old Sultan Ibrahim and 67-year-old Sultan Nazrin Shah took their oath and signed the instruments of office before the other Malay rulers from Tengganu, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Kedah, the regions of Johor, Pahang and Perlis, and Tengku Makota of Kelantan, governors of Melaka, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, as well as dignitaries from the executive, legislative and judiciary.
01:45 The ceremony at the Palai Rungsri was held during the 264th Special Meeting of the Conference of Rulers presided over by Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Tengganu.
01:58 Sultan Ibrahim also signed the proclamation of assuming the office of the 17 Yang Dipertuan Agong and Sultan Nazrin the office of the Deputy Yang Dipertuan Agong.
02:09 Prime Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim then read out the instrument of the proclamation officially signifying Sultan Ibrahim's ascension to the federal throne as the new head of state of Malaysia in accordance with the laws and the federal constitution.
02:26 Sultan Ibrahim succeeded our Sultan Abdullah Riyaduddin al-Mustafa Bilashah of Pahang, whose five-year reign as the 16 Yang Dipertuan Agong ended on Tuesday.
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