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MALAYSIA

Official name Federation of Malaysia
Form Of Federated Constitutional Monarchy
State
The The King appoints a Prime Minister and, on the
executive Prime Minister’s advice, the Cabinet
Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (King or Supreme
Sovereign), elected by and from among the nine
Head of state
hereditary rulers of Malaysia’s states. In
practice, the post is rotated every five years
National Bicameral federal parliament. The Senate
legislature (Dewan Negara, the upper house) has 70
members – 26 elected from the state
legislatures, and 44 appointed by the King. The
House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat, the
lower house) has 222 directly elected members.
State There are state governments in each of
Governments Malaysia’s 13 states, in nine of which the heads
of state are hereditary rulers. Each state has its
own constitution, a council of state or cabinet
with executive authority, and a legislature that
deals with matters not reserved to the federal
parliament. There are also three federal
territories, namely Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and
Labuan
National The last general election took place in May 2018
elections and the next is due in 2023.
National The Pakatan Harapan (PH, the governing 4-
government party coalition), holds 113 of the 222 seats in the
lower house. The Sabah Heritage Party, which
won another 8 seats, informally aligned itself
with Pakatan Harapan, giving the opposition
alliance a total of 121 seats in the new

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