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Sultan of Selangor (سلطان سلاڠور) is the title of the constitutional ruler of Selangor, Malaysia who is the head of state and head of the Islamic religion in Selangor. [1] The current monarch, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah ascended the throne on the death of his father, on 22 November 2001.
as the City of Miri: 248,877 [12] [6] – Petaling Jaya City of Petaling Jaya Bandaraya Petaling Jaya Selangor. Petaling District; Petaling Jaya City Council Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya: 20 June 2006 by Sharafuddin of Selangor, 9th Sultan of Selangor, as the City of Petaling Jaya: 771,687 [13] [9] – Kuala Terengganu City of Kuala ...
Selangor is one of four Malaysian states that contain more than one city with official city status; the others are Sarawak, Johor, and Penang. [9] [10] The state of Selangor has the largest economy in Malaysia in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), with RM 384 billion (roughly $82 billion) in 2022, comprising 25.6% of the country's GDP. [11]
Shah Alam (/ ʃ ɑː ˈ ɑː l ə m /, from Arabic meaning "king of the world" [3]) is a city and the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia and situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighbouring Klang District. [4]
The deputy king exercises the functions of the head of state during the king's absence, or inability to exercise the functions of his office due to illness or infirmity (similar to a regent or viceroy/vizier in other countries). The deputy king does not automatically succeed as King of Malaysia when a vacancy occurs in that office.
The state of Selangor is on the west coast of Peninsular of Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west. It surrounds the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, both of which were once under Selangor's territorial sovereignty. [citation needed]
Members of Selangor royal family are descendants of the first sultan of Selangor, Salehudin of Selangor.He is the eldest son of Opu Daeng Chelak, one of the five buginese warriors that rose into power in the Johor Sultanate during the Bendahara dynasty. [2]
The Parliament of Malaysia and the official residence of the King are also located in Kuala Lumpur. In 2001, the seat of government was moved from Kuala Lumpur to the planned city of Putrajaya which from then on served as the federal administrative centre, sometimes referred to as the administrative capital.