Pahang Regent Tengku Abdullah Will Be Sworn-In As Sultan On Tuesday
It paves the way for Tengku Abdullah to be one of the candidates for Agong.
By Sadho Ram — 12 Jan 2019, 04:20 PM
On Tuesday, 15 January, the Regent of Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, will be sworn-in as the sixth Sultan of Pahang
The announcement was made by Tengku Muda Pahang Tengku Abdul Rahman Al-Haj ibni Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah at Istana Abu Bakar in Pekan on Saturday.
Prior to this, the Pahang Royal Council had a meeting on Friday in a hotel in KL, reported The Star Online. The meeting, which lasted four hours, was chaired by Tengku Abdullah and attended by members of the Royal Council.
Being installed as the Sultan paves the way for Tengku Abdullah to take over as Agong, should he be offered the post on 24 January
The current Pahang ruler, 88-year-old Sultan Ahmad Shah, is abdicating in favour of his son, who has been Regent for the past two years, due to his poor health.
Now, after being sworn-in on Tuesday, Tengku Abdullah would be in line to be the next Agong under the unique rotation system among Malaysia's nine Malay royal houses.
