​   Yang di-Pertuan Agong (He Who is Made Lord) is known as the King, is the mornarch and head of state of Malaysia. Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy with an elected monarch as the head of state. In Malaysia's constitutional monarchy, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has extensive powers within the constitution on paper. The constitution specifies that the executive power of the Federal government is vested in the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. However, he is bound to exercise this power on the advice of the Cabinet or a minister acting under Cabinet authority. The Cabinet is headed by the Prime Minister, appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from among the elected members of Parliament.