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Muhammad V of Kelantan

b. 1969 · 21st century

Muhammad V of Kelantan has been sultan of Kelantan, in north-eastern Peninsular Malaysia, since 2010. In 2016 he was elected Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the king of Malaysia, under the country's rotating monarchy. He abdicated as king in January 2019, the first Malaysian monarch to do so, but remained sultan of Kelantan.

Muhammad V of Kelantan
Image: RTV Kelantan · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Kelantan Sultanate

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Muhammad V of Kelantan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/muhammad-v-of-kelantan
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