Politics

Malaysia is a constitutional democracy.  

Head of State: constitutional Monarch (The "Yang di-Pertuan Agong" is elected every 5 years by the 9 Malaysian Sultans)  

Malaysia is member of the following international and regional Organizations:

• UNO
• WTO
• NAM
• Group of 77
• Commonwealth
• OIC
• APEC
• ASEM
• ASEAN
• ARF

Malaysia had the chairmanship of

• ASEAN (7/2005 – 7/2006)
• NAM (2003 – 2009)
• OIC (2003 – 2008)