Sultan Mizan sworn in as 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud AlMuktafi Billah Shah of Terengganu takes oath of office as Malaysia's 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong in a traditional ceremony Wednesday filled with pomp and pageantry.

Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, was sworn in at the Istana Negara. At 44, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin is the youngest among the current nine state rulers and the second youngest royal to ascend the throne.

Earlier, the royal couple were given a 12-gun salute in a ceremonial welcome at Parliament Square after inspecting a guard of honor and meeting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and other Cabinet ministers.

They were then driven in a Rolls-Royce to the palace for the coronation. His majesty, dressed in resplendent yellow, the royal color, took his oath of office and signed his investiture letter witnessed by other state rulers and Cabinet ministers.