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Undated photo shows Malaysia's newly elected king, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin. The king is head of state and the country's head of Islam, as well as the nominal head of the military. Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, 58, was elected in a secret ballot by the country's traditional Malay rulers, it was announced 12 December 2001, and will be Malaysia's 12th monarch under a unique rotational system dating back to independence from Britain in 1957. EPA-AFP PHOTO