In Malaysian political and constitutional terminology, a caretaker government is a government of Malaysia during a period that starts when the parliament is dissolved by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) before a general election and continues for a period after the election until the next cabinet is formed. A caretaker government is expected to conduct itself under a series of well-defined conventions in maintaining the neutrality of the policy decisions, although there is no law mandating it to do so.