Pekan is also the name of the district the town is situated in, and a parliamentary constituency in its own right. It is the home of the state's royal family headed by Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah.[4] It is also the hometown of the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein,[5] and his son, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Najib is also Pekan's current Member of Parliament.