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President of the Dewan Negara

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

President of the Senate
Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara
Incumbent
Mutang Tagal
since 19 February 2024
Dewan Negara
StyleYang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal)
Tuan Speaker/Pengurusi (informal and within the House)
Tuan President (informal and within the House)
Member ofCommittee of Selection,
Standing Orders Committee,
House Committee,
Committee of Privileges
Reports toDewan Negara
AppointerElected by members of the Dewan Negara
Term lengthElected upon a vacancy
Constituting instrumentFederal Constitution of Malaysia
Inaugural holderAbdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin
Formation11 September 1959; 64 years ago (1959-09-11)
DeputyDeputy President of the Dewan Negara
SalaryMYR 362,000 annually
WebsiteParliament of Malaysia

The President of the Senate (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara) is the presiding officer or speaker of the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia.

The President of the Senate is created under Article 56 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The office is similar to the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat: the president is elected by the members of the Senate and is expected to be politically impartial. If a member of the Dewan Negara is elected as the president and is a member of a state legislative assembly, he must resign from the assembly before exercising the functions of the office. As the president may hold different titles while in office, it also changes the style. The current President is Mutang Tagal of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). Therefore, while in session, the senators would have referred to him as 'Tan Sri Yang di-Pertua' (Mr. President).

Functions

The main functions of the President of the Dewan Negara are:[1]

  • to preside over the sittings of the Dewan Negara
  • to be responsible for the observance of the rules in the Dewan Negara
  • to ensure the relevancy of the points raised during the debate
  • to interpret the Standing Orders in case of disputes and the decision is final

List of presidents of the Dewan Negara

As of 29 March 2024, all presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for Rais Yatim.[2]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Parliament
Took office Left office
1
Dato' Haji
Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin
Senator from Johore
(1890–1970)
11 September
1959
31 December
1968
Alliance (UMNO) 1st
2nd
2 Syed Sheh Barakbah
Appointed Senator
(1906–1975)
27 January
1969
5 February
1969
Alliance (UMNO)
3 Dato' Haji
Mohamed Noah Omar
Appointed Senator
(1897–1991)
24 February
1969
28 July
1970
Alliance (UMNO)
4 Tan Sri Haji
Abdul Hamid Khan
Appointed Senator
20 February
1971
22 February
1973
Alliance (UMNO) 3rd
5
Tun Datuk Haji
Ong Yoke Lin
Appointed Senator
(1917–2010)
23 February
1973
30 December
1980
Alliance (MCA)
BN (MCA) 4th
5th
6 Tan Sri
Ismail Khan Ibrahim Khan
Appointed Senator
(1905–2000)
31 December
1980
13 April
1985
BN (UMNO)
6th
7 Tan Sri Datuk
Benedict Stephens
Appointed Senator
(1926–2003)
15 April
1985
11 April
1988
Independent
7th
8 Tan Sri Datuk
Abang Ahmad Urai
Senator from Sarawak
(1933–2022)
11 July
1988
9 July
1990
BN (PBB)
9 Tan Sri Dato'
Chan Choong Tak
Appointed Senator
17 December
1990
31 March
1992
BN (MCA) 8th
10 Tan Sri Dato'
Vadiveloo Govindasamy
Appointed Senator
13 April
1992
12 June
1995
BN (MIC)
9th
11 Tan Sri Dato' Sri
Adam Kadir
Appointed Senator
13 June
1995
30 November
1997
BN (UMNO)
12 Tan Sri Dato' Haji
Mohamed Yaacob
Appointed Senator
(1926–2009)
10 December
1997
5 December
2000
BN (UMNO)
10th
13 Tan Sri Dato'
Michael Chen Wing Sum
Appointed Senator
(born 1932)
7 December
2000
11 April
2003
BN (MCA)
14 Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr.
Abdul Hamid Pawanteh
Appointed Senator
(1944–2022)
7 July
2003
6 July
2009
BN (UMNO)
11th
12th
15 Tan Sri Ir.
Wong Foon Meng
Appointed Senator
7 July
2009
12 April
2010
BN (MCA)
16 Tan Sri
Abu Zahar Ujang
Appointed Senator
(born 1944)
26 April
2010
25 April
2016
BN (UMNO)
13th
17 Tan Sri Dato' Sri
Vigneswaran Sanasee
Appointed Senator
(born 1965)
26 April
2016
22 June
2020
BN (MIC)
14th
18
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama Dr.
Rais Yatim
Appointed Senator
(born 1942)
2 September
2020
15 June
2023
PN (BERSATU)
15th
19
Tan Sri Dato Sri Dr.
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Appointed Senator
(born 1945)
19 June
2023
18 January
2024
GPS (PBB)
20 Datuk
Mutang Tagal
Appointed Senator
(born 1954)
19 February
2024
Incumbent GPS (PBB)

Election results

Election date Candidate(s) Votes Nominated by Seconded by Secretary
11 September 1959 Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin Unopposed Leong Yew Koh Tan Tong Hye Ramli Abdul Hamid
15 October 1962 Sheikh Abu Bakar Yahya, pro tempore Leong Yew Koh Tan Tong Hye Ahmad Abdullah
18 October 1965 Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin Tan Tong Hye Amaluddin Darus
27 January 1969 Syed Sheh Syed Hassan Barakbah Abdul Ghafar Baba J. E. S. Crawford
24 February 1969 Mohamad Noah Omar Abdul Ghafar Baba Pandak Hamid Puteh Jali
20 February 1971 Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan Abdul Kadir Yusuf Tan Tong Hye Lim Joo Keng
23 February 1973 Omar Yoke Lin Ong Abdul Kadir Yusuf Kamarul Ariffin Mohd Yassin
6 January 1975 Omar Yoke Lin Ong Athi Nahappan Pandak Hamid Puteh Jali
31 December 1980 Ismail Khan Mohamed Nasir Michael Wong Kuan Lee Ahmad Hasmuni Hussein
15 December 1983 Ismail Khan James Peter Ongkili Ariffin Salleh
15 April 1985 Benedict Stephens Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor Tan Chang Soong
11 July 1988 Abang Ahmad Urai Abang Mohideen Kasitah Gaddam Hussein Ahmad Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar
17 December 1990 Chan Choong Tak Abdul Ghafar Baba Annuar Musa Mohamed Salleh Abu Bakar
13 April 1992 Vadiveloo Govindasamy Mahathir Mohamad Ling Liong Sik
14 December 1994 Vadiveloo Govindasamy Anwar Ibrahim Ling Liong Sik
13 June 1995 Adam Kadir Anwar Ibrahim Samy Vellu
10 December 1997 Mohamed Yaacob Anwar Ibrahim Chong Kah Kiat Abdullah Abdul Wahab
27 December 1999 Mohamed Yaacob Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Abdul Hamid Othman
7 December 2000 Michael Chen Wing Sum Ling Liong Sik Samy Vellu
7 July 2003 Abdul Hamid Pawanteh Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor M. Kayveas
19 July 2006 Abdul Hamid Pawanteh M. Kayveas Abdul Raman Suliman Zamani Sulaiman
7 July 2009 Wong Foon Meng Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Ong Tee Keat
26 April 2010 Abu Zahar Ujang Koh Tsu Koon Shahrizat Abdul Jalil
26 April 2016 Vigneswaran Sanasee Azalina Othman Said J Loga Bala Mohan Riduan Rahmat
2 September 2020 Rais Yatim 45 Takiyuddin Hassan Shabudin Yahaya Muhammad Sujairi Abdullah
Yusmadi Yusoff 19 Ahmad Azam Hamzah Mohamad Imran Abdul Hamid
19 June 2023 Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar Unopposed Anwar Ibrahim Tengku Zafrul Aziz
19 February 2024 Mutang Tagal Unopposed Anwar Ibrahim Azalina Othman Said

List of deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara

As of 29 March 2024, all deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for Nur Jazlan Mohamed.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Parliament
Took office Left office
1 S. O. K. Ubaidulla
Appointed Senator
22 March
1971
31 December
1980
Alliance (MIC) 3rd
BN (MIC) 4th
5th
2 Abdul Hamid Bidin
Appointed Senator
(1917–1995)
13 April
1981
28 July
1982
BN (UMNO)
3 Sulaiman Ninam Shah
Appointed Senator
(1920–2003)
14 December
1982
1 April
1985
BN (UMNO) 6th
4 Abang Ahmad Urai
Senator from Sarawak
29 July
1985
10 July
1988
BN (PBB)
7th
5 Tan Peng Khoon
Appointed Senator
13 July
1988
27 December
1989
BN (MCA)
6 Chan Choong Tak
Appointed Senator
28 December
1989
16 December
1990
BN (MCA)
7 Adam Kadir
Appointed Senator
1 April
1992
1 December
1994
BN (UMNO) 8th
14 December
1994
12 June
1995
8 Michael Chen Wing Sum
Appointed Senator
(born 1932)
29 May
1997
5 December
2000
BN (Gerakan) 9th
10th
9 Gapar Gurrohu
Appointed Senator
8 May
2001
22 October
2003
BN (UMNO)
10 Wong Foon Meng
Appointed Senator
7 June
2004
6 July
2009
BN (MCA) 11th
12th
11 Armani Mahiruddin
Senator from Sabah
(born 1957)
9 July
2009
20 December
2011
BN (UMNO)
12 Doris Sophia Brodi
Appointed Senator
(born 1960)
26 January
2012
11 March
2016
BN (PRS)
13th
13 Abdul Halim Abdul Samad
Appointed Senator
(born 1940)
18 April
2016
2 November
2020
BN (UMNO)
14th
14 Mohamad Ali Mohamad
Senator from Melaka
16 December
2020
19 May
2023
BN (UMNO)
15th
15
Nur Jazlan Mohamed
Appointed Senator
(born 1966)
19 June
2023
Incumbent BN (UMNO)

Election results

Election date Candidates Votes Nominated by Seconded by
27 December 1962 Sheikh Abu Bakar Yahya Unopposed Leong Yew Koh S. O. K. Ubaidulla
22 March 1971 S. O. K. Ubaidulla Unopposed Abdul Kadir Yusuf Tan Tong Hye
6 January 1975 S. O. K. Ubaidulla Unopposed Abdul Rahim Manan Lim Ah Sitt
13 April 1981 Abdul Hamid Bidin Unopposed Mohamed Nasir Law Hieng Ding
14 December 1982 Sulaiman Ninam Shah Unopposed Mohamed Nasir Kam Woon Wah
29 July 1985 Abang Ahmad Urai Unopposed Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor Paramjit Singh
16 July 1987 Abang Ahmad Urai Unopposed Hussein Ahmad Bee Yang Sek
13 July 1988 Tan Peng Khoon Unopposed Kasitah Gaddam Hussein Ahmad
28 December 1989 Chan Choong Tak Unopposed Suleiman Mohamed K. S. Nijhar
13 April 1992 Adam Kadir Unopposed Mahathir Mohamad Ling Liong Sik
14 December 1994 Adam Kadir Unopposed Anwar Ibrahim Ling Liong Sik
29 May 1997 Michael Chen Wing Sum Unopposed Osu Sukam Ting Chew Peh
4 May 2000 Michael Chen Wing Sum Unopposed Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Musa Mohamad
8 May 2001 Gapar Gurrohu Unopposed Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Pandikar Amin Mulia
7 June 2004 Wong Foon Meng Unopposed Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Chan Chee Tee
7 May 2007 Wong Foon Meng Unopposed Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Abdul Raman Sulaiman
9 July 2009 Armani Mahiruddin Unopposed Koh Tsu Koon Jamil Khir Baharom
26 January 2012 Doris Sophia Brodi Unopposed Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Koh Tsu Koon
12 March 2013 Doris Sophia Brodi Unopposed Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Koh Tsu Koon
18 April 2016 Abdul Halim Abdul Samad Unopposed Azalina Othman Said Mustapa Mohamed
16 December 2020 Mohamad Ali Mohamad Unopposed Takiyuddin Hassan Shabudin Yahaya
19 June 2023 Nur Jazlan Mohamed 43 Anwar Ibrahim Tengku Zafrul Aziz
Razali Idris 11 Dominic Lau Hoe Chai Md. Nasir Hashim

See also

References

  1. ^ President of the Senate Archived 2010-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, Parliament of Malaysia
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Services Bill to be tabled in November, says Rais".

External links

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