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Menteri Besar of Selangor
Head of government
Head of government
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Menteri Besar |
| body | the State of Selangor Darul Ehsan |
| native_name | Menteri Besar Negeri Selangor Darul Ehsan |
| insignia | Coat of arms of Selangor.svg |
| insigniacaption | Coat of arms of Selangor |
| image | Amirudin_Shari.jpg |
| incumbent | Amirudin Shari |
| incumbentsince | 19 June 2018 |
| department | Government of Selangor |
| style | Yang Amat Berhormat (The Most Honourable) |
| member_of | Selangor State Executive Council |
| reports_to | Selangor State Legislative Assembly |
| residence | Jalan Permata 7/1, Seksyen 7, 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor |
| seat | Tingkat 21, Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, 40503 Shah Alam, Selangor |
| nominator | State Assemblymen of Selangor |
| appointer | Sultan of Selangor |
| termlength | 5 years or lesser, renewable once (while commanding the confidence of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly |
| With State Elections held no more than five years apart) | |
| constituting_instrument | Laws of the Constitution of Selangor 1959 |
| formation | |
| inaugural | Hamzah Abdullah |
| deputy | Vacant |
| salary | RM 25,000.00 |
| website |
With State Elections held no more than five years apart)
The Menteri Besar of Selangor, also referred to as the First Minister of Selangor is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Selangor.
The Menteri Besar acts as a majority leader in the Selangor Assembly.
According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.
The 17th and current Menteri Besar of Selangor is Amirudin Shari, who took office on 19 June 2018.
Appointment
According to the state constitution, the Sultan of Selangor shall first appoint the Menteri Besar to preside over the Executive Council and requires such Menteri Besar to be:
- A member of the Legislative Assembly who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly,
- An ethnic Malay who professes the religion of Islam and
- Not a Malaysian citizen by naturalisation, or by registration under Article 17 of the Federal Constitution.
But the Sultan may in his discretion dispense the second requirement and appoint a non-Malay and non-Muslim as Menteri Besar.
The member of the Executive Council must take and subscribe in the presence of the Sultan the oath of office and allegiance as well as the oath of secrecy before they can exercise the functions of office. The Executive Council shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly. The members of the Executive Council shall not hold any office of profit and engage in any trade, business or profession that will cause conflict of interest.
If a government cannot get its appropriation (budget) legislation passed by the Legislative Assembly, or the Legislative Assembly passes a vote of "no confidence" in the government, the Menteri Besar is bound by convention to resign immediately. The Sultan's choice of replacement Menteri Besar will be dictated by the circumstances. A member of the Executive Council other than the Menteri Besar shall hold office during the pleasure of the Sultan, unless the appointment of any member of the Executive Council shall have been revoked by the Sultan on the advice of the Menteri Besar but may at any time resign his office.
Following a resignation in other circumstances, defeated in an election or the death of the Menteri Besar, the Sultan will generally appoint as Menteri Besar the person voted by the governing party as their new leader.
Powers
The power of the Menteri Besar is subject to a number of limitations. Menteri Besar removed as leader of his or her party, or whose government loses a vote of no confidence in the Legislative Assembly, must advise a state election or resign the office or be dismissed by the Sultan. The defeat of a supply bill (one that concerns the spending of money) or unable to pass important policy-related legislation is seen to require the resignation of the government or dissolution of Legislative Assembly, much like a non-confidence vote, since a government that cannot spend money is hamstrung, also called loss of supply.
The Menteri Besar's party will normally have a majority in the Legislative Assembly and party discipline is exceptionally strong in Selangor politics, so passage of the government's legislation through the Legislative Assembly is mostly a formality.
Caretaker Menteri Besar
The legislative assembly unless sooner dissolved by the Sultan with His Majesty's own discretion on the advice of the Menteri Besar shall continue for five years from the date of its first meeting. The state constitution permits a delay of 60 days of general election to be held from the date of dissolution and the legislative assembly shall be summoned to meet on a date not later than 120 days from the date of dissolution. Conventionally, between the dissolution of one legislative assembly and the convening of the next, the Menteri Besar and the executive council remain in office in a caretaker capacity.
List of Menteri Besar of Selangor
The following is the list of Menteris Besar of Selangor since 1947:
Colour key (for political parties): / /
| No. | Portrait | Name | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | |||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Party | Election | Assembly | Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||
| 1 | [[File:Dato_Hamzah_bin_Abdullah.png | 100x100px]] | **Hamzah Abdullah** | ||||||
| (1890–1971) | June | ||||||||
| 1949 | 1 July | ||||||||
| 1949 | None}};" | Independent | – | – | |||||
| 2 | [[File:Raja_Tun_Uda_Raja_Mohamad.png | 100x100px]] | **Raja Uda** | ||||||
| (1894–1976) | 1 July | ||||||||
| 1949 | March | ||||||||
| 1953 | None}};" | Independent | – | – | |||||
| 3 | [[File:Othman_Mohamad.jpg | 100x100px]] | **Othman Mohamad** | ||||||
| (1905-1981) | March | ||||||||
| 1953 | September | ||||||||
| 1954 | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance | |||||||
| (UMNO) | – | – | |||||||
| 4 | [[File:Raja_Tun_Uda_Raja_Mohamad.png | 100x100px]] | **Raja Uda** | ||||||
| (1894–1976) | September | ||||||||
| 1954 | August | ||||||||
| 1955 | None}};" | Independent | – | – | |||||
| 5 | [[File:MANTAN-KSN-1.jpg | 121x121px]] | **Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid** | ||||||
| (1908–1975) | August | ||||||||
| 1955 | 1956 | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance | ||||||
| (UMNO) | – | – | |||||||
| 6 | [[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Selangor.svg | 121x121px]] | **Muhammad Ismail Abdul Latiff** | ||||||
| (1894–1976) | 1956 | 1958 | 2 years | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance | ||||
| (UMNO) | – | – | |||||||
| 7 | [[File:Abdul_Jamil.jpg | 105x105px]] | **Abdul Jamil Abdul Rais** | ||||||
| (1912–1994) | 1958 | May | |||||||
| 1959 | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance | |||||||
| (UMNO) | – | – | |||||||
| 8 | [[File:Abu_Bakar_Baginda.png | 110x110px]] | **Abu Bakar Baginda** | ||||||
| (1899–1972) | |||||||||
| MLA for Dengkil | 30 May | ||||||||
| 1959 | 19 March | ||||||||
| 1964 | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance | |||||||
| (UMNO) | [1959](1959-malayan-state-elections) | 1st | |||||||
| 9 | [[File:Harun_Idris.png | 138x138px]] | Dato' Seri | ||||||
| **Harun Idris** | |||||||||
| (1925–2003) | |||||||||
| MLA for Morib | 19 March | ||||||||
| 1964 | 24 March | ||||||||
| 1976 | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance | |||||||
| (UMNO) | [1964](1964-malaysian-state-elections) | 2nd | |||||||
| [1969](1969-malaysian-state-elections) | 3rd | ||||||||
| Barisan Nasional}};" | BN | ||||||||
| (UMNO) | [1974](1974-malaysian-state-elections) | 4th | |||||||
| 10 | [[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Selangor.svg | 121x121px]] | Dato' Seri | ||||||
| **Hormat Rafei** | |||||||||
| (1923–2001) | |||||||||
| MLA for Banting | 15 April | ||||||||
| 1976 | 3 May | ||||||||
| 1982 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN | |||||||
| (UMNO) | – | ||||||||
| [1978](1978-malaysian-state-elections) | 5th | ||||||||
| 11 | [[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Selangor.svg | 121x121px]] | Tan Sri Dato' Seri | ||||||
| **Ahmad Razali Mohamad Ali** | |||||||||
| (1928–2001) | |||||||||
| MLA for Ampang | 4 May | ||||||||
| 1982 | 13 August | ||||||||
| 1986 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN | |||||||
| (UMNO) | [1982](1982-malaysian-state-elections) | 6th | |||||||
| 12 | [[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Selangor.svg | 121x121px]] | Tan Sri Dato' Seri | ||||||
| **Muhammad Muhammad Taib** | |||||||||
| (born 1945) | |||||||||
| MLA for Batang Kali | 14 August | ||||||||
| 1986 | 14 April | ||||||||
| 1997 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN | |||||||
| (UMNO) | [1986](1986-malaysian-state-elections) | 7th | |||||||
| [1990](1990-malaysian-state-elections) | 8th | ||||||||
| [1995](1995-malaysian-state-elections) | 9th | ||||||||
| 13 | [[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Selangor.svg | 121x121px]] | Tan Sri Dato' Seri | ||||||
| **Abu Hassan Omar** | |||||||||
| (1940–2018) | |||||||||
| MLA for Permatang | 6 June | ||||||||
| 1997 | 9 August | ||||||||
| 2000 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN | |||||||
| (UMNO) | – | ||||||||
| [1999](1999-malaysian-state-elections) | 10th | ||||||||
| 14 | [[File:Dr Khir Toyo.jpg | 113x113px]] | Dr. | ||||||
| **Mohamad Khir Toyo** | |||||||||
| (born 1965) | |||||||||
| MLA for Sungai Panjang | 18 August | ||||||||
| 2000 | 13 March | ||||||||
| 2008 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN | |||||||
| (UMNO) | – | ||||||||
| [2004](2004-malaysian-state-elections) | 11th | ||||||||
| 15 | [[File:Khalid_Ibrahim_announcing_Ijok_candidacy.jpg | 121x121px]] | Tan Sri Dato' Seri | ||||||
| **Abdul Khalid Ibrahim** | |||||||||
| (1946–2022) | |||||||||
| MLA for Ijok (2008–2013) | |||||||||
| MLA for Pelabuhan Klang (2013–2018) | 13 March | ||||||||
| 2008 | 23 September | ||||||||
| 2014 | Pakatan Rakyat}};" | PR | |||||||
| (PKR) | [2008](2008-malaysian-state-elections) | 12th | |||||||
| [2013](2013-selangor-state-election) | 13th | ||||||||
| 16 | [[File:Azmin_Ali_2022.jpg | 107x107px]] | Dato' Seri | ||||||
| **Mohamed Azmin Ali** | |||||||||
| (born 1964) | |||||||||
| MLA for Bukit Antarabangsa | 23 September | ||||||||
| 2014 | 18 June | ||||||||
| 2018 | Pakatan Rakyat}};" | PR | |||||||
| (PKR) | – | ||||||||
| Pakatan Harapan}};" | PH | ||||||||
| (PKR) | [2018](2018-selangor-state-election) | 14th | |||||||
| 17 | [[File:Amirudin_Shari.jpg | 108x108px]] | Dato' Seri | ||||||
| **Amirudin Shari** | |||||||||
| (born 1980) | |||||||||
| MLA for Sungai Tua | 19 June | ||||||||
| 2018 | Incumbent | Pakatan Harapan}};" | PH | ||||||
| (PKR) | – | ||||||||
| [2023](2023-selangor-state-election) | 15th |
Living former Menteri Besar
| Name | Term of office | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhammad Taib | 1986–1997 | 29 July 1945 (age ) |
| Mohamed Khir Toyo | 2000–2008 | 6 August 1965 (age ) |
| Mohamed Azmin Ali | 2014–2018 | 25 August 1964 (age ) |
References
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