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President of the Dewan Negara
Presiding officer of the Dewan Negara
Presiding officer of the Dewan Negara
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| post | President | |
| body | the Senate | |
| native_name | Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara | |
| {{Script | Arab | يڠ دڤرتوا ديوان نڬارا}} |
| insignia | Coat_of_arms_of_Malaysia.svg | |
| incumbent | Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah | |
| incumbentsince | 22 July 2024 | |
| department | Dewan Negara | |
| style | Yang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) | |
| Tuan Speaker/Pengurusi (informal and within the House) | ||
| Tuan President (informal and within the House) | ||
| member_of | Committee of Selection, | |
| Standing Orders Committee, | ||
| House Committee, | ||
| Committee of Privileges | ||
| reports_to | Dewan Negara | |
| appointer | Elected by members of the Dewan Negara | |
| termlength | Elected upon a vacancy | |
| constituting_instrument | Federal Constitution of Malaysia | |
| salary | MYR 362,000 annually | |
| formation | ||
| inaugural | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin | |
| deputy | Deputy President of the Dewan Negara | |
| website | [Parliament of Malaysia](http://www.parlimen.gov.my/index.php) |
Tuan Speaker/Pengurusi (informal and within the House) Tuan President (informal and within the House) Standing Orders Committee, House Committee, Committee of Privileges
The president of the Senate (; Jawi: ) 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 position has been held by Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) since July 2024.
Functions
The main functions of the president of the Dewan Negara are:
- 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 , almost all presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for Rais Yatim.
| No. | Portrait | Name | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Parliament | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| 1 | [[File:Dato' Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin.jpg | 105x105px]] | Dato' Haji | ||||||
| **Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin** | |||||||||
| (1890–1970) | |||||||||
| Senator from Johore | 11 September | ||||||||
| 1959 | 31 December | ||||||||
| 1968 | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance (UMNO) | 1st | ||||||
| 2nd | |||||||||
| 2 | [[File:Ketua Hakim Negara-2.jpg | 110x110px]] | **Syed Sheh Barakbah** | ||||||
| (1906–1975) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 27 January | ||||||||
| 1969 | 5 February | ||||||||
| 1969 | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance (UMNO) | – | ||||||
| 3 | Tan Sri Dato' Haji | ||||||||
| **Mohamed Noah Omar** | |||||||||
| (1897–1991) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 24 February | ||||||||
| 1969 | 28 July | ||||||||
| 1970 | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance (UMNO) | – | ||||||
| 3rd | |||||||||
| 4 | Tan Sri Haji | ||||||||
| **Abdul Hamid Khan** | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | |||||||||
| (1900–1974) | 20 February | ||||||||
| 1971 | 22 February | ||||||||
| 1973 | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance (UMNO) | – | ||||||
| 5 | [[File:Omar Ong Yoke Lin.jpg | 90x90px]] | Tun Tan Sri Haji | ||||||
| **Ong Yoke Lin** | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | |||||||||
| (1917–2010) | 23 February | ||||||||
| 1973 | 30 December | ||||||||
| 1980 | Alliance Party (Malaysia)}};" | Alliance (MCA) | – | ||||||
| Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (MCA) | 4th | |||||||
| 5th | |||||||||
| 6 | Tan Sri | ||||||||
| **Ismail Khan Ibrahim Khan** | |||||||||
| (1905–2000) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 31 December | ||||||||
| 1980 | 13 April | ||||||||
| 1985 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (UMNO) | – | ||||||
| 6th | |||||||||
| 7 | Tan Sri Datuk | ||||||||
| **Benedict Stephens** | |||||||||
| (1926–2003) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 15 April | ||||||||
| 1985 | 11 April | ||||||||
| 1988 | Independent}};" | Independent | – | ||||||
| 7th | |||||||||
| 8 | Tan Sri Datuk | ||||||||
| **Abang Ahmad Urai** | |||||||||
| (1933–2022) | |||||||||
| Senator from Sarawak | 11 July | ||||||||
| 1988 | 9 July | ||||||||
| 1990 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (PBB) | – | ||||||
| 9 | Tan Sri Dato' | ||||||||
| **Chan Choong Tak** | |||||||||
| (1933–2018) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 17 December | ||||||||
| 1990 | 31 March | ||||||||
| 1992 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (MCA) | 8th | ||||||
| 10 | Tan Sri Dato' | ||||||||
| **Vadiveloo Govindasamy** | |||||||||
| (1932–2024) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 13 April | ||||||||
| 1992 | 12 June | ||||||||
| 1995 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (MIC) | – | ||||||
| 9th | |||||||||
| 11 | Tan Sri Dato' Sri | ||||||||
| **Adam Kadir** | |||||||||
| (1942–2025) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 13 June | ||||||||
| 1995 | 30 November | ||||||||
| 1997 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (UMNO) | – | ||||||
| 12 | Tan Sri Dato' Haji | ||||||||
| **Mohamed Yaacob** | |||||||||
| (1926–2009) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 10 December | ||||||||
| 1997 | 5 December | ||||||||
| 2000 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (UMNO) | – | ||||||
| 10th | |||||||||
| 13 | Tun Tan Sri | ||||||||
| **Michael Chen Wing Sum** | |||||||||
| (1932–2024) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 7 December | ||||||||
| 2000 | 11 April | ||||||||
| 2003 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (MCA) | – | ||||||
| 14 | Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. | ||||||||
| **Abdul Hamid Pawanteh** | |||||||||
| (1944–2022) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 7 July | ||||||||
| 2003 | 6 July | ||||||||
| 2009 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (UMNO) | – | ||||||
| 11th | |||||||||
| 12th | |||||||||
| 15 | Tan Sri Ir. | ||||||||
| **Wong Foon Meng** | |||||||||
| (born 1954) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 7 July | ||||||||
| 2009 | 12 April | ||||||||
| 2010 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (MCA) | – | ||||||
| 16 | [[File:23%C2%BA Foro Parlamentario Asia Pac %C3%ADfico - Abu Zahar Ujang (MALASIA) (16079289190).jpg | 100px]] | Tan Sri | ||||||
| **Abu Zahar Ujang** | |||||||||
| (born 1944) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 26 April | ||||||||
| 2010 | 25 April | ||||||||
| 2016 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (UMNO) | – | ||||||
| 13th | |||||||||
| 17 | Tan Sri Dato' Sri | ||||||||
| **Vigneswaran Sanasee** | |||||||||
| (born 1965) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 26 April | ||||||||
| 2016 | 22 June | ||||||||
| 2020 | Barisan Nasional}};" | BN (MIC) | – | ||||||
| 14th | |||||||||
| 18 | [[File:Rais Yatim cropped (cropped) 1.jpg | 106x106px]] | Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama Dr. | ||||||
| **Rais Yatim** | |||||||||
| (born 1942) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 2 September | ||||||||
| 2020 | 15 June | ||||||||
| 2023 | Perikatan Nasional}};" | PN (BERSATU) | – | ||||||
| 15th | |||||||||
| 19 | [[File:Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar 2023.jpg | 120x120px]] | Tan Sri Dato Sri Dr. Haji | ||||||
| **Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar** | |||||||||
| (born 1946) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 19 June | ||||||||
| 2023 | 18 January | ||||||||
| 2024 | Gabungan Parti Sarawak}};" | GPS (PBB) | – | ||||||
| 20 | Datuk | ||||||||
| **Mutang Tagal** | |||||||||
| (1954–2024) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 19 February | ||||||||
| 2024 | 10 May | ||||||||
| 2024 | Gabungan Parti Sarawak}};" | GPS (PBB) | – | ||||||
| 21 | Dato | ||||||||
| **Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah** | |||||||||
| (born 1959) | |||||||||
| Appointed Senator | 22 July | ||||||||
| 2024 | Incumbent | Gabungan Parti Sarawak}};" | 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 | |
| 22 July 2024 | **Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah** | **Unopposed** | Anwar Ibrahim | Azalina Othman Said |
References
References
- [http://www.parlimen.gov.my/eng-dN-diPertua.htm President of the Senate] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-02-01 , Parliament of Malaysia)
- (30 September 2022). "Parliamentary Services Bill to be tabled in November, says Rais".
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