President of the Dewan Negara
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The president of the Senate (Template:Langx; Jawi: Template:Script/Arabic) 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:[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 Template:TODAY, almost all presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for Rais Yatim.[2]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Term of office | Party | Parliament | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took officeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left officeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Time in officeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 1 | File:Dato' Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin.jpg | Dato' HajiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin (1890–1970) Senator from JohoreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 September 1959 |
31 December 1968 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Alliance (UMNO) | 1st |
| 2nd | ||||||||
| 2 | Syed Sheh Barakbah (1906–1975) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 January 1969 |
5 February 1969 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Alliance (UMNO) | – | |
| 3 | Tan Sri Dato' HajiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mohamed Noah Omar (1897–1991) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 February 1969 |
28 July 1970 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Alliance (UMNO) | – | |
| 3rd | ||||||||
| 4 | Tan Sri HajiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Abdul Hamid Khan Appointed Senator (1900–1974) |
20 February 1971 |
22 February 1973 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Alliance (UMNO) | – | |
| 5 | File:Omar Ong Yoke Lin.jpg | Tun Tan Sri HajiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ong Yoke Lin Appointed Senator (1917–2010) |
23 February 1973 |
30 December 1980 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Alliance (MCA) | – |
| rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (MCA) | 4th | ||||||
| 5th | ||||||||
| 6 | Tan SriScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ismail Khan Ibrahim Khan (1905–2000) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 December 1980 |
13 April 1985 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (UMNO) | – | |
| 6th | ||||||||
| 7 | Tan Sri DatukScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Benedict Stephens (1926–2003) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 April 1985 |
11 April 1988 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"| | Independent | – | |
| 7th | ||||||||
| 8 | Tan Sri DatukScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Abang Ahmad Urai (1933–2022) Senator from SarawakScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 July 1988 |
9 July 1990 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (PBB) | – | |
| 9 | Tan Sri Dato'Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chan Choong Tak (1933–2018) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17 December 1990 |
31 March 1992 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (MCA) | 8th | |
| 10 | Tan Sri Dato'Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Vadiveloo Govindasamy (1932–2024) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 April 1992 |
12 June 1995 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (MIC) | – | |
| 9th | ||||||||
| 11 | Tan Sri Dato' SriScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Adam Kadir (born 1942) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 June 1995 |
30 November 1997 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (UMNO) | – | |
| 12 | Tan Sri Dato' HajiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mohamed Yaacob (1926–2009) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10 December 1997 |
5 December 2000 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (UMNO) | – | |
| 10th | ||||||||
| 13 | Tun Tan SriScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Michael Chen Wing Sum (1932–2024) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 December 2000 |
11 April 2003 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (MCA) | – | |
| 14 | Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Abdul Hamid Pawanteh (1944–2022) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 July 2003 |
6 July 2009 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (UMNO) | – | |
| 11th | ||||||||
| 12th | ||||||||
| 15 | Tan Sri Ir.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wong Foon Meng (born 1954) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 July 2009 |
12 April 2010 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (MCA) | – | |
| 16 | File:23º Foro Parlamentario Asia Pac ífico - Abu Zahar Ujang (MALASIA) (16079289190).jpg | Tan SriScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Abu Zahar Ujang (born 1944) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 April 2010 |
25 April 2016 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (UMNO) | – |
| 13th | ||||||||
| 17 | Tan Sri Dato' SriScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Vigneswaran Sanasee (born 1965) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 April 2016 |
22 June 2020 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"| | BN (MIC) | – | |
| 14th | ||||||||
| 18 | File:Rais Yatim cropped (cropped) 1.jpg | Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama Dr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Rais Yatim (born 1942) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 September 2020 |
15 June 2023 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"| | PN (BERSATU) | – |
| 15th | ||||||||
| 19 | File:Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar 2023.jpg | Tan Sri Dato Sri Dr. HajiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (born 1946) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2023 |
18 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2024 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | GPS (PBB) | – |
| 20 | DatukScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mutang Tagal (1954–2024) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2024 |
10 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2024 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | GPS (PBB) | – | |
| 21 | DatoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah (born 1959) Appointed SenatorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
22 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2024 |
Incumbent | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | GPS (PBB) | – | |
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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 |
See also
References
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- ↑ President of the Senate Template:Webarchive, Parliament of Malaysia
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External links
- Parliament of Malaysia (Official site)