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Presiding officer of the Dewan Negara
President of the Senate
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Incumbent
Vacant
since 10 May 2024
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Dewan Negara
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Style
| Yang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal)
Tuan Speaker/Pengurusi (informal and within the House)
Tuan President (informal and within the House)
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Member of
| Committee of Selection,
Standing Orders Committee,
House Committee,
Committee of Privileges
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Reports to
| Dewan Negara
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Appointer
| Elected by members of the Dewan Negara
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Term length
| Elected upon a vacancy
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Constituting instrument
| Federal Constitution of Malaysia
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Inaugural holder
| Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin
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Formation
| 11 September 1959
; 64 years ago
(
1959-09-11
)
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Deputy
| Deputy President of the Dewan Negara
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Salary
| MYR
362,000 annually
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Website
| Parliament of Malaysia
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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 position has been vacant following the death of
Mutang Tagal
of
Gabungan Parti Sarawak
(GPS) in May 2024.
Functions
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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
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As of 29 May 2024, almost all presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for
Rais Yatim
.
[2]
No.
|
Portrait
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Name
(Birth?Death)
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Term of office
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Party
|
Parliament
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Took office
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Left office
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Time in office
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1
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Dato' Haji
Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin
Senator from Johore
(1890?1970)
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11 September
1959
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31 December
1968
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9 years, 112 days
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Alliance
(
UMNO
)
|
1st
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2nd
|
2
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Syed Sheh Barakbah
Appointed Senator
(1906?1975)
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27 January
1969
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5 February
1969
|
10 days
|
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Alliance
(
UMNO
)
|
3
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|
Dato' Haji
Mohamed Noah Omar
Appointed Senator
(1897?1991)
|
24 February
1969
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28 July
1970
|
1 year, 155 days
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Alliance
(
UMNO
)
|
4
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|
Tan Sri Haji
Abdul Hamid Khan
Appointed Senator
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20 February
1971
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22 February
1973
|
2 years, 3 days
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Alliance
(
UMNO
)
|
3rd
|
5
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Tun Datuk Haji
Ong Yoke Lin
Appointed Senator
(1917?2010)
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23 February
1973
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30 December
1980
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7 years, 311 days
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Alliance
(
MCA
)
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BN
(
MCA
)
|
4th
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5th
|
6
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Tan Sri
Ismail Khan Ibrahim Khan
Appointed Senator
(1905?2000)
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31 December
1980
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13 April
1985
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4 years, 103 days
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BN
(
UMNO
)
|
6th
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7
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Tan Sri Datuk
Benedict Stephens
Appointed Senator
(1926?2003)
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15 April
1985
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11 April
1988
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2 years, 362 days
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Independent
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7th
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8
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Tan Sri Datuk
Abang Ahmad Urai
Senator from Sarawak
(1933?2022)
|
11 July
1988
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9 July
1990
|
1 year, 363 days
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BN
(
PBB
)
|
9
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Tan Sri Dato'
Chan Choong Tak
Appointed Senator
|
17 December
1990
|
31 March
1992
|
1 year, 105 days
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BN
(
MCA
)
|
8th
|
10
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Tan Sri Dato'
Vadiveloo Govindasamy
Appointed Senator
|
13 April
1992
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12 June
1995
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3 years, 60 days
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BN
(
MIC
)
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9th
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11
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Tan Sri Dato' Sri
Adam Kadir
Appointed Senator
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13 June
1995
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30 November
1997
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2 years, 170 days
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BN
(
UMNO
)
|
12
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Tan Sri Dato' Haji
Mohamed Yaacob
Appointed Senator
(1926?2009)
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10 December
1997
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5 December
2000
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2 years, 361 days
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BN
(
UMNO
)
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10th
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13
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Tan Sri Dato'
Michael Chen Wing Sum
Appointed Senator
(born 1932)
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7 December
2000
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11 April
2003
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2 years, 125 days
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BN
(
MCA
)
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14
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Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr.
Abdul Hamid Pawanteh
Appointed Senator
(1944?2022)
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7 July
2003
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6 July
2009
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5 years, 364 days
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BN
(
UMNO
)
|
11th
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12th
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15
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Tan Sri Ir.
Wong Foon Meng
Appointed Senator
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7 July
2009
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12 April
2010
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279 days
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BN
(
MCA
)
|
16
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Tan Sri
Abu Zahar Ujang
Appointed Senator
(born 1944)
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26 April
2010
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25 April
2016
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5 years, 365 days
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BN
(
UMNO
)
|
13th
|
17
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Tan Sri Dato' Sri
Vigneswaran Sanasee
Appointed Senator
(born 1965)
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26 April
2016
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22 June
2020
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4 years, 57 days
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BN
(
MIC
)
|
14th
|
18
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Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama Dr.
Rais Yatim
Appointed Senator
(born 1942)
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2 September
2020
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15 June
2023
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2 years, 276 days
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PN
(
BERSATU
)
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15th
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19
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Tan Sri Dato Sri Dr.
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Appointed Senator
(born 1945)
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19 June
2023
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18 January
2024
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213 days
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GPS
(
PBB
)
|
20
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Datuk
Mutang Tagal
Appointed Senator
(1954?2024)
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19 February
2024
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10 May
2024
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81 days
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GPS
(
PBB
)
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21
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Election results
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List of deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara
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As of 29 May 2024, almost all deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for
Nur Jazlan Mohamed
.
Election results
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See also
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References
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External links
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