Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
| Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak | |
since 12 May 2020 | |
| Perak State Legislative Assembly | |
| Style | Yang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker/Tuan Pengerusi (informal and within the assembly) |
| Member of | Committee of Standing Orders, Committee of Rights and Freedoms, Committee of Member Welfare, Committee of Special Select on Enactments, Committee of Special Select on New Building, Committee of Special Select on Stray Animals |
| Reports to | Perak State Legislative Assembly |
| Seat | Level 2, Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan, Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab, 30000, Ipoh Perak. |
| Appointer | Elected by members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | Elected at the start of each Perak State Legislative Assembly, upon a vacancy |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Perak |
| Inaugural holder | Sulaiman Bulun |
| Formation | 16 April 1959 |
| Deputy | Deputy Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly |
| Website | dewan |
The Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly is the highest-ranking presiding officer in the Perak State Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. They are responsible for convening sessions of the state's legislative body, organising debates, and examining the admissibility of petitions, bills and amendments. In the absence of the Speaker, the deputy will take their place. The speaker is selected through ballot in the first session of a new legislative assembly.
The incumbent Speaker is Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid. He was elected since 12 May 2020.[1][2]
Election
The Perak State Legislative Assembly may from time to time elect a person of eligibility to become a Speaker of the assembly. A speaker may not be elected to be a Speaker unless he is a member or qualified to be a member of the legislative assembly. The speaker may resign at any time. He must vacate his office when either the legislative assembly first meet after a general election, or upon being disqualified to be a speaker, or upon the dissolution of the assembly, or on his ceasing to be a member of assembly other than because of the dissolution of the legislative assembly or ceased to be qualified of a member. A Deputy Speaker may also be chosen from any member of the legislative assembly.[3]
List of Speakers of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
The following is the list of Speakers of the State Legislative Assembly since 1959:[4]
Colour key (for political parties):
Alliance /
Barisan Nasional
Pakatan Rakyat
Pakatan Harapan
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) (Constituency) |
Term of office | Party[a] | Election | Assembly | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1. | Sulaiman Bulun (?–?) MLA for Hutan Melintang |
16 April 1959 |
22 November 1963 |
4 years, 221 days | Alliance (UMNO) | 1959 | 1st | ||
| 2. | Dato' Seri Ali Zaini Mohd Zain (?–?) MLA for Karai |
7 May 1964 |
31 July 1974 |
10 years, 86 days | Alliance (UMNO) | 1964 | 2nd | ||
| 1969 | 3rd | ||||||||
| 3. | Dato' Shafie Mat Saman (?–?) MLA for Manong |
28 September 1974 |
17 July 1978 |
3 years, 293 days | BN (UMNO) | 1974 | 4th | ||
| 4. | Tan Sri Dato' Haji Ahmad Azizuddin Zainal Abidin (?–?) MLA for Belanja |
8 August 1978 |
29 March 1982 |
3 years, 234 days | BN (UMNO) | 1978 | 5th | ||
| 5. | Dato' Haji Shamsuddin Din (?–?) MLA for Temengor |
24 May 1982 |
19 July 1986 |
4 years, 57 days | BN (UMNO) | 1982 | 6th | ||
| 6. | Dato' Haji Abdul Malik Ahmad (?–?) MLA for Pengkalan Baharu |
15 September 1987 |
5 July 1988 |
295 days | BN (UMNO) | 1986 | 7th | ||
| 7. | Dato' Haji Umar Ismail (?–?) MLA for Lenggong |
5 September 1988 |
5 October 1990 |
2 years, 31 days | BN (UMNO) | – | |||
| 8. | Dato' Haji Mohd Arshad Abdullah (?–?) MLA for Changkat Jong |
14 November 1990 |
6 April 1995 |
4 years, 144 days | BN (UMNO) | 1990 | 8th | ||
| 9. | Dato' Seri Haji Mohamed Nazri Abd Rahim (?–?) MLA for Sungai Manik |
26 May 1995 |
10 November 1999 |
4 years, 169 days | BN (UMNO) | 1995 | 9th | ||
| 10. | Dato' Seri Haji Junus Wahid (?–?) MLA for Slim |
20 December 1999 |
16 April 2004 |
4 years, 119 days | BN (UMNO) | 1999 | 10th | ||
| 11. | Dato' Haji Mat Isa Ismail (?–?) MLA for Changkat Jering |
16 April 2004 |
24 April 2008 |
4 years, 9 days | BN (UMNO) | 2004 | 11th | ||
| 12. | Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu (b.1970) MLA for Tronoh |
25 April 2008 |
6 May 2009 |
1 year, 12 days | PR (DAP) | 2008 | 12th | ||
| 13. | Dato' Ganesan Retanam (b.1952) Non-MLA |
7 May 2009 |
27 June 2013 |
4 years, 52 days | BN (MIC) | – | |||
| 14. | Dato' Sri Devamany Krishnasamy (b.1958) Non-MLA |
28 June 2013 |
27 June 2016 |
3 years, 0 days | BN (MIC) | 2013 | 13th | ||
| 15. | Dato' Thangasvari Suppiah (b.?) Non-MLA |
9 August 2016 |
2 July 2018 |
1 year, 328 days | BN (MIC) | – | |||
| 16. | Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham (b.1961) Non-MLA |
2 July 2018 |
12 May 2020 |
1 year, 316 days | PH (DAP) | 2018 | 14th | ||
| 17. | Dato' Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid (b.1968) Non-MLA |
12 May 2020 |
Incumbent | 5 years, 57 days | BN (UMNO) | – | |||
| 2022 | 15th | ||||||||
See also
Notes
- ^ This column names only the Speaker's party. The state legislaltive assembly he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; those are not listed here.
References
- ^ "Mohamad Zahir Speaker baharu DUN Perak". www.bharian.com.my. 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Dato' Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid Appointed As Perak State Assembly Speaker". www.perak.gov.my.
- ^ Amirrul Rabbani (19 December 2022). "DUN Perak: Mohamad Zahir, Jenny Choi dipilih Speaker dan Timbalan". Astro Awani.
- ^ "Senarai Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak". dewan.perak.gov.my.