President of the Dewan Negara

President of the Senate
Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara
Incumbent Rais Yatim since 2 September 2020
Dewan Negara
Style	Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker (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
Term length	Elected upon a vacancy
Constituting instrument	Federal Constitution of Malaysia
Inaugural holder	Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin
Formation	11 September 1959; 62 years ago (1959-09-11)
Deputy	Mohamad Ali Mohamad
Salary	MYR 362,000 annually
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 current president is Rais Yatim. Therefore, while in session, the senators will call him as 'Tuan Yang di-Pertua' (Mr. President).

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 22 September 2021, all presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for Rais Yatim.

Election results[]

Living former presidents[]

• Abang Ahmad Urai Abang Mohideen
• Chan Choong Tak
• Vadiveloo Govindasamy
• Adam Kadir
• Michael Chen Wing Sum
• Abdul Hamid Pawanteh
• Wong Foon Meng
• Abu Zahar Ujang
• Vigneswaran Sanasee

List of deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara[]

Election results[]

Living former deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara[]

• Michael Chen Wing Sum
• Wong Foon Meng
• Armani Mahiruddin
• Abdul Halim Abdul Samad

See also[]

• Dewan Negara
• Parliament of Malaysia
• Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

References[]

External links[]

• Parliament of Malaysia (Official site)