The Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor; Chinese: 雪兰莪州立法议会议长; Tamil: சிலாங்கூர் மாநில சட்டப் பேரவையின் சபாநாயகர்) is the highest-ranking presiding officer in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Selangor. They are responsible for convening sessions of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, organising debates, and examining the admissibility of petitions, bills, and amendments. In the absence of the Speaker, the deputy will take their place.
| Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly | |
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| Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor 雪兰莪州立法议会议长 | |
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| Selangor State Legislative Assembly | |
| Style | Yang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker/Tuan Pengerusi (informal and within the assembly) |
| Status | Highest ranking presiding officer of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly |
| Member of | Committee of Selection, Standing Orders Committee, House Committee, Committee of Privileges |
| Reports to | Selangor State Legislative Assembly |
| Seat | Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building, Shah Alam, Selangor |
| Appointer | Elected by members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | Elected at the start of each Selangor State Legislative Assembly, upon a vacancy |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Selangor |
| Inaugural holder | Abdullah Hassan |
| Formation | 8 July 1957 |
| Deputy | Deputy Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly |
| Website | dewan |
The speaker is selected through ballot in the first session of a new legislative assembly.[1]
The incumbent Speaker is Lau Weng San. He was elected on 19 September 2023 for the 15th Selangor State Legislative Assembly.[2] The inaugural Speaker is Abdullah Hassan who served from 8 July 1959 to 17 November 1962.[3]
Election
editThe Selangor 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 state 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.[4]
List of Speakers of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
editColour key (for political parties):
Alliance /
Barisan Nasional
Pakatan Rakyat
Pakatan Harapan
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) (Constituency) |
Term of office | Party | Election | Assembly | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | Dato' Abdullah Hassan MLA for Port Swettenham |
8 July 1959 |
17 November 1962 |
3 years, 132 days | Alliance (UMNO) | 1959 | 1st | ||
| 2 | Dato' Abdullah Mohd Yassin MLA for Kampong Bharu |
4 December 1962 |
12 November 1966 |
3 years, 343 days | Alliance (UMNO) | – | |||
| 1964 | 2nd | ||||||||
| 3 | Raja Nong Chik Raja Ishak MLA for Dengkil |
9 December 1966 |
19 March 1969 |
2 years, 100 days | Alliance (UMNO) | – | |||
| 4 | Dato' Raja Zulkifli Raja Borhan MLA for Port Swettenham |
15 March 1971 |
30 July 1974 |
3 years, 137 days | Alliance (UMNO) | 1969 | 3rd | ||
| 5 | Tan Sri Shoib Ahmad MLA for Kalumpang |
16 September 1974 |
29 March 1982 |
7 years, 194 days | BN (UMNO) | 1974 | 4th | ||
| 1978 | 5th | ||||||||
| 6 | Dato' Haji Saidin Tamby MLA for Gombak (1982–1986) MLA for Paya Jaras (1986–1990) |
4 June 1982 |
5 October 1990 |
8 years, 123 days | BN (UMNO) | 1982 | 6th | ||
| 1986 | 7th | ||||||||
| 7 | Dato' Haji Zainal Dahalan MLA for Sungai Air Tawar |
19 November 1990 |
25 April 1995 |
4 years, 157 days | BN (UMNO) | 1990 | 8th | ||
| 8 | Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haji Onn Ismail (1939–2023) MLA for Selat Klang (1995–1999) Non-MLA (1999–2008) |
18 May 1995 |
22 April 2008 |
12 years, 340 days | BN (UMNO) | 1995 | 9th | ||
| 1999 | 10th | ||||||||
| 2004 | 11th | ||||||||
| 9 | Dato' Teng Chang Khim (born 1963) MLA for Sungai Pinang |
22 April 2008 |
30 May 2013 |
5 years, 38 days | PR (DAP) | 2008 | 12th | ||
| 10 | 
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Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (born 1979) MLA for Subang Jaya |
21 June 2013 |
9 April 2018 |
4 years, 292 days | PR (DAP) | |||
| 2013 | 13th | ||||||||
| PH (DAP) | |||||||||
| 11 | 
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Dato' Ng Suee Lim (born 1970) MLA for Sekinchan |
26 June 2018 |
23 June 2023 |
4 years, 362 days | PH (DAP) | 2018 | 14th | |
| 12 |
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Lau Weng San (born 1978) Non-MLA |
19 September 2023 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 100 days | PH (DAP) | 2023 | 15th | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly". dewan.selangor.gov.my. Dewan Negeri Selangor. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Lau Weng San is new Selangor speaker". The Star. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Sejarah Speaker". dewan.selangor.gov.my. Selangor state government. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Sejarah Speaker". dewan.selangor.gov.my. Pejabat Dewan Negeri Selangor. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Dharmender Singh (21 April 2008). "Teng poised to be first non-Malay Speaker with Haniza as his deputy". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Teh Eng Hock (30 May 2013). "Hannah Yeoh appointed first woman speaker". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Khairul Azran Hussin (26 June 2018). "Suee Lim dari DAP dilantik Speaker DUN Selangor". Berita Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Profil Pengerusi Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang". www.lpp.gov.my. Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "1,112 terima anugerah, pingat". Utusan Malaysia. 13 March 1999. Retrieved 20 July 2018.