President of the Dewan Negara

President of the Dewan Negara
Incumbent Abu Zahar Ujang since 26 April 2010
Style	Yang Berhormat (The Honourable)
Term length	3 years (renewable once)
Inaugural holder	Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin
Formation	11 September 1959 (11 September 1959)

The President of the Dewan Negara (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara) is the presiding officer of the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia.

The President of the Dewan Negara 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 Dewan Negara and is expected to be politically impartial. If a member of the Dewan Negara elected to be the President is a member of a state legislative assembly, he must resign from the assembly before exercising the functions of the office.

Functions

The main functions of the President of the Dewan Negara are:

• 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 2015, all Presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election.

Parliament	#	President	Term start	Term end
1st	1	Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin	11 September 1959	18 October 1965
2nd	(1)
	(1)		18 October 1965	31 December 1968
	2	Syed Sheh Hassan Barakbah	27 January 1969	5 February 1969
	3	Mohamad Noah Omar	24 February 1969	28 July 1970
3rd	4	Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan	20 February 1971	22 February 1973
	5	Omar Yoke Lin Ong	23 February 1973	6 January 1975
4th	(5)
	(5)		6 January 1975	31 December 1980
5th	(5)
	6	Ismail Khan	5 January 1981	15 December 1983
6th	(6)
	(6)		15 December 1983	13 April 1985
	7	Benedict Stephens	15 April 1985	11 April 1988
7th	(7)
	8	Ahmad Urai Mohideen	11 July 1988	9 July 1990
8th	9	Chan Choong Tak	17 December 1990	31 March 1992
	10	Vadiveloo Govindasamy	13 April 1992	12 June 1995
9th	11	Adam Kadir	13 June 1995	30 November 1996
	12	Mohamed Yaacob	10 December 1996	27 December 1999
10th	(12)		27 December 1999	5 December 2000
	13	Michael Chen Wing Sum	7 December 2000	11 April 2003
	14	Abdul Hamid Pawanteh	7 July 2003	19 July 2006
11th	(14)
	(14)		19 July 2006	6 July 2009
12th	(14)
	15	Wong Foon Meng	7 July 2009	12 April 2010
	16	Abu Zahar Ujang	26 April 2010	22 July 2013
13th	(16)		22 July 2013	Incumbent

Deputy Presidents of the Dewan Negara

Parliament	#	Deputy President	Term start	Term end
3rd	1	S. O. K. Ubaidulla	22 March 1971	6 January 1975
4th	(1)		6 January 1975	31 December 1980
5th	(1)
	2	Abdul Hamid Bidin	13 April 1981	28 July 1982
6th	3	Sulaiman Ninam Shah	14 December 1982	1 April 1985
	4	Abang Ahmad Urai Abang Mohideen	29 July 1985	16 July 1987
7th	(4)
	(4)		16 July 1987	10 July 1988
	5	Tan Peng Khoon	13 July 1988	27 December 1989
	6	Chan Choong Tak	28 December 1989	16 December 1990
8th	7	Adam Kadir	13 April 1992	14 December 1994
	(7)		14 December 1994	12 June 1995
9th	8	Michael Chen Wing Sum	29 May 1997	4 May 2000
10th	(8)
	(8)		4 May 2000	5 December 2000
	9	Gapar Gurrohu	8 May 2001	22 October 2003
11th	10	Wong Foon Meng	7 June 2004	7 May 2007
12th	(10)
	(10)		7 May 2007	6 July 2009
	11	Armani Mahiruddin	8 July 2009	20 December 2011
	12	Doris Sophia Brodi	26 January 2012	22 July 2013
13th	(12)		22 July 2013	Incumbent

See also

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

External links

• Parliament of Malaysia (Official site)