The Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly is the highest-ranking presiding officer in the Penang State Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. 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.
| Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang | |
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since 28 June 2013 | |
| Penang State Legislative Assembly | |
| Style | Yang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker/Tuan Pengerusi (informal and within the assembly) |
| Member of | Committee of Rights and Freedoms, House Committee, Committee of Meeting Rules, Committee of Privileges |
| Reports to | Penang State Legislative Assembly |
| Seat | Penang State Assembly Building, Light Street, George Town, Penang |
| Appointer | Elected by members of the Penang State Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | Elected at the start of each Penang State Legislative Assembly, upon a vacancy |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Penang |
| Inaugural holder | Sulaiman Ahmad |
| Formation | 6 June 1959 |
| Deputy | Deputy Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly |
| Website | dun |
The incumbent Speaker is Law Choo Kiang. He was elected since 28 June 2013.[1]
Election
editThe Penang 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.[2]
List of Speakers of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
editThe following is the list of Speakers of the State Legislative Assembly since 1959:[1][3]
Colour key (for political parties):
Alliance /
Barisan Nasional
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
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. | Haji Sulaiman Ahmad (born ?) MLA for Alma |
6 June 1959 |
19 March 1969 |
9 years, 286 days | Alliance (UMNO) | 1959 | 1st | ||
| 1964 | 2nd | ||||||||
| 2. | Dato' Harun Sirat (born ?) MLA for Alma MLA for Bukit Tengah |
10 May 1969 |
16 June 1978 |
9 years, 37 days | Gerakan | 1969 | 3rd | ||
| BN (Gerakan) | 1974 | 4th | |||||||
| 3. | Dato' Haji Hassan Md. Noh (born ?) MLA for Penaga |
8 July 1978 |
29 March 1982 |
3 years, 264 days | BN (UMNO) | 1978 | 5th | ||
| 4. | Dato' Teh Ewe Lim (born ?) MLA for Datok Keramat |
22 April 1982 |
19 July 1986 |
4 years, 88 days | BN (Gerakan) | 1982 | 6th | ||
| 5. | Dato' Ooi Ean Kwong (born ?) MLA for Datok Keramat |
3 August 1986 |
5 October 1990 |
4 years, 63 days | BN (Gerakan) | 1986 | 7th | ||
| 6. | 
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Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman Abbas (born 1938) MLA for Bertam |
21 October 1990 |
4 April 1995 |
4 years, 165 days | BN (UMNO) | 1990 | 8th | |
| 7. | Dato' Haji Yahaya Abdul Hamid (born ?) MLA for Pinang Tunggal Non-MLA |
25 April 1995 |
12 February 2008 |
12 years, 293 days | BN (UMNO) | 1995 | 9th | ||
| 1999 | 10th | ||||||||
| 2004 | 11th | ||||||||
| 8. | Dato' Haji Abdul Halim Hussain (born ?) Non-MLA |
8 March 2008 |
27 June 2013 |
5 years, 111 days | PR (PKR) | 2008 | 12th | ||
| 9. | Dato' Seri Law Choo Kiang (born 1970) MLA for Bukit Tambun (2008–2018) Non-MLA (since 2018) |
28 June 2013 |
Incumbent | 11 years, 155 days | PR (PKR) | 2013 | 13th | ||
| PH (PKR) | – | ||||||||
| 2018 | 14th | ||||||||
| 2023 | 15th | ||||||||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ a b "DAP picks Bukit Tambun's Law Choo Kiang as Penang State Assembly Speaker". The Malaysian Insider. The Malaysian Insider. 28 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "40 ADUN angkat sumpah, Law Choo Kiang dipilih semula sebagai Speaker DUN".
- ^ "Senarai Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri".