The deputy president of the Senate (; Jawi: ) is the second presiding officer or deputy speaker of the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia.
The deputy president of the Senate is created under Article 56 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The office is similar to the deputy 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 position has been held by Nur Jazlan Mohamed of the Barisan Nasional (BN) since June 2023.
Functions The main functions of the deputy president of the Dewan Negara was assists and chairs the session in the absence of the Speaker of the Senate.
List of deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara As of , almost all deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for Nur Jazlan Mohamed.
The list follow:
No. Portrait Name Term of officePartyParliament 1S. O. K. Ubaidulla19711980Alliance (MIC)3rdBN (MIC)4th5th2Abdul Hamid Bidin13 April198128 July1982BN (UMNO)–3Sulaiman Ninam Shah14 December19821 April1985BN (UMNO)6th4Abang Ahmad Urai29 July198510 July1988BN (PBB)–7th5Tan Peng Khoon13 July198827 December1989BN (MCA)–6Chan Choong Tak28 December198916 December1990BN (MCA)–8th7Adam Kadir1 April199212 June1995BN (UMNO)–8Michael Chen Wing Sum29 May19975 December2000BN (MCA)9th10th9Gapar Gurrohu8 May200122 October2003BN (UMNO)–10Wong Foon Meng7 June20046 July2009BN (MCA)11th12th11Armani Mahiruddin9 July200920 December2011BN (UMNO)–12Doris Sophia Brodi26 January201211 March2016BN (PRS)–13th13Abdul Halim Abdul Samad18 April20162 November2020BN (UMNO)–14th14Mohamad Ali Mohamad20202023BN (UMNO)–15th15Nur Jazlan Mohamed2023IncumbentBN (UMNO)–
Election results Election date Candidates Votes Nominated by Seconded by 27 December 1962 Sheikh Abu Bakar Yahya Unopposed Leong Yew Koh S. O. K. Ubaidulla 22 March 1971 S. O. K. Ubaidulla Unopposed Abdul Kadir Yusuf Tan Tong Hye 6 January 1975 S. O. K. Ubaidulla Unopposed Abdul Rahim Manan Lim Ah Sitt 13 April 1981 Abdul Hamid Bidin Unopposed Mohamed Nasir Law Hieng Ding 14 December 1982 Sulaiman Ninam Shah Unopposed Mohamed Nasir Kam Woon Wah 29 July 1985 Abang Ahmad Urai Unopposed Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor Paramjit Singh 16 July 1987 Abang Ahmad Urai Unopposed Hussein Ahmad Bee Yang Sek 13 July 1988 Tan Peng Khoon Unopposed Kasitah Gaddam Hussein Ahmad 28 December 1989 Chan Choong Tak Unopposed Suleiman Mohamed K. S. Nijhar 13 April 1992 Adam Kadir Unopposed Mahathir Mohamad Ling Liong Sik 14 December 1994 Adam Kadir Unopposed Anwar Ibrahim Ling Liong Sik 29 May 1997 Michael Chen Wing Sum Unopposed Osu Sukam Ting Chew Peh 4 May 2000 Michael Chen Wing Sum Unopposed Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Musa Mohamad 8 May 2001 Gapar Gurrohu Unopposed Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Pandikar Amin Mulia 7 June 2004 Wong Foon Meng Unopposed Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Chan Chee Tee 7 May 2007 Wong Foon Meng Unopposed Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Abdul Raman Sulaiman 9 July 2009 Armani Mahiruddin Unopposed Koh Tsu Koon Jamil Khir Baharom 26 January 2012 Doris Sophia Brodi Unopposed Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Koh Tsu Koon 12 March 2013 Doris Sophia Brodi Unopposed Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Koh Tsu Koon 18 April 2016 Abdul Halim Abdul Samad Unopposed Azalina Othman Said Mustapa Mohamed16 December 2020Mohamad Ali MohamadUnopposedTakiyuddin HassanShabudin Yahaya19 June 2023Nur Jazlan Mohamed43Anwar IbrahimTengku Zafrul AzizRazali Idris11Dominic Lau Hoe ChaiMd. Nasir Hashim
See also Dewan Negara Parliament of Malaysia Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
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