Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly

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.

The incumbent Speaker is Law Choo Kiang. He was elected since 28 June 2013.

Election The 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.

List of Speakers of the Penang State Legislative Assembly The following is the list of Speakers of the State Legislative Assembly since 1959:

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No. Portrait Name Term of officePartyElectionAssembly 1.Sulaiman Ahmad19591969Alliance (UMNO)19591st19642nd2.Harun Sirat19691978 Gerakan 19693rdBN (Gerakan) 19744th3.Hassan Md. Noh19781982BN (UMNO)19785th4.Teh Ewe Lim19821986BN (Gerakan)19826th5.Ooi Ean Kwong19861990BN (Gerakan)19867th6.Abdul Rahman Abbas19901995BN (UMNO)19908th7.Yahaya Abdul Hamid19952008BN (UMNO)19959th199910th200411th8.Abdul Halim Hussain20082013PR (PKR)200812th9.Law Choo Kiang2013IncumbentPR (PKR)201313thPH (PKR)–201814th202315th

See also Penang Penang State Legislative Assembly

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