The Speaker of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly is the highest-ranking presiding officer in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. 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 Ibrahim Durum. He was elected since 27 December 2021.

Election The Malacca 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 Malacca 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.Goh Kay Seng19591964Alliance (MCA)19591st2.Talib Karim19641967Alliance (UMNO)19642nd3.Mohd Abd Rahman19671969Alliance (UMNO)–4.Ahmad Manap19711978Alliance (UMNO)19693rdBN (UMNO)19744th5.Abdul Aziz Tapa19781982BN (UMNO)19785th6.Abdul Razak Alias19821986BN (UMNO)19826th7.Abu Zahar Ithnin19861994BN (UMNO)19867th19908th8.Jaafar Lajis19941995BN (UMNO)–9.Nasir Manap199519994 yearsBN (UMNO)19959th10.Amid Nordin199920045 yearsBN (UMNO)199910th11.Mo'min Abd Aziz200420084 yearsBN (UMNO)200411th12.Othman Muhamad2008201810 yearsBN (UMNO)200812th201313th13.Omar Jaafar20182020PH (PKR)201814th14.Ab Rauf Yusoh20202021 BN (UMNO)–15.Ibrahim Durum2021IncumbentBN (UMNO)202115th

See also Malacca Malacca State Legislative Assembly

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