The Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly is the highest-ranking presiding officer in the Perak State Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. 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 Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid. He was elected since 12 May 2020.

Election The Perak 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 Perak 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 Bulun19591963Alliance (UMNO)19591st2.Ali Zaini Mohd Zain19641974Alliance (UMNO)19642nd19693rd3.Shafie Mat Saman19741978BN (UMNO)19744th4.Ahmad Azizuddin Zainal Abidin19781982BN (UMNO)19785th5.Shamsuddin Din19821986BN (UMNO)19826th6.Abdul Malik Ahmad19871988BN (UMNO)19867th7.Umar Ismail19881990BN (UMNO)–8.Mohd Arshad Abdullah19901995BN (UMNO)19908th9.Mohamed Nazri Abd Rahim19951999BN (UMNO)19959th10.Junus Wahid19992004BN (UMNO)199910th11.Mat Isa Ismail20042008BN (UMNO)200411th12.Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu20082009PR (DAP)200812th13.Ganesan Retanam20092013BN (MIC)–14.Devamany Krishnasamy20132016BN (MIC)201313th15.Thangasvari Suppiah20162018BN (MIC)–16.Ngeh Koo Ham20182020PH (DAP)201814th17.Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid2020IncumbentBN (UMNO)–202215th

See also Perak Perak State Legislative Assembly

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