The Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly is the highest-ranking presiding officer in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Kedah. 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 Zubir Ahmad. He was elected since 25 September 2023.
Election The Kedah 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 Kedah 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.Arshad Tunku Ismail195919645 yearsAlliance (UMNO)19591st2.Zainuddin Din196419695 yearsAlliance (UMNO)19642nd3.Salleh Ishak196919745 yearsAlliance (UMNO)19693rd4.Abdullah Ismail197419828 yearsBN (UMNO)19744th19785th5.Shaari Abu Bakar198219864 yearsBN (UMNO)19826th6.Seroji Haron198619904 yearsBN (UMNO)19867th7.Abdullah Ismail199019955 yearsBN (UMNO)19908th8.Zainol Md Isa199519983 yearsBN (UMNO)19959th9.Abdul Razak Hashim199819991 yearBN (UMNO)–10.Badruddin Amiruldin199920045 yearsBN (UMNO)199910th11.Md Rozai Shafian200420084 yearsBN (UMNO)200411th12.Abdul Isa Ismail200820135 yearsPR (PAS)200812th13.Md Rozai Shafian201320185 yearsBN (UMNO)201313th14.Ahmad Kassim20182020PH (PKR)201814th15.Juhari Bulat20202023PN (BERSATU)–16.Zubir Ahmad2023IncumbentPN (PAS)202315th
See also Kedah Kedah State Legislative Assembly
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