President of the Dewan Negara

President of the Senate
Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara
Incumbent Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar since 19 June 2023
Dewan Negara
Style	Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker (informal and within the House)
Member of	Committee of Selection, Standing Orders Committee, House Committee, Committee of Privileges
Reports to	Dewan Negara
Appointer	Elected by members of the Dewan Negara
Term length	Elected upon a vacancy
Constituting instrument	Federal Constitution of Malaysia
Inaugural holder	Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin
Formation	11 September 1959 (1959-09-11)
Deputy	Mohamad Ali Mohamad
Salary	MYR 362,000 annually
Website	Parliament of Malaysia

The President of the Senate (Template:Lang-ms) is the presiding officer or speaker of the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia.

The President of the Senate is created under Article 56 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The office is similar to the 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 current president is Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. Therefore, while in session, the senators will call him as 'Tuan Yang di-Pertua' (Mr. President).

Functions

The main functions of the President of the Dewan Negara are:

• to preside over the sittings of the Dewan Negara
• to be responsible for the observance of the rules in the Dewan Negara
• to ensure the relevancy of the points raised during the debate
• to interpret the Standing Orders in case of disputes and the decision is final

List of presidents of the Dewan Negara

As of 1 December 2024, all presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for Rais Yatim.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Parliament
			Took office	Left office
1		Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin Senator from Johore (1890–1970)	11 September 1959	31 December 1968		Alliance (UMNO)	1st
							2nd
2		Syed Sheh Barakbah Appointed Senator (1906–1975)	27 January 1969	5 February 1969		Alliance (UMNO)
3		Mohamed Noah Omar Appointed Senator (1897–1991)	24 February 1969	28 July 1970		Alliance (UMNO)
4		Abdul Hamid Khan Appointed Senator	20 February 1971	22 February 1973		Alliance (UMNO)	3rd
5		Ong Yoke Lin Appointed Senator (1917–2010)	23 February 1973	30 December 1980		Alliance (MCA)
						BN (MCA)	4th
							5th
6		Ismail Khan Ibrahim Khan Appointed Senator (1905–2000)	31 December 1980	13 April 1985		BN (UMNO)
							6th
7		Benedict Stephens Appointed Senator (1926–2003)	15 April 1985	11 April 1988		Independent
							7th
8		Abang Ahmad Urai Senator from Sarawak (1933–2022)	11 July 1988	9 July 1990		BN (PBB)
9		Chan Choong Tak Appointed Senator	17 December 1990	31 March 1992		BN (MCA)	8th
10		Vadiveloo Govindasamy Appointed Senator	13 April 1992	12 June 1995		BN (MIC)
							9th
11		Adam Kadir Appointed Senator	13 June 1995	30 November 1997		BN (UMNO)
12		Mohamed Yaacob Appointed Senator (1926–2009)	10 November 1997	5 December 2000		BN (UMNO)
							10th
13		Michael Chen Wing Sum Appointed Senator (born 1932)	7 December 2000	11 April 2003		BN (Gerakan)
14		Abdul Hamid Pawanteh Appointed Senator (1944–2022)	7 July 2003	6 July 2009		BN (UMNO)
							11th
							12th
15		Wong Foon Meng Appointed Senator	7 July 2009	12 April 2010		BN (MCA)
16		Abu Zahar Ujang Appointed Senator (born 1944)	26 April 2010	25 April 2016		BN (UMNO)
							13th
17		Vigneswaran Sanasee Appointed Senator (born 1965)	26 April 2016	22 June 2020		BN (MIC)
							14th
18		Rais Yatim Appointed Senator (born 1942)	2 September 2020	15 June 2023		PN (BERSATU)
							15th
19		Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar Appointed Senator (born 1945)	19 June 2023	Incumbent		GPS (PBB)

Election results

Election date	Candidate(s)	Votes	Nominated by	Seconded by	Secretary
11 September 1959	Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin	Unopposed	Leong Yew Koh	Tan Tong Hye	Ramli Abdul Hamid
15 October 1962	Sheikh Abu Bakar Yahya, pro tempore		Leong Yew Koh	Tan Tong Hye	Ahmad Abdullah
18 October 1965	Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin		Tan Tong Hye	Amaluddin Darus
27 January 1969	Syed Sheh Syed Hassan Barakbah		Abdul Ghafar Baba	J. E. S. Crawford
24 February 1969	Mohamad Noah Omar		Abdul Ghafar Baba	Pandak Hamid Puteh Jali
20 February 1971	Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan		Abdul Kadir Yusuf	Tan Tong Hye	Lim Joo Keng
23 February 1973	Omar Yoke Lin Ong		Abdul Kadir Yusuf	Kamarul Ariffin Mohd Yassin
6 January 1975	Omar Yoke Lin Ong		Athi Nahappan	Pandak Hamid Puteh Jali
31 December 1980	Ismail Khan		Mohamed Nasir	Michael Wong Kuan Lee	Ahmad Hasmuni Hussein
15 December 1983	Ismail Khan		James Peter Ongkili	Ariffin Salleh
15 April 1985	Benedict Stephens		Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor	Tan Chang Soong
11 July 1988	Abang Ahmad Urai Abang Mohideen		Kasitah Gaddam	Hussein Ahmad	Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar
17 December 1990	Chan Choong Tak		Abdul Ghafar Baba	Annuar Musa	Mohamed Salleh Abu Bakar
13 April 1992	Vadiveloo Govindasamy		Mahathir Mohamad	Ling Liong Sik
14 December 1994	Vadiveloo Govindasamy		Anwar Ibrahim	Ling Liong Sik
13 June 1995	Adam Kadir		Anwar Ibrahim	Samy Vellu
10 December 1997	Mohamed Yaacob		Anwar Ibrahim	Chong Kah Kiat	Abdullah Abdul Wahab
27 December 1999	Mohamed Yaacob		Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	Abdul Hamid Othman
7 December 2000	Michael Chen Wing Sum		Ling Liong Sik	Samy Vellu
7 July 2003	Abdul Hamid Pawanteh		Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor	M. Kayveas
19 July 2006	Abdul Hamid Pawanteh		M. Kayveas	Abdul Raman Suliman	Zamani Sulaiman
7 July 2009	Wong Foon Meng		Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz	Ong Tee Keat
26 April 2010	Abu Zahar Ujang		Koh Tsu Koon	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil
26 April 2016	Vigneswaran Sanasee		Azalina Othman Said	J Loga Bala Mohan	Riduan Rahmat
2 September 2020	Rais Yatim	45	Takiyuddin Hassan	Shabudin Yahaya	Muhammad Sujairi Abdullah
	Yusmadi Yusoff	19	Ahmad Azam Hamzah	Mohamad Imran Abdul Hamid
19 June 2023	Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar	Unopposed	Anwar Ibrahim	Tengku Zafrul Aziz

List of deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara

As of 1 December 2024, all deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for Nur Jazlan Mohamed.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Parliament
			Took office	Left office
1		S. O. K. Ubaidulla Appointed Senator	22 March 1971	31 December 1980		Alliance (MIC)	3rd
						BN (MIC)	4th
							5th
2		Abdul Hamid Bidin Appointed Senator (1917–1995)	13 April 1981	28 July 1982		BN (UMNO)
3		Sulaiman Ninam Shah Appointed Senator (1920–2003)	14 December 1982	1 April 1985		BN (UMNO)	6th
4		Abang Ahmad Urai Senator from Sarawak	29 July 1985	10 July 1988		BN (PBB)
							7th
5		Tan Peng Khoon Appointed Senator	13 July 1988	27 December 1989		BN (MCA)
6		Chan Choong Tak Appointed Senator	28 December 1989	16 December 1990		BN (MCA)
7		Adam Kadir Appointed Senator	1 April 1992	1 December 1994		BN (UMNO)	8th
			14 December 1994	12 June 1995
8		Michael Chen Wing Sum Appointed Senator (born 1932)	29 May 1997	5 December 2000		BN (Gerakan)	9th
							10th
9		Gapar Gurrohu Appointed Senator	8 May 2001	22 October 2003		BN (UMNO)
10		Wong Foon Meng Appointed Senator	7 June 2004	6 July 2009		BN (MCA)	11th
							12th
11		Armani Mahiruddin Senator from Sabah (born 1957)	9 July 2009	20 December 2011		BN (UMNO)
12		Doris Sophia Brodi Appointed Senator (born 1960)	26 January 2012	11 March 2016		BN (PRS)
							13th
13		Abdul Halim Abdul Samad Appointed Senator (born 1940)	18 April 2016	2 November 2020		BN (UMNO)
							14th
14		Mohamad Ali Mohamad Senator from Melaka	16 December 2020	19 May 2023		BN (UMNO)
							15th
15		Nur Jazlan Mohamed Appointed Senator (born 1966)	19 June 2023	Incumbent		BN (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 Mohamed
16 December 2020	Mohamad Ali Mohamad	Unopposed	Takiyuddin Hassan	Shabudin Yahaya
19 June 2023	Nur Jazlan Mohamed	43	Anwar Ibrahim	Tengku Zafrul Aziz
	Razali Idris	11	Dominic Lau Hoe Chai	Md. Nasir Hashim

See also

• Dewan Negara
• Parliament of Malaysia
• Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

External links

• Parliament of Malaysia (Official site)