List of Menteris Besar of Kedah

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Menteri Besar of Kedah
Incumbent
Mukhriz Mahathir

since 6 May 2013
Style Yang Amat Berhormat (The Most Honourable)
Appointer Council of Regency
Inaugural holder Mohamad Sheriff Osman
Formation 1948

The Menteri Besar of Kedah is the head of the executive branch of the government in the Malaysian state of Kedah. The Menteri Besar is appointed by the Sultan of Kedah, from the State Legislative Assembly.

List of Menteris Besar of Kedah[edit]

The following is the list of Menteris Besar of Kedah since 1948:[1][2]

Colour key
(for political parties)
Menteri Besar Term of Office
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political Party Took office Left office Days
1 Mohamad Sheriff Osman
(1890–1962)
UMNO 1 February 1948 January 1954
(1) Alliance (UMNO)
2 Tunku Ismail Tunku Yahya
(1907–d. unknown)
Alliance (UMNO) January 1954 24 May 1959
3 Syed Omar Syed Abdullah Shahabuddin
(1902–1967)
MLA for Baling Barat
Alliance (UMNO) 24 May 1959 7 December 1967 3119
Vacant 7 December 1967 14 December 1967 7
4 Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin
(1925–2008)
MLA for Padang Terap (1967–1974)
MLA for Kuala Nerang (1974–1978)
Alliance (UMNO) 14 December 1967 13 July 1978 3864
(4) BN (UMNO)
5 Syed Nahar Syed Sheh Shahabuddin
(1934–1998)
MLA for Langkawi
BN (UMNO) 13 July 1978 28 January 1985 2391
6 Osman Aroff
(born 1940)
MLA for Jitra
BN (UMNO) 28 January 1985 16 June 1996 4157
7 Sanusi Junid
(born 1943)
MLA for Kuah
BN (UMNO) 16 June 1996 11 December 1999 1273
8 Syed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah
(born 1944)
MLA for Kubang Rotan
BN (UMNO) 11 December 1999 22 December 2005 2203
Vacant 22 December 2005 28 December 2005 6
9 Mahdzir Khalid
(born 1960)
MLA for Pedu
BN (UMNO) 28 December 2005 9 March 2008 802
10 Azizan Abdul Razak
(1944–2013)
MLA for Sungai Limau
PAS 9 March 2008 6 May 2013 1884
11 Mukhriz Mahathir
(born 1964)
MLA for Ayer Hitam
BN (UMNO) 6 May 2013 Incumbent 900

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