List of Menteris Besar of Kedah
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| Menteri Besar of Kedah | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
References[edit]
- ^ "Kedah". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20141017065500/http://mmk.kedah.gov.my/index.php/kerajaan/menteri-besar/mantan-menteri-besar
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