Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah
Coat of arms of Kedah
Incumbent Zubir Ahmad since 25 September 2023
Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Style	Yang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker/Tuan Pengerusi (informal and within the assembly)
Member of	Committee of Selection, Committee of Meeting Rules, Committee of House, Committee of Rights and Freedoms
Reports to	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Seat	Level 4, Blok E, Wisma Darul Aman, Alor Setar, Kedah
Appointer	Elected by members of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Term length	Elected at the start of each Kedah State Legislative Assembly, upon a vacancy
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Kedah
Inaugural holder	Arshad Tunku Ismail
Formation	23 May 1959;66 years ago (1959-05-23)
Deputy	Deputy Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Website	mmk.kedah.gov.my

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. ^{[1] [2]}

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: ^[3]

Colour key (for political parties):
   Alliance /   Barisan Nasional    Pakatan Rakyat    Pakatan Harapan    Perikatan Nasional

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) (Constituency)	Term of office			Party [a]		Election	Assembly
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1.		Arshad Tunku Ismail (?–?) MLA for Sala	1959	1964	5 years		Alliance (UMNO)	1959	1st
2.		Dato' Paduka Haji Zainuddin Din (?–?) MLA for Bandar Bahru	1964	1969	5 years		Alliance (UMNO)	1964	2nd
3.		Dato' Paduka Haji Salleh Ishak (?–?) MLA for Sungei Patani Luar	1969	1974	5 years		Alliance (UMNO)	1969	3rd
4.		Dato' Paduka Haji Abdullah Ismail (?–?) MLA for Yan	1974	1982	8 years		BN (UMNO)	1974	4th
								1978	5th
5.		Dato' Haji Shaari Abu Bakar (?–?) MLA for Pendang	1982	1986	4 years		BN (UMNO)	1982	6th
6.		Dato' Haji Seroji Haron (?–?) MLA for Bayu	1986	1990	4 years		BN (UMNO)	1986	7th
7.		Dato' Paduka Haji Abdullah Ismail (?–?) Non-MLA	1990	1995	5 years		BN (UMNO)	1990	8th
8.		Dato' Haji Zainol Md Isa (?–?) MLA for Kupang	1995	31 July 1998	3 years		BN (UMNO)	1995	9th
9.		Abdul Razak Hashim (?–?) MLA for Guar Chempedak	1998	1999	1 year		BN (UMNO)	–
10.		Dato' Paduka Haji Badruddin Amiruldin (b.1951) Non-MLA	1999	2004	5 years		BN (UMNO)	1999	10th
11.		Dato' Paduka Md Rozai Shafian (1954–2024) Non-MLA	2004	2008	4 years		BN (UMNO)	2004	11th
12.		Dato' Dr. Abdul Isa Ismail (?–?) Non-MLA	2008	2013	5 years		PR (PAS)	2008	12th
13.		Dato' Paduka Md Rozai Shafian (1954–2024) Non-MLA	2013	2018	5 years		BN (UMNO)	2013	13th
14.		Dato' Paduka Ahmad Kassim (b.1963) Non-MLA	4 July 2018	15 August 2020	2 years, 43 days		PH (PKR)	2018	14th
15.		Dato' Juhari Bulat (b.1957) MLA for Ayer Hangat	25 August 2020	28 June 2023	2 years, 308 days		PN (BERSATU)	–
16.		Zubir Ahmad (b.1963) Non-MLA	25 September 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 277 days		PN (PAS)	2023	15th

See also

• Kedah
• Kedah State Legislative Assembly

Notes

1. This column names only the Speaker's party. The state legislaltive assembly he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; those are not listed here.

References

1. "Zubir appointed Kedah speaker". m.malaysiakini.com. 25 September 2023.
2. Noorazura Abdul Rahman (25 September 2023). "YDP PAS Langkawi dilantik Speaker DUN Kedah". www.bharian.com.my.
3. "MANTAN SPEAKER". mmk.kedah.gov.my.