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Speaker of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly | |
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Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu | |
Terengganu State Legislative Assembly | |
Style | Yang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker/Tuan Pengerusi (informal and within the assembly) |
Member of | Committee of Rights and Freedoms, Committee of House Management Select, Committee of the Standing Rules State Assembly |
Reports to | Terengganu State Legislative Assembly |
Seat | Wisma Darul Iman, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu |
Appointer | Elected by members of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly |
Term length | Elected at the start of each Terengganu State Legislative Assembly, upon a vacancy |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Terengganu |
Inaugural holder | Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir |
Formation | 1 June 1958 |
Deputy | Deputy Speaker of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly |
Website | dun |
The Speaker of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly is the highest-ranking presiding officer in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Terengganu. 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 Mohd Nor Hamzah. He was elected since 24 September 2023. [1] [2]
The Terengganu 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.
The following is the list of Speakers of the State Legislative Assembly since 1958: [3]
Colour key (for political parties):
Alliance / Barisan Nasional Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Barisan Alternatif Gagasan Sejahtera Perikatan Nasional
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) (Constituency) | Term of office | Party [lower-alpha 1] | Election | Assembly | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1. | Dato' Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir (?–?) MLA for | 1 June 1958 | 30 April 1959 | 334 days | Alliance (UMNO) | – | – | ||
2. | Haji Mohd Taib Sabri Abu Bakar (b.?) MLA for Marang | 27 July 1959 | 31 December 1963 | 4 years, 158 days | PMIP | 1959 | 1st | ||
3. | Dato' Haji Mohd Taha Embong (b.?) MLA for Chukai | 11 May 1964 | 27 October 1967 | 3 years, 170 days | Alliance (UMNO) | 1964 | 2nd | ||
4. | Dato' Che Wan Abd. Ghani Zainal (?–?) MLA for Kemaman Utara | 28 November 1967 | 20 March 1969 | 1 year, 113 days | Alliance (UMNO) | – | |||
5. | Dato' Abd. Rahman Long (?–?) MLA for Langkap | 1 May 1971 | 31 July 1974 | 3 years, 92 days | Alliance (UMNO) | 1969 | 3rd | ||
6. | Dato' Abdullah Abd. Rahman (?–?) MLA for Batu Rakit | 27 October 1974 | 12 June 1978 | 3 years, 229 days | BN (UMNO) | 1974 | 4th | ||
7. | Dato' Haji Mohd Salleh Ismail (?–?) MLA for Tanggol | 30 July 1978 | 29 March 1982 | 3 years, 243 days | BN (UMNO) | 1978 | 5th | ||
8. | Dato' Haji Husin Abdullah (b.?) Non-MLA | 14 June 1982 | 18 July 1986 | 4 years, 35 days | BN (UMNO) | 1982 | 6th | ||
9. | Dato' Syed Omar Mohamad (?–?) MLA for Paka Non-MLA | 8 September 1986 | 11 November 1996 | 10 years, 65 days | BN (UMNO) | 1986 | 7th | ||
1990 | 8th | ||||||||
1995 | 9th | ||||||||
10. | Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman Mohd (?–?) Non-MLA | 24 November 1996 | 19 December 1999 | 3 years, 26 days | BN (UMNO) | – | |||
11. | Dato' Haji Husain Awang (?–?) Non-MLA | 20 December 1999 | 31 March 2004 | 4 years, 103 days | BA (PAS) | 1999 | 10th | ||
12. | Dato' Haji Che Mat Jusoh (b.?) Non-MLA | 11 April 2004 | 13 February 2008 | 3 years, 309 days | BN (UMNO) | 2004 | 11th | ||
13. | Dato' Tengku Putera Tengku Awang (b.?) Non-MLA | 5 May 2008 | 18 April 2013 | 4 years, 349 days | BN (UMNO) | 2008 | 12th | ||
14. | Dato' Haji Mohd Zubir Embong (b.?) Non-MLA | 16 June 2013 | 30 June 2018 | 5 years, 15 days | BN (UMNO) | 2013 | 13th | ||
15. | Dato' Haji Yahaya Ali (b.?) Non-MLA | 1 July 2018 | 23 September 2023 | 5 years, 85 days | GS (PAS) | 2018 | 14th | ||
PN (PAS) | – | ||||||||
16. | Dato' Haji Mohd Nor Hamzah (b.?) MLA for Bukit Payung | 24 September 2023 | Incumbent | 141 days | PN (PAS) | 2023 | 15th | ||
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