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President of the Dewan Negara

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Presiding officer of the Dewan Negara

President of the Senate
Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara يڠ دڤرتوا ديوان نڬارا‎

Incumbent Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah since 22 July 2024
Dewan Negara
Style	Yang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker/Pengurusi (informal and within the House) Tuan President (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; 66 years ago (1959-09-11)
Deputy	Deputy President of the Dewan Negara
Salary	MYR 362,000 annually
Website	Parliament of Malaysia

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Thepresident of the Senate (Malay:Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara;Jawi:يڠ دڤرتوا ديوان نڬارا‎) is the presiding officer or speaker of theDewan Negara, the upper house of theParliament of Malaysia.

The president of the Senate is created under Article 56 of theConstitution of Malaysia. The office is similar to thespeaker of theDewan 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 astate 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 position has been held byAwang Bemee Awang Ali Basah of theGabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) since July 2024.

Functions

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The main functions of the president of the Dewan Negara are:^[1]

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 theStanding Orders in case of disputes and the decision is final

List of presidents of the Dewan Negara

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As of 17 February 2026, almost all presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except forRais Yatim.^[2]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Parliament
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Parliament
1		Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin (1890–1970) Senator from Johore	11 September 1959	31 December 1968	9 years, 112 days		Alliance (UMNO)	1st
1			11 September 1959	31 December 1968	9 years, 112 days		Alliance (UMNO)	2nd
2		Syed Sheh Barakbah (1906–1975) Appointed Senator	27 January 1969	5 February 1969	10 days		Alliance (UMNO)	–
3		Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mohamed Noah Omar (1897–1991) Appointed Senator	24 February 1969	28 July 1970	1 year, 155 days		Alliance (UMNO)	–
3			24 February 1969	28 July 1970	1 year, 155 days		Alliance (UMNO)	3rd
4		Tan Sri Haji Abdul Hamid Khan Appointed Senator (1900–1974)	20 February 1971	22 February 1973	2 years, 3 days		Alliance (UMNO)	–
5		Tun Tan Sri Haji Ong Yoke Lin Appointed Senator (1917–2010)	23 February 1973	30 December 1980	7 years, 311 days		Alliance (MCA)	–
							BN (MCA)	4th
							BN (MCA)	5th
6		Tan Sri Ismail Khan Ibrahim Khan (1905–2000) Appointed Senator	31 December 1980	13 April 1985	4 years, 103 days		BN (UMNO)	–
6			31 December 1980	13 April 1985	4 years, 103 days		BN (UMNO)	6th
7		Tan Sri Datuk Benedict Stephens (1926–2003) Appointed Senator	15 April 1985	11 April 1988	2 years, 362 days		Independent	–
7			15 April 1985	11 April 1988	2 years, 362 days		Independent	7th
8		Tan Sri Datuk Abang Ahmad Urai (1933–2022) Senator from Sarawak	11 July 1988	9 July 1990	1 year, 363 days		BN (PBB)	–
9		Tan Sri Dato' Chan Choong Tak (1933–2018) Appointed Senator	17 December 1990	31 March 1992	1 year, 105 days		BN (MCA)	8th
10		Tan Sri Dato' Vadiveloo Govindasamy (1932–2024) Appointed Senator	13 April 1992	12 June 1995	3 years, 60 days		BN (MIC)	–
10			13 April 1992	12 June 1995	3 years, 60 days		BN (MIC)	9th
11		Tan Sri Dato' Sri Adam Kadir (1942–2025) Appointed Senator	13 June 1995	30 November 1997	2 years, 170 days		BN (UMNO)	–
12		Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mohamed Yaacob (1926–2009) Appointed Senator	10 December 1997	5 December 2000	2 years, 361 days		BN (UMNO)	–
12			10 December 1997	5 December 2000	2 years, 361 days		BN (UMNO)	10th
13		Tun Tan Sri Michael Chen Wing Sum (1932–2024) Appointed Senator	7 December 2000	11 April 2003	2 years, 125 days		BN (MCA)	–
14		Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Abdul Hamid Pawanteh (1944–2022) Appointed Senator	7 July 2003	6 July 2009	5 years, 364 days		BN (UMNO)	–
								11th
								12th
15		Tan Sri Ir. Wong Foon Meng (born 1954) Appointed Senator	7 July 2009	12 April 2010	279 days		BN (MCA)	–
16		Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang (born 1944) Appointed Senator	26 April 2010	25 April 2016	5 years, 365 days		BN (UMNO)	–
16		Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang (born 1944) Appointed Senator	26 April 2010	25 April 2016	5 years, 365 days		BN (UMNO)	13th
17		Tan Sri Dato' Sri Vigneswaran Sanasee (born 1965) Appointed Senator	26 April 2016	22 June 2020	4 years, 57 days		BN (MIC)	–
17			26 April 2016	22 June 2020	4 years, 57 days		BN (MIC)	14th
18		Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim (born 1942) Appointed Senator	2 September 2020	15 June 2023	2 years, 276 days		PN (BERSATU)	–
18			2 September 2020	15 June 2023	2 years, 276 days		PN (BERSATU)	15th
19		Tan Sri Dato Sri Dr. Haji Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (born 1946) Appointed Senator	19 June 2023	18 January 2024	213 days		GPS (PBB)	–
20		Datuk Mutang Tagal (1954–2024) Appointed Senator	19 February 2024	10 May 2024	81 days		GPS (PBB)	–
21		Dato Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah (born 1959) Appointed Senator	22 July 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 210 days		GPS (PBB)	–

Election results

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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
2 September 2020	Yusmadi Yusoff	19	Ahmad Azam Hamzah	Mohamad Imran Abdul Hamid
19 June 2023	Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar	Unopposed	Anwar Ibrahim	Tengku Zafrul Aziz
19 February 2024	Mutang Tagal	Unopposed	Anwar Ibrahim	Azalina Othman Said
22 July 2024	Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah	Unopposed	Anwar Ibrahim	Azalina Othman Said

References

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^President of the Senate Archived 2010-02-01 at theWayback Machine, Parliament of Malaysia
^"Parliamentary Services Bill to be tabled in November, says Rais". 30 September 2022.

External links

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Parliament of Malaysia (Official site)

Parliament of Malaysia

Components

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