Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor 雪兰莪州立法议会议长
Coat of arms of Selangor
Incumbent Lau Weng San since 19 September 2023
Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Style	Yang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker/Tuan Pengerusi (informal and within the assembly)
Status	Highest ranking presiding officer of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Member of	Committee of Selection, Standing Orders Committee, House Committee, Committee of Privileges
Reports to	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Seat	Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building, Shah Alam, Selangor
Appointer	Elected by members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Term length	Elected at the start of each Selangor State Legislative Assembly, upon a vacancy
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Selangor
Inaugural holder	Abdullah Hassan
Formation	8 July 1957; 67 years ago (1957-07-08)
Deputy	Deputy Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Website	dewan.selangor.gov.my

The Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor; Chinese: 雪兰莪州立法议会议长; Tamil: சிலாங்கூர் மாநில சட்டப் பேரவையின் சபாநாயகர்) is the highest-ranking presiding officer in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Selangor. They are responsible for convening sessions of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, 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.^[1]

The incumbent Speaker is Lau Weng San. He was elected on 19 September 2023 for the 15th Selangor State Legislative Assembly.^[2] The inaugural Speaker is Abdullah Hassan who served from 8 July 1959 to 17 November 1962.^[3]

Election

The Selangor 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 state 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.^[4]

List of Speakers of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly

Source:^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

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

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) (Constituency)	Term of office			Party		Election	Assembly
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Dato' Abdullah Hassan MLA for Port Swettenham	8 July 1959	17 November 1962	3 years, 132 days		Alliance (UMNO)	1959	1st
2		Dato' Abdullah Mohd Yassin MLA for Kampong Bharu	4 December 1962	12 November 1966	3 years, 343 days		Alliance (UMNO)	–
								1964	2nd
3		Raja Nong Chik Raja Ishak MLA for Dengkil	9 December 1966	19 March 1969	2 years, 100 days		Alliance (UMNO)	–
4		Dato' Raja Zulkifli Raja Borhan MLA for Port Swettenham	15 March 1971	30 July 1974	3 years, 137 days		Alliance (UMNO)	1969	3rd
5		Tan Sri Shoib Ahmad MLA for Kalumpang	16 September 1974	29 March 1982	7 years, 194 days		BN (UMNO)	1974	4th
								1978	5th
6		Dato' Haji Saidin Tamby MLA for Gombak (1982–1986) MLA for Paya Jaras (1986–1990)	4 June 1982	5 October 1990	8 years, 123 days		BN (UMNO)	1982	6th
								1986	7th
7		Dato' Haji Zainal Dahalan MLA for Sungai Air Tawar	19 November 1990	25 April 1995	4 years, 157 days		BN (UMNO)	1990	8th
8		Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haji Onn Ismail (1939–2023) MLA for Selat Klang (1995–1999) Non-MLA (1999–2008)	18 May 1995	22 April 2008	12 years, 340 days		BN (UMNO)	1995	9th
								1999	10th
								2004	11th
9		Dato' Teng Chang Khim (born 1963) MLA for Sungai Pinang	22 April 2008	30 May 2013	5 years, 38 days		PR (DAP)	2008	12th
10		Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (born 1979) MLA for Subang Jaya	21 June 2013	9 April 2018	4 years, 292 days		PR (DAP)
								2013	13th
							PH (DAP)
11		Dato' Ng Suee Lim (born 1970) MLA for Sekinchan	26 June 2018	23 June 2023	4 years, 362 days		PH (DAP)	2018	14th
12		Lau Weng San (born 1978) Non-MLA	19 September 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 92 days		PH (DAP)	2023	15th

See also

• Selangor
• Selangor State Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly". dewan.selangor.gov.my. Dewan Negeri Selangor. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
2. "Lau Weng San is new Selangor speaker". The Star. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
3. "Sejarah Speaker". dewan.selangor.gov.my. Selangor state government. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
4. Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Sejarah Speaker". dewan.selangor.gov.my. Pejabat Dewan Negeri Selangor. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
6. Dharmender Singh (21 April 2008). "Teng poised to be first non-Malay Speaker with Haniza as his deputy". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
7. Teh Eng Hock (30 May 2013). "Hannah Yeoh appointed first woman speaker". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
8. Khairul Azran Hussin (26 June 2018). "Suee Lim dari DAP dilantik Speaker DUN Selangor". Berita Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
9. "Profil Pengerusi Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang". www.lpp.gov.my. Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
10. "1,112 terima anugerah, pingat". Utusan Malaysia. 13 March 1999. Retrieved 20 July 2018.