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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
StyleYang Berhormat
Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal)
Tuan Speaker/Tuan Pengerusi (informal and within the assembly)
Member ofCommittee of Selection,
Committee of Meeting Rules,
Committee of House,
Committee of Rights and Freedoms
Reports toKedah State Legislative Assembly
SeatLevel 4, Blok E, Wisma Darul Aman, Alor Setar, Kedah
AppointerElected by members of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Term lengthElected at the start of each Kedah State Legislative Assembly, upon a vacancy
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Kedah
Inaugural holderArshad Tunku Ismail
Formation23 May 1959; 66 years ago (1959-05-23)
DeputyDeputy Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Websitemmk.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

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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

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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, 296 days PN (PAS) 2023 15th

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  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.
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