President of the Dewan Negara

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The President of the Dewan Negara (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara) is the presiding officer of the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia.

The President of the Dewan Negara is created under Article 56 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The office is similar to the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat: the President is elected by the members of the Dewan Negara and is expected to be politically impartial. If a member of the Dewan Negara is elected as the President and is a member of a state 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 current President is Datuk SA. Vigneswaran. Therefore while in session, the Senators will call him as 'Datuk Yang di-Pertua' (Datuk President) or 'Tuan Yang di-Pertua' (Mr. President).

Functions

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 the Standing Orders in case of disputes and the decision is final

List of Presidents of the Dewan Negara

As of 2015, all Presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election.

Election results

Deputy Presidents of the Dewan Negara

Election results

See also

• Dewan Negara
• Parliament of Malaysia
• Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

References

External links

• Parliament of Malaysia (Official site)

Parliament of Malaysia
Components	Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) Dewan Negara (Senate) Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)
Parliamentary officers	Dewan Negara President of the Dewan Negara Deputy President of the Dewan Negara Secretary of the Dewan Negara Leader of the Government in the Dewan Negara Manager of Government Business in the Dewan Negara Leader of the Opposition in the Dewan Negara Manager of Opposition Business in the Dewan Negara Whips (list) Dewan Rakyat Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat Secretary of the Dewan Rakyat Leader of the Dewan Rakyat Leader of the Opposition Manager of Opposition Business in the Dewan Rakyat Whips (list)
Members	Dewan Negara Current Women Dewan Rakyat Current Women
Procedure	Royal Address Joint meetings Question time Standing orders Order Paper Hansard Readings of bills Act of Parliament Question time Royal assent Committees: Dewan Negara | Dewan Rakyat
Elections	Current First-past-the-post voting Electoral districts List of the winning political parties in the Malaysian general election by parliamentary constituency By-elections Caretaker government
Locations	Malaysian Houses of Parliament (1963–present) Tunku Abdul Rahman Hall (1959–63)