President of the Dewan Negara


The President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia.
The President of the Senate 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 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 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' or 'Tuan Yang di-Pertua'.

Functions

The main functions of the President of the Dewan Negara are:
As of, all Presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election.
Parliament#PresidentTerm startTerm end
1st
1959-1964		1Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin11 September 195918 October 1965
2nd
1964-1969		Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin11 September 195918 October 1965
2nd
1964-1969		Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin18 October 196531 December 1968
2nd
1964-1969		2Syed Sheh Barakbah27 January 19695 February 1969
2nd
1964-1969		3Mohamad Noah Omar24 February 196928 July 1970
3rd
1971-1974		4Abdul Hamid Khan20 February 197122 February 1973
3rd
1971-1974		5Omar Yoke Lin Ong23 February 19736 January 1975
4th
1974-1978		Omar Yoke Lin Ong23 February 19736 January 1975
4th
1974-1978		Omar Yoke Lin Ong6 January 197531 December 1980
5th
1978-1982		Omar Yoke Lin Ong6 January 197531 December 1980
5th
1978-1982		6Ismail Khan5 January 198115 December 1983
6th
1982-1986		Ismail Khan5 January 198115 December 1983
6th
1982-1986		Ismail Khan15 December 198313 April 1985
6th
1982-1986		7Benedict Stephens15 April 198511 April 1988
7th
1986-1990		Benedict Stephens15 April 198511 April 1988
7th
1986-1990		8Abang Ahmad Urai11 July 19889 July 1990
8th
1990-1995		9Chan Choong Tak17 December 199031 March 1992
8th
1990-1995		10Vadiveloo Govindasamy13 April 199216 October 1994
8th
1990-1995		Vadiveloo Govindasamy16 October 199412 June 1995
9th
1995-1999		11Adam Kadir13 June 199530 November 1996
9th
1995-1999		12Mohamed Yaacob10 December 199627 December 1999
10th
1999-2004		Mohamed Yaacob27 December 19995 December 2000
10th
1999-2004		13Michael Chen Wing Sum7 December 200011 April 2003
10th
1999-2004		14Abdul Hamid Pawanteh7 July 200319 July 2006
11th
2004-2008		Abdul Hamid Pawanteh7 July 200319 July 2006
11th
2004-2008		Abdul Hamid Pawanteh19 July 20066 July 2009
12th
2008-2013		Abdul Hamid Pawanteh19 July 20066 July 2009
12th
2008-2013		15Wong Foon Meng7 July 200912 April 2010
12th
2008-2013		16Abu Zahar Ujang26 April 201026 April 2013
12th
2008-2013		Abu Zahar Ujang26 April 201325 April 2016
13th
2013-2018		Abu Zahar Ujang26 April 201325 April 2016
13th
2013-2018		17Vigneswaran Sanasee26 April 201622 June 2020
14th
2018-present		Vigneswaran Sanasee26 April 201622 June 2020

Election results

Living former Presidents

Election results

Living former Vice Presidents of the Dewan Negara