| Post: | President |
| Body: | the Senate |
| Native Name: | Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara Malay: {{Script|Arab| يڠ دڤرتوا ديوان نڬارا |
| Insignia: | Coat_of_arms_of_Malaysia.svg |
| Incumbent: | Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah |
| Incumbentsince: | 22 July 2024 |
| Department: | 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 |
| Termlength: | Elected upon a vacancy |
| Constituting Instrument: | Federal Constitution of Malaysia |
| Salary: | MYR 362,000 annually |
| Inaugural: | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin |
| Deputy: | Deputy President of the Dewan Negara |
| Website: | Parliament of Malaysia |
The president of the Senate (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara; Jawi:) is the presiding officer or speaker 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 position has been held by Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) since July 2024.
The main functions of the president of the Dewan Negara are:[1]
As of, almost all presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for Rais Yatim.[2]
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Parliament | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin Senator from Johore (1890–1970) | 11 September 1959 | 31 December 1968 | Alliance (UMNO) | 1st | |||
| 2nd | ||||||||
| 2 | Syed Sheh Barakbah Appointed Senator (1906–1975) | 27 January 1969 | 5 February 1969 | Alliance (UMNO) | ||||
| 3 | Mohamed Noah Omar Appointed Senator (1897–1991) | 24 February 1969 | 28 July 1970 | Alliance (UMNO) | ||||
| 4 | Abdul Hamid Khan Appointed Senator | 20 February 1971 | 22 February 1973 | Alliance (UMNO) | 3rd | |||
| 5 | Ong Yoke Lin Appointed Senator (1917–2010) | 23 February 1973 | 30 December 1980 | Alliance (MCA) | ||||
| BN (MCA) | 4th | |||||||
| 5th | ||||||||
| 6 | Ismail Khan Ibrahim Khan Appointed Senator (1905–2000) | 31 December 1980 | 13 April 1985 | BN (UMNO) | ||||
| 6th | ||||||||
| 7 | Benedict Stephens Appointed Senator (1926–2003) | 15 April 1985 | 11 April 1988 | Independent | ||||
| 7th | ||||||||
| 8 | Abang Ahmad Urai Senator from Sarawak (1933–2022) | 11 July 1988 | 9 July 1990 | BN (PBB) | ||||
| 9 | Chan Choong Tak Appointed Senator | 17 December 1990 | 31 March 1992 | BN (MCA) | 8th | |||
| 10 | Vadiveloo Govindasamy Appointed Senator | 13 April 1992 | 12 June 1995 | BN (MIC) | ||||
| 9th | ||||||||
| 11 | Adam Kadir Appointed Senator | 13 June 1995 | 30 November 1997 | BN (UMNO) | ||||
| 12 | Mohamed Yaacob Appointed Senator (1926–2009) | 10 December 1997 | 5 December 2000 | BN (UMNO) | ||||
| 10th | ||||||||
| 13 | Michael Chen Wing Sum Appointed Senator (1932–2024) | 7 December 2000 | 11 April 2003 | BN (MCA) | ||||
| 14 | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh Appointed Senator (1944–2022) | 7 July 2003 | 6 July 2009 | BN (UMNO) | ||||
| 11th | ||||||||
| 12th | ||||||||
| 15 | Wong Foon Meng Appointed Senator | 7 July 2009 | 12 April 2010 | BN (MCA) | ||||
| 16 | Abu Zahar Ujang Appointed Senator (born 1944) | 26 April 2010 | 25 April 2016 | BN (UMNO) | ||||
| 13th | ||||||||
| 17 | Vigneswaran Sanasee Appointed Senator (born 1965) | 26 April 2016 | 22 June 2020 | BN (MIC) | ||||
| 14th | ||||||||
| 18 | Rais Yatim Appointed Senator (born 1942) | 2 September 2020 | 15 June 2023 | PN (BERSATU) | ||||
| 15th | ||||||||
| 19 | Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar Appointed Senator (born 1946) | 19 June 2023 | 18 January 2024 | GPS (PBB) | ||||
| 20 | Mutang Tagal | 2024 | 2024 | GPS (PBB) | ||||
| 21 | Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah | 2024 | Incumbent | GPS (PBB) | ||||
| Election date | Candidate(s) | Votes | Nominated by | Seconded by | Secretary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1959 | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin | Unopposed | Ramli Abdul Hamid | ||
| 15 October 1962 | Sheikh Abu Bakar Yahya, pro tempore | Ahmad Abdullah | |||
| 18 October 1965 | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin | Amaluddin Darus | |||
| 27 January 1969 | Syed Sheh Syed Hassan Barakbah | J. E. S. Crawford | |||
| 24 February 1969 | Mohamad Noah Omar | Pandak Hamid Puteh Jali | |||
| 20 February 1971 | Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan | Lim Joo Keng | |||
| 23 February 1973 | Omar Yoke Lin Ong | ||||
| 6 January 1975 | Omar Yoke Lin Ong | Athi Nahappan | Pandak Hamid Puteh Jali | ||
| 31 December 1980 | Ismail Khan | 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 | 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 | ||||
| 14 December 1994 | Vadiveloo Govindasamy | ||||
| 13 June 1995 | Adam Kadir | ||||
| 10 December 1997 | Mohamed Yaacob | Abdullah Abdul Wahab | |||
| 27 December 1999 | Mohamed Yaacob | ||||
| 7 December 2000 | Michael Chen Wing Sum | ||||
| 7 July 2003 | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh | ||||
| 19 July 2006 | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh | Abdul Raman Suliman | Zamani Sulaiman | ||
| 7 July 2009 | Wong Foon Meng | ||||
| 26 April 2010 | Abu Zahar Ujang | ||||
| 26 April 2016 | Vigneswaran Sanasee | J Loga Bala Mohan | Riduan Rahmat | ||
| 2 September 2020 | Rais Yatim | 45 | Takiyuddin Hassan | Shabudin Yahaya | Muhammad Sujairi Abdullah |
| 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 | Unopposed | Anwar Ibrahim | Azalina Othman Said |
As of, almost all deputy presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election except for Nur Jazlan Mohamed.
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. O. K. Ubaidulla Appointed Senator | 22 March 1971 | 31 December 1980 | Alliance (MIC) | 3rd | ||
| BN (MIC) | 4th | ||||||
| 5th | |||||||
| 2 | Abdul Hamid Bidin Appointed Senator (1917–1995) | 13 April 1981 | 28 July 1982 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| 3 | Sulaiman Ninam Shah Appointed Senator (1920–2003) | 14 December 1982 | 1 April 1985 | BN (UMNO) | 6th | ||
| 4 | Abang Ahmad Urai Senator from Sarawak | 29 July 1985 | 10 July 1988 | BN (PBB) | |||
| 7th | |||||||
| 5 | Tan Peng Khoon Appointed Senator | 13 July 1988 | 27 December 1989 | BN (MCA) | |||
| 6 | Chan Choong Tak Appointed Senator | 28 December 1989 | 16 December 1990 | BN (MCA) | |||
| 7 | Adam Kadir Appointed Senator | 1 April 1992 | 1 December 1994 | BN (UMNO) | 8th | ||
| 14 December 1994 | 12 June 1995 | ||||||
| 8 | Michael Chen Wing Sum Appointed Senator (1932-2024) | 29 May 1997 | 5 December 2000 | BN (Gerakan) | 9th | ||
| 10th | |||||||
| 9 | Gapar Gurrohu Appointed Senator | 8 May 2001 | 22 October 2003 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| 10 | Wong Foon Meng Appointed Senator | 7 June 2004 | 6 July 2009 | BN (MCA) | 11th | ||
| 12th | |||||||
| 11 | Armani Mahiruddin Senator from Sabah (born 1957) | 9 July 2009 | 20 December 2011 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| 12 | Doris Sophia Brodi Appointed Senator (born 1960) | 26 January 2012 | 11 March 2016 | BN (PRS) | |||
| 13th | |||||||
| 13 | Abdul Halim Abdul Samad Appointed Senator (born 1940) | 18 April 2016 | 2 November 2020 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| 14th | |||||||
| 14 | Mohamad Ali Mohamad Senator from Melaka | 16 December 2020 | 19 May 2023 | BN (UMNO) | |||
| 15th | |||||||
| 15 | Nur Jazlan Mohamed Appointed Senator (born 1966) | 19 June 2023 | Incumbent | BN (UMNO) | |||
| Election date | Candidates | Votes | Nominated by | Seconded by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 December 1962 | Sheikh Abu Bakar Yahya | Unopposed | S. O. K. Ubaidulla | |
| 22 March 1971 | S. O. K. Ubaidulla | Unopposed | Tan Tong Hye | |
| 6 January 1975 | S. O. K. Ubaidulla | Unopposed | Abdul Rahim Manan | Lim Ah Sitt |
| 13 April 1981 | Abdul Hamid Bidin | Unopposed | Law Hieng Ding | |
| 14 December 1982 | Sulaiman Ninam Shah | Unopposed | Kam Woon Wah | |
| 29 July 1985 | Abang Ahmad Urai | Unopposed | Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor | Paramjit Singh |
| 16 July 1987 | Abang Ahmad Urai | Unopposed | Hussein Ahmad | Bee Yang Sek |
| 13 July 1988 | Tan Peng Khoon | Unopposed | Hussein Ahmad | |
| 28 December 1989 | Chan Choong Tak | Unopposed | Suleiman Mohamed | K. S. Nijhar |
| 13 April 1992 | Adam Kadir | Unopposed | Ling Liong Sik | |
| 14 December 1994 | Adam Kadir | Unopposed | Ling Liong Sik | |
| 29 May 1997 | Michael Chen Wing Sum | Unopposed | Ting Chew Peh | |
| 4 May 2000 | Michael Chen Wing Sum | Unopposed | Musa Mohamad | |
| 8 May 2001 | Gapar Gurrohu | Unopposed | Pandikar Amin Mulia | |
| 7 June 2004 | Wong Foon Meng | Unopposed | Chan Chee Tee | |
| 7 May 2007 | Wong Foon Meng | Unopposed | Abdul Raman Sulaiman | |
| 9 July 2009 | Armani Mahiruddin | Unopposed | Jamil Khir Baharom | |
| 26 January 2012 | Doris Sophia Brodi | Unopposed | Koh Tsu Koon | |
| 12 March 2013 | Doris Sophia Brodi | Unopposed | Koh Tsu Koon | |
| 18 April 2016 | Abdul Halim Abdul Samad | Unopposed | Mustapa Mohamed | |
| 16 December 2020 | Mohamad Ali Mohamad | Unopposed | Takiyuddin Hassan | Shabudin Yahaya |
| 19 June 2023 | Nur Jazlan Mohamed | 43 | Anwar Ibrahim | Tengku Zafrul Aziz |
| Razali Idris | 11 | Dominic Lau Hoe Chai | Md. Nasir Hashim |