Speaker of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Yang di-Pertua Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka
Coat of arms of Malacca
Incumbent Ibrahim Durum since 27 December 2021
Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Style	Yang Berhormat Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker/Tuan Pengerusi (informal and within the assembly)
Member of	Committee of Rights and Freedoms, Committee of House Management Select, Committee of the Standing Rules State Assembly
Reports to	Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Seat	Blok Laksamana, Seri Negeri complex, Hang Tuah Jaya, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
Appointer	Elected by members of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Term length	Elected at the start of each Malacca State Legislative Assembly, upon a vacancy
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Malacca
Inaugural holder	Goh Kay Seng
Formation	23 May 1959 (1959-05-23)
Deputy	Deputy Speaker of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Website	www.melaka.gov.my

The Speaker of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly is the highest-ranking presiding officer in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. 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 Ibrahim Durum. He was elected since 27 December 2021.

Election

The Malacca 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 Malacca State Legislative Assembly

The following is the list of Speakers of the State Legislative Assembly since 1959:

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

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) (Constituency)	Term of office			Party		Election	Assembly
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1.		Goh Kay Seng (?–?) MLA for Kota Barat	23 May 1959	29 February 1964	4 years, 283 days		Alliance (MCA)	1959	1st
2.		Datuk Haji Talib Karim (?–?) MLA for Alor Gajah	21 May 1964	5 October 1967	3 years, 138 days		Alliance (UMNO)	1964	2nd
3.		Datuk Haji Mohd Abd Rahman (?–?) MLA for Batu Berendam	20 November 1967	19 March 1969	1 year, 120 days		Alliance (UMNO)	–
4.		Datuk Haji Ahmad Manap (?–?) MLA for Tanjong Kling MLA for Sungei Udang	7 April 1971	11 June 1978	7 years, 66 days		Alliance (UMNO)	1969	3rd
							BN (UMNO)	1974	4th
5.		Datuk Haji Abdul Aziz Tapa (?–?) MLA for Nyalas	15 September 1978	28 March 1982	3 years, 195 days		BN (UMNO)	1978	5th
6.		Datuk Abdul Razak Alias (?–?) MLA for Taboh Naning	31 May 1982	19 July 1986	4 years, 50 days		BN (UMNO)	1982	6th
7.		Datuk Abu Zahar Ithnin (1937–2013) MLA for Sungai Rambai	4 August 1986	19 October 1994	8 years, 77 days		BN (UMNO)	1986	7th
								1990	8th
8.		Datuk Haji Jaafar Lajis (?–?) MLA for Rim	25 October 1994	5 April 1995	163 days		BN (UMNO)	–
9.		Datuk Haji Nasir Manap (?–?) MLA for Alai	8 June 1995	December 1999	4 years		BN (UMNO)	1995	9th
10.		Datuk Wira Amid Nordin (?–?) MLA for Alai	December 1999	March 2004	5 years		BN (UMNO)	1999	10th
11.		Datuk Wira Haji Mo'min Abd Aziz (?–?) Non-MLA	March 2004	April 2008	4 years		BN (UMNO)	2004	11th
12.		Datuk Wira Haji Othman Muhamad (?–?) Non-MLA	April 2008	April 2018	10 years		BN (UMNO)	2008	12th
								2013	13th
13.		Datuk Wira Omar Jaafar (b.?) Non-MLA	19 July 2018	11 May 2020	1 year, 298 days		PH (PKR)	2018	14th
14.		Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh (b.1961) Non-MLA	11 May 2020	4 October 2021	1 year, 147 days		BN (UMNO)	–
15.		Datuk Wira Ibrahim Durum (b.1986) Non-MLA	27 December 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 2 days		BN (UMNO)	2021	15th

See also

• Malacca
• Malacca State Legislative Assembly