President

The President of The Senate must be a Member Of the Senate.

Role of the President include :

• to preside over the sittings of the Senate;
• to be responsible for the observance of the rules in the Senate;
• 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

Any person who wants to assume the post of the President of the Senate must not be a member of any State Legislative Assembly.

The present President of the Senate is YB Tan Sri. Dato' Seri Dr. Abdul Hamid Pawanteh

List of the President of the Senate

YB Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman b. Mohamed Yassin 11.09.1959 - 31.12.1969		YB Tuan Syed Sheh bin Syed Hassan Barakhah 27.01.1969 - 05-.02.1969		YB Dato' Haji Mohamad Noah bin Omar 24.02.1969 - 28-07.1970		YB Tan Sri Haji Abdul Hamid Khan bin Haji Sakhawat Ali Khan 20.02.1971 - 22.02.1973
Y. A. Bhg. Tun Datuk Haji Omar Yoke Lin Ong 23.02.1973 - 31.12.1980		YB Tan Sri Ismail Khan 05.01.1981 - 13.04.1985		YB Tan Sri Datuk Benedict Stephens 15.04.1985 - 11.04.1988		YB Tan Sri Datuk Abang Haji Ahmad Urai bin Datu Hakim Abang Haji Mohideen 11.07.1988 - 09-07.1990
YB Tan Sri Dato' Chan Choong Tak 17.12.1990 - 31.03.1992		YB Tan Sri Dato' Vadiveloo s/o Govindasamy 13.04.1992 - 12.06.1995		YB Dato' Adam bin Kadir 13.06.1995 - 30.11.1996		YB Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mohamad bin Ya'acob 10.12.1996 - 05.12.2000
YB Tan Sri Dato' Michael Chen Wing Sum 07.12.2000 - 11.04.2003		YB Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Abdul Hamid Pawanteh 07.07.2003 - kini