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Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly

presiding officer of the legislature of Perak

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ135274834 ↗
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The Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly is the highest-ranking presiding officer in the Perak State Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. 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 Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid. He was elected since 12 May 2020.

Election

The Perak 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.

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