Cabinet of Malaysia

Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
& Minister of Internal Security
Y.A.B. Dato' Seri Abdullah Bin Hj. Ahmad Badawi

Deputy Prime Minister
The Minister of Defence
Y.A.B. Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib bin Tun Hj. Abdul Razak

Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

Yang Amat Berbahagia YB TAN SRI DATO' SERI DIRAJA RAMLI BIN NGAH TALIB
22 November 2004 until now

Speaker may be a member of the House or a non-member who is qualified for election into the House. The Deputy Speaker must, however, be a Member of Parliament (MP).

Functions of the Speaker include:

to be responsible for maintaining order in the House;
to ensure that relevancy is observed during debates
to interpret the Standing Orders in case of disputes; and
to certify money bills before such bills are transmitted to the Dewan Rakyat

The Speaker must resign his office by writing to the Secretary of the House, and must vacate his office in the following cases:

when the House first meets after a general election;
on ceasing to be a member of the House in the case of an elected MP; and
on standing for election to the House or if he is disqualified by law.

When the Speaker is not present, the Deputy Speaker presides at the sittings.

A member of the State Legislative Assembly must resign from the Assembly if he wants to assume the post of Speaker of the House.

En. Mohamed Akmal bin Dahalan

Contact Details:	En. Mohamed Akmal bin Dahalan Senior Private Secretary to The Speaker, House of Representatives
Office Address	Parlimen Malaysia Bangunan Parlimen, Jalan Parlimen, 50680 KUALA LUMPUR.
Telephone	+603-20721955 +603-20705754 +603-20797194
Facsimile	+603-20708654
Email:	akmal@parlimen.gov.my
Website:	www.parlimen.gov.my