| President of the Senate | |
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| Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara | |
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Incumbent Vacant since 18 January 2024 | |
| 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 |
| Term length | Elected upon a vacancy |
| Constituting instrument | Federal Constitution of Malaysia |
| Inaugural holder | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin |
| Formation | 11 September 1959 |
| Deputy | Deputy President of the Dewan Negara |
| Salary | MYR 362,000 annually |
| Website | Parliament of Malaysia |
| This article is part of a series on the |
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The President of the Senate (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara) 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 most recent president (whom has since resigned) was Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. Therefore, while in session, the senators would have referred to him as 'Tan Sri Yang di-Pertua' (Mr. President).
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