President of the Dewan Negara

The President of the Senate (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara) is the presiding officer of the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia.

President of the Senate Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara
Incumbent Rais Yatim since 2 September 2020
Dewan Negara
Style	Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal) Tuan Speaker (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 Yasin
Formation	11 September 1959 (1959-09-11)
Deputy	Mohamad Ali Mohamad
Salary	MYR 362,000 annually
Website	Parliament of Malaysia

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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 current president is Rais Yatim. Therefore, while in session, the senators will call him as 'Tuan Yang di-Pertua' (Mr. President).