Kedah State Legislative Assembly

Kedah State Legislative Assembly Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	YB Dr. Abd Isa Bin Ismail, Pakatan Rakyat - PAS since March 8, 2008
Menteri Besar	Dato' Seri Ustaz Hj Azizan Abdul Razak, Pakatan Rakyat - PAS since March 8, 2008
Opposition Leader	Dato' Seri Mahdzir Khalid, Barisan Nasional - UMNO
Members	35
Pakatan Rakyat:	19 / 35
Barisan Nasional:	14 / 35
Meeting place
Wisma Darul Aman, Alor Setar
Website
http://www.kedah.gov.my

The Kedah State Legislative Assembly is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kedah. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 36 lawmakers.

Members of the unicameral state legislature are called state assemblymen. The Legislative Assembly building is located in Wisma Darul Aman.

Role

The leader of the majority party or coalition in the Assembly is appointed Menteri Besar by the Sultan of Kedah. He then appoints members of the executive council, or State EXCO, from the Assembly.

State EXCO

Kedah State EXCO^[1]

Portfolio	EXCO
Menteri Besar Land Development, Finance, State Economic Action Council, State Economic Planning, Home Affairs and GLC Committee Chairman	Dato' Seri Azizan Abdul Razak
Public Works, Rural Development, Housing and Local Government Committee Chairman	Dato' Ir Phahrolrazi Nawawi
Education, Religious Affairs and Co-operatives Committee Chairman	Dato' Mohamed Taulan Mat Rasul
Industry Development, Investment, Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, Biotechnology and Utilities Committee Chairman	Dato' Ir Amiruddin Hamzah
Women, Family, Community Development and Community Welfare Committee Chairman	Siti Ashah Ghazali
Culture, Arts, Heritage, Youth and Sports Committee Committee Chairman	Dr Hamdan Mohamed Khalib
Information and Entrepreneur Development Committee Chairman	Abdul Ghani Ahmad
Health, Non-Government Affair (NGO), Communication, Science, Technology and Innovation Committee Chairman	Dr Ismail Salleh
Tourism Development, Indian and Siam Community Welfare Committee Chairman	S. Manikumar
Domestic Trade, Consumerism, Human Resources and Unity Committee Chairman	Lim Soo Nee
Environment and Chinese Community Welfare Committee Chairman	Tan Show Kang
Non-representatives
State Secretary

See also

• List of State Seats Representatives in Malaysia
• State legislative assemblies of Malaysia

References

1. ^ Kedah State Government: EXCO

External links

• Kedah State Government