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The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan Rakyat sits in the Houses of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur, along with the Dewan Negara, the upper house. The Dewan Rakyat is a directly elected body consisting of 222 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs).
1 March 2020 16 August 2021 1 year, 169 days — PN Muhyiddin: During this interval, the incumbent Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin was the Caretaker Prime Minister. (16–21 August 2021) 9 Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob إسماعيل صبري يعقوب (b.1960) MP for Bera: 21 August 2021 24 November 2022 1 year, 96 days — BN Ismail Sabri
The Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2019 was presented to the Dewan Rakyat and included provisions relating to automatic voter registration for all Malaysian citizens and amendments to the minimum age of candidacy for standing for elections to the Dewan Rakyat and state legislative assemblies in Malaysia. [5]
The Dewan Rakyat (Malay for House of Representatives, literally People's Hall) is the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia, consisting of 222 Members of Parliament (MPs) elected during elections from federal constituencies drawn by the Election Commission. The term of office is at most 5 years and MPs may be re-elected indefinitely.
The role of the whip becomes more critical the lower the majority the government has in the lower house of Parliament (Dewan Rakyat). Party whips also exist in the thirteen state legislative assemblies of Malaysia .
This is a complete list of members of the Dewan Rakyat, lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia. Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 1st Malayan Parliament ; 1959–1964 Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 2nd Malaysian Parliament ; 1964–1969
This is a list of the members of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) of the 13th Parliament of Malaysia. [3] The opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat that contested the general elections in 2013 was dissolved after series of disagreements between two main parties, Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). [4]
This is a complete list of the individual parliaments of the Parliament of Malaysia. 1st Parliament of the Federation of Malaya: 1959–1963 1st Malaysian Parliament: 1963–1964 2nd Malaysian Parliament: 1964–1969 3rd Malaysian Parliament: 1971–1974 4th Malaysian Parliament: 1974–1978 5th Malaysian Parliament: 1978–1982 6th Malaysian Parliament: 1982–1986 7th Malaysian Parliament ...