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The Legislature of Selangor is the legislature of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The legislature is made up of two elements: the Sultan of Selangor and the unicameral Selangor State Legislative Assembly. [2] The legislature has existed since Selangor became a state in Malaysia, after the first ever general election in 1959.
The Selangor State Executive Council forms the executive branch of the Selangor state government and is analogous in function to the Malaysian federal Cabinet.The Executive Council is led by the Menteri Besar and made up of between four and 10 other State Assemblymen from the Selangor State Legislative Assembly. [4]
The state government's executive branch (known as the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO), or Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri), including the Menteri Besar, are drawn from the Assembly. The Menteri Besar is ceremonially appointed by the Sultan of Selangor on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Assembly.
All members were sworn in on 21 August 2023 [1] following the 2023 Selangor state election on 12 August, while portfolios were announced on 23 August 2023. [2] The appointment of Rizam Ismail marks the first time in 15 years that Barisan Nasional was a part of the Selangor State Government since their defeat in the 2008 Selangor state election to the then Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
Selangor is one of four Malaysian states that contain more than one city with official city status; the others are Sarawak, Johor, and Penang. [9] [10] The state of Selangor has the largest economy in Malaysia in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), with RM 384 billion (roughly $82 billion) in 2022, comprising 25.6% of the country's GDP. [11]
Chua Wei Kiat [1] (born 23 March 1989) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Rawang since May 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.
Bandar Utama is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 2018.. The state constituency was created in the 2018 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
Sentosa is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia. Sentosa was created in the 2016 redistribution and was first represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly in 2018. The seat was called Kota Alam Shah prior to the 2018 redelineation. Sentosa is represented under the Kota Raja parliamentary constituency.