Pandikar Amin Mulia
| Yang Berhormat Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Pandikar Amin Mulia MP | |
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| 8th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat | |
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Assumed office 29 April 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib |
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| Born |
17 September 1955 Kota Belud, Sabah |
| Political party | UMNO – BN |
| Spouse(s) | Hadijah Teng Abdullah |
| Alma mater | Lincoln's Inn |
| Occupation | Politician |
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Pandikar Amin bin Haji Mulia (born 17 September 1955) is a Malaysian politician and the current Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia.
Early background
Pandikar Amin was born in a poor family in a remote village in Kota Belud. Prior to going to England for tertiary education, he received education at Sabah College in Kota Kinabalu. He was a graduate of Wolverhampton Polytechnic and Lincoln's Inn.
Political career
Pre-speakership
Pandikar Amin entered politics in 1982 as a member of USNO and later as a parliamentary candidate for Kota Belud but lost to BN candidate. At the age of 27, he became MLA for Usukan. He became the Speaker of Sabah State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1988.[1]
In 1999, he was appointed as a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department until 2002. He was president of AKAR, one of BN component parties in Sabah, on that time.
Speakership in the Dewan Rakyat
After the 2008 general elections, the Barisan Nasional coalition government announced that Pandikar, a member of the United Malays National Organisation, would be the new Speaker, replacing Ramli Ngah Talib.[2]
The 12th Parliament was the first to be presided over entirely by East Malaysians; Pandikar and his deputies, Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar and Ronald Kiandee, hail from either Sabah or Sarawak.[3] In mid-May, after Parliament convened, Pandikar resigned as Kota Marudu UMNO division chief, citing the need to be a neutral presiding officer. He denied his resignation was linked to possible party-switching amongst UMNO MPs from East Malaysia.[4]
References
- ↑ "Baptism of fire for Speaker Pandikar Amin at first sitting". The Star. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
- ↑ "MPs urged to follow the rules". The Malaysian Insider. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ↑ Vasudevan, V. (28 April 2008). "A day of firsts in parliament". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
- ↑ "Pandikar Amin quits as Kota Marudu Umno chief". The Malaysian Insider. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
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| Preceded by Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib |
Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat 2008 – Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Sixth Mahathir cabinet (1999–2003) | ||
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Prime Minister: Mahathir Mohamad | ||
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