Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Pandikar Amin bin Haji..

1953

Kota Belud, North Borneo

He was previously a Minister in the Prime Minister"s Department. The 12th Parliament will be 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. Pandikar had previously served as the Speaker of the Sabah State Assembly from 1986 to 1988. 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.

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Pandikar Amin bin Haji.. Edit Profile

politician Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat

Career

He was previously a Minister in the Prime Minister"s Department. The 12th Parliament will be 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.

Pandikar had previously served as the Speaker of the Sabah State Assembly from 1986 to 1988.

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.

Membership

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.

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