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Kelantan State Legislative Assembly

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Type
  
Unicameral

Founded
  
1959

Kelantan State Legislative Assembly

Sultan
  
Sultan Muhammad V Since 13 September 2010

Speaker
  
Abdullah Ya'kub, PAS Since 13 June 2013

Deputy Speaker
  
Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman, PAS Since 13 June 2013

Menteri Besar
  
Ahmad Yakob, PAS Since 6 May 2013

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Kelantan) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kelantan. It consists of 45 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart.

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The State Legislative Assembly convenes at the Kota Darul Naim in the state capital, Kota Bharu.

Role

The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly enacts legislation concerning matters in the State List and Joint List defined in the Federal Constitution. The Speaker presides over debates in the Assembly.

The leader of the majority party or coalition in the Assembly is appointed Menteri Besar by the Sultan of Kelantan. The person who assumes the role of Menteri Besar appoints the state's executive council, or EXCO (Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan), drawing from members of the Assembly.

Committees

The Assembly contains two administrative committees, namely:

  • Public Accounts Committee
  • Select Committee
  • References

    Kelantan State Legislative Assembly Wikipedia