Political party UMNO – BN | Name Pandikar Mulia Role Politician | |
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DAP MP gets into heated argument with speaker, gets booted from special chambers
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.
Contents
- DAP MP gets into heated argument with speaker gets booted from special chambers
- tun mahathir tidak bohong pandikar amin mulia
- Early background
- Pre speakership
- Speakership in the Dewan Rakyat
- References
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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.
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.
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.
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. 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.