Malaysia
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Wan Junaidi
Tuanku Jaafar
(Male)
Year of birth
1946
Additional information
Appointed on 19 June 2023 for a three-year term effective from 15 June 2023.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Muhd Sujairi
Abdullah
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 22 Feb. 2020
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
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See historical data for this field.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Jaziri Alkaf Abdullah Suffian (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
80
Oldest member
Rais Yatim (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
51-60
61-70
91 and over
Number of members, by age
18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals per age interval | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 1 | Total >= 46: 50 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1957
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1957
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1957
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1959
Notes