Dewan Rakyat

House of Representatives

Dewan Rakyat
House of Representatives ; Dewan Rakyat
15th Parliament
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia
Leadership
Speaker	Johari Abdul, PH-PKR ; since 19 December 2022
Deputy Speaker I	Ramli Mohd Nor, BN-UMNO ; since 19 December 2022
Deputy Speaker II	Alice Lau, PH-DAP ; since 19 December 2022
Secretary	Nizam Mydin ; since 13 May 2020
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim, PH-PKR ; since 24 November 2022
Deputy Prime Minister I	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, BN-UMNO ; since 3 December 2022
Deputy Prime Minister II	Fadillah Yusof, GPS-PBB ; since 3 December 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Hamzah Zainudin, PN-BERSATU ; since 19 December 2022
Structure
Seats	222
Political groups	(As of 10 December 2022) Government (148); PH (82) DAP (40); PKR (31); AMANAH (8); UPKO (2); MUDA (1); BN (30) UMNO (26); MCA (2); MIC (1); PBRS (1); GPS (23) PBB (14); PRS (5); PDP (2); SUPP (2); GRS (6) Direct member (4); PBS (1); STAR (1); WARISAN (3) KDM (2) PBM (1) Independent (1) Opposition (74); PN (74) PAS (43); BERSATU (31);
Committees	5 Committee of Selection; Public Accounts Committee; House Committee; Committee of Privileges; Standing Orders Committee;
Length of term	Up to 5 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	19 November 2022
Next election	By 17 February 2028
Meeting place
	Dewan Rakyat chamber; Malaysian Houses of Parliament,; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
	Official website

The Dewan Rakyat (Malay for 'House of Representatives'; lit. 'People's Assembly') is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia.

The Dewan Rakyat sits in the Houses of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur, along with the Dewan Negara, the upper house.

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