Abdul Hamid Pawanteh

Abdul Hamid bin Pawanteh (born 27 July 1944[1]) is a former Malaysian politician. He was the President of the Malaysian Senate from 2003 to 2009[2], Deputy Speaker of the Malaysian House of Representatives from 1984 to 1986[3], and was the Chief Minister of the State of Perlis from 1986 to 1995[4]. He held these offices as a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

In this Malay name, the name Pawanteh is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Abdul Hamid.
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Abdul Hamid Pawanteh

PSM SPMP
17th President of the Dewan Negara
In office
7 July 2003 – 6 July 2009
Preceded byMichael Chen Wing Sum
Succeeded byWong Foon Meng
5th Menteri Besar of Perlis
In office
14 August 1986 – 5 May 1995
MonarchRaja Putra of Perlis
Preceded byAli Ahmad (UMNO―Barisan Nasional)
Succeeded byShahidan Kassim (UMNO―Barisan Nasional)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Arau, Perlis
In office
1982–1986
Preceded bySyed Hassan Syed Mohamed (UMNO―Barisan Nasional)
Succeeded byShahidan Kassim (UMNO―Barisan Nasional)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kangar, Perlis
In office
1999–2003
Preceded byMd Isa Sabu (UMNO―Barisan Nasional)
Succeeded byMohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad (UMNO―Barisan Nasional)
Personal details
Born
Abdul Hamid bin Pawanteh

(1944-07-27) 27 July 1944
Penang, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malay National Organisation (UMNO)―Barisan Nasional
OccupationPolitician

Abdul Hamid was born on 27 July 1944 in Penang.[1] and received secondary education at Penang Free School.He was elected to the Malaysian House of Representatives in the 1982 election for the seat of Arau in Perlis. In 1986, he moved to the Perlis State Assembly and became the State's Menteri Besar.[1] In 1995, he was replaced as Menteri Besar by fellow UMNO member Shahidan Kassim,[5] and returned to the House of Representatives in 1999 for the seat of Kangar in Perlis.[1] In July 2003, Abdul Hamid stepped down as the Member of Parliament for Kangar to be appointed as President of the Senate,[6] where he served as President until 2009.[1]

Honour

Honours of Malaysia
gollark: Lots of things are "possibly good systems". They should probably be demoted in the rankings after repeated failures.
gollark: When they were tested at scale we were pretty sure they wouldn't be particularly harmful.
gollark: I actually don't want multiple things.
gollark: Scientific progress does not generally require subjecting lots of people to your thing for ages.
gollark: If you have to go through 10000 extremely bad systems to get a good one, it may not be worth it.

References
  1. "Abdul Hamid Pawanteh Reappointed Dewan Negara President". Bernama. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  2. "President". Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. "Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives". Parlimen Malaysia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. "Mantan Menteri Besar". Government of Perlis. Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  5. Tan, Joceline (6 January 2008). "Too many Umno 'tigers' on a hillock". The Star (Malaysia). Star Publications (Malaysia). Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  6. "Be fair, impartial and responsible, says new Senate President". Bernama. 7 July 2003.
  7. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  8. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
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