1st Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||||
Legislative body | Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | ||||||||||
Jurisdiction | Federation of Malaya | ||||||||||
Meeting place | Tunku Abdul Rahman Hall | ||||||||||
Term | 11 September 1959 – 1 March 1964 | ||||||||||
Election | Indirect election and appointments | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
Dewan Negara | |||||||||||
Members | 38 (until 2 November 1963) 50 | ||||||||||
President | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yasin | ||||||||||
Secretary | Ramli Abdul Hamid (until 1960) Abdul Ghani Mohd Don (until 1961) Shamsuddin Mohd Sidin (until 1962) Ahmad Abdullah | ||||||||||
Party control | Alliance | ||||||||||
Sovereign | |||||||||||
Yang di-Pertuan Agong | Tuanku Abdul Rahman (until 1 April 1960) Tuanku Hisamuddin Alam Shah (until 1 September 1960) Tuanku Syed Putra | ||||||||||
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This is a list of the members of the Dewan Negara (Senate) of the First Parliament of the Federation of Malaya (known as the Parliament of Malaysia after 2 November 1963).[1][2] There were 38 senators (22 are elected by the state legislative assemblies, with two senators for each state in the Federation, while the other 16 are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King)) in this initial parliament, increasing to 50 senators (28 are elected by the state legislative assemblies, with two senators for each state in the Federation, while the other 22 are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King)) after the establishment of the Parliament of Malaysia.