Dewan Rakyat

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House of Representatives

Dewan Rakyat
15th Parliament
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
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
Nizam Mydin
since 13 May 2020
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
Hamzah Zainudin, PN-BERSATU
since 19 December 2022
Structure
Seats222
Political groups
(As of 10 December 2022)

Government (148)

  PH (82)
  BN (30)
  GPS (23)
  •      PBB (14)
  •      PRS (5)
  •      PDP (2)
  •      SUPP (2)
  GRS (6)
  WARISAN (3)
  KDM (2)
  PBM (1)
  Independent (1)

Opposition (74)

  PN (74)
Committees
5
Length of term
Up to 5 years
Elections
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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