Menteri Besar of Selangor

Menteri Besar of Selangor
Coat of arms of Selangor
Incumbent Amirudin Shari since 19 June 2018
Government of Selangor
Style	Yang Amat Berhormat (The Most Honourable)
Member of	Selangor State Executive Council
Reports to	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Residence	Jalan Permata 7/1, Seksyen 7, 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor
Seat	Tingkat 21, Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, 40503 Shah Alam, Selangor
Appointer	Sharafuddin Sultan of Selangor
Term length	5 years or lesser, renewable once (while commanding the confidence of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly With State Elections held no more than five years apart)
Constituting instrument	Laws of the Constitution of Selangor 1959
Inaugural holder	Hamzah Abdullah
Formation	June 1947 (1947-06)
Deputy	Vacant
Website	www.selangor.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/82

The Menteri Besar of Selangor, also referred to as the First Minister of Selangor, is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Selangor. According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.

The 16th and current Menteri Besar of Selangor is Amirudin Shari, who took office on 19 June 2018.

Appointment

According to the state constitution, the Sultan of Selangor shall first appoint the Menteri Besar to preside over the Executive Council and requires such Menteri Besar to be a member of the Legislative Assembly who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly, must be an ethnic Malay who professes the religion of Islam and must not a Malaysian citizen by naturalisation or by registration. The Sultan on the Menteri Besar's advice shall appoint not more than ten nor less than four members from among the members of the Legislative Assembly.

The member of the Executive Council must take and subscribe in the presence of the Sultan the oath of office and allegiance as well as the oath of secrecy before they can exercise the functions of office. The Executive Council shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly. The members of the Executive Council shall not hold any office of profit and engage in any trade, business or profession that will cause conflict of interest.

If a government cannot get its appropriation (budget) legislation passed by the Legislative Assembly, or the Legislative Assembly passes a vote of "no confidence" in the government, the Menteri Besar is bound by convention to resign immediately. The Sultan's choice of replacement Menteri Besar will be dictated by the circumstances. A member of the Executive Council other than the Menteri Besar shall hold office during the pleasure of the Sultan, unless the appointment of any member of the Executive Council shall have been revoked by the Sultan on the advice of the Menteri Besar but may at any time resign his office.

Following a resignation in other circumstances, defeated in an election or the death of the Menteri Besar, the Sultan will generally appoint as Menteri Besar the person voted by the governing party as their new leader.

Powers

The power of the Menteri Besar is subject to a number of limitations. Menteri Besar removed as leader of his or her party, or whose government loses a vote of no confidence in the Legislative Assembly, must advise a state election or resign the office or be dismissed by the Sultan. The defeat of a supply bill (one that concerns the spending of money) or unable to pass important policy-related legislation is seen to require the resignation of the government or dissolution of Legislative Assembly, much like a non-confidence vote, since a government that cannot spend money is hamstrung, also called loss of supply.

The Menteri Besar's party will normally have a majority in the Legislative Assembly and party discipline is exceptionally strong in Selangor politics, so passage of the government's legislation through the Legislative Assembly is mostly a formality.

Caretaker Menteri Besar

The legislative assembly unless sooner dissolved by the Sultan with His Majesty's own discretion on the advice of the Menteri Besar shall continue for five years from the date of its first meeting. The state constitution permits a delay of 60 days of general election to be held from the date of dissolution and the legislative assembly shall be summoned to meet on a date not later than 120 days from the date of dissolution. Conventionally, between the dissolution of one legislative assembly and the convening of the next, the Menteri Besar and the executive council remain in office in a caretaker capacity.

List of Menteri Besar of Selangor

The following is the list of Menteris Besar of Selangor since 1947:

Colour key (for political parties):
  Independent /   Alliance /   Barisan Nasional   PKR   Pakatan Harapan

#	Portrait		Name (Birth–Death) Constituency	Political party	Term of office		Electoral mandates (Assembly)
1			Hamzah Abdullah (1890–1971)	Independent	June 1949	1 July 1949	–
2			Raja Uda Raja Muhammad (1894–1976)		1 July 1949	March 1953	–
3			Othman Mohamad (1905–d. unknown)	Alliance (UMNO)	March 1953	September 1954	–
4			Raja Uda Raja Muhammad (1894–1976)		September 1954	August 1955	–
5			Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid (1908–1975)		August 1955	1956	–
6			Muhammad Ismail Abdul Latiff (1894–1976)		1956	1958	–
7			Abdul Jamil Abdul Rais (1912–1994)		1958	May 1959	–
8			Abu Bakar Baginda (1899–1972) MLA for Dengkil, 1959–1964		30 May 1959	19 March 1964	1959 (1st)
9			Harun Idris (1925–2003) MLA for Morib, 1964–1978	BN (UMNO)	19 March 1964	24 March 1976	1964 (2nd) 1969 (3rd) 1974 (4th)
10			Hormat Rafei (1923–2001) MLA for Telok Datoh, 1963–1974 MLA for Banting, 1974–1982		15 April 1976	3 May 1982	– (4th) 1978 (5th)
11			Ahmad Razali Mohamad Ali (1928–2001) MLA for Kampong Bharu, 1967–1974 MLA for Dengkil, 1974–1978 MLA for Ampang, 1982–1986		4 May 1982	13 August 1986	1982 (6th)
12			Muhammad Muhammad Taib (b. 1945) MLA for Batang Kali, 1982–1999		14 August 1986	14 April 1997	1986 (7th) 1990 (8th) 1995 (9th)
13			Abu Hassan Omar (1940–2018) MLA for Permatang, 1997–2004		6 June 1997	9 August 2000	– (9th) 1999 (10th)
14			Mohamed Khir Toyo (b. 1965) MLA for Sungai Panjang, 1999–2013		18 August 2000	13 March 2008	– (10th) 2004 (11th)
15			Abdul Khalid Ibrahim (1946–2022) MLA for Ijok, 2008–2013 MLA for Pelabuhan Klang, 2013-2018	PR (PKR)	13 March 2008	23 September 2014	2008 (12th) 2013 (13th)
16			Mohamed Azmin Ali (b. 1964) MLA for Hulu Kelang, 1999–2004, since 2023 MLA for Bukit Antarabangsa, 2008–2023		23 September 2014	18 June 2018	– (13th) 2018 (14th)
				PH (PKR)
17			Amirudin Shari (b. 1980) MLA for Batu Caves, 2008–2018, MLA for Sungai Tua, since 2018		19 June 2018	Incumbent	– (14th) 2023 (15th)

Living former Menteri Besar

Name	Term of office	Date of birth
Muhammad Muhammad Taib	1986–1997	29 July 1945 (age 79)
Mohamed Khir Toyo	2000–2008	6 August 1965 (age 59)
Mohamed Azmin Ali	2014–2018	25 August 1964 (age 60)