List of Menteris Besar of Negeri Sembilan

Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Incumbent Mohamad Hassan since 25 March 2004
Government of Negeri Sembilan
Style	Yang Amat Berhormat (The Most Honourable)
Member of	Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council
Reports to	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
Residence	Kampung Tanjung, Rantau, Negeri Sembilan
Seat	Tingkat 5B, Wisma Negeri, 70502 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Appointer	Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Term length	While commanding the confidence of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly With State Elections held no more than five years apart
Inaugural holder	Abdul Malek Yusuf
Formation	1 February 1948
Website	www.ns.gov.my

The Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.

The 10th and current Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan is Mohamad Hassan, who took office on 25 March 2004.

Appointment

According to the state constitution, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan 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 naturalization or by registration. The Yang di-Pertuan Besar 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 Yang di-Pertuan Besar 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 Yang di-Pertuan Besar'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 Yang di-Pertuan Besar, unless the appointment of any member of the Executive Council shall have been revoked by the Yang di-Pertuan Besar 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 Yang di-Pertuan Besar 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 Yang di-Pertuan Besar. 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 Negeri Sembilan 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 Yang di-Pertuan Besar 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 Menteris Besar of Negeri Sembilan

The following is the list of Menteris Besar of Negeri Sembilan since 1948:^[1]

Colour key (for political parties)
Alliance Party   Barisan Nasional

№	Menteri Besar			Term of Office			Electoral mandates (Assembly)
	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) Constituency	Political Party[lower-alpha 1]	Took office	Left office	Days
1		Abdul Malek Yusuf (1899–1977)	UMNO	1 February 1948	11 August 1950	922	–
2		Mohamad Salleh Sulaiman (b. unknown–d. unknown)	UMNO	11 August 1950	1 January 1951	143	–
(1)		Abdul Malek Yusuf (1899–1977)	UMNO	1 August 1951	15 April 1952	470	–
3		Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid (1908–1975)	UMNO	15 April 1952	1 October 1952	169	–
(1)		Abdul Malek Yusuf (b. unknown–d. unknown)	UMNO	1 October 1952	1 October 1953	365	–
4		Shamsuddin Naim (b. unknown–d. unknown)	Alliance (UMNO)	1 October 1953	31 January 1959	1948	–
5		Mohamad Shariff Abdul Samad (b. unknown–d. unknown)	Alliance (UMNO)	1 April 1959	23 June 1959	83	–
6		Mohamed Said Muhammad (b. unknown–1996) MLA for Linggi, 1959–1969	Alliance (UMNO)	23 June 1959	10 May 1969	3609	1959 (1st) 1964 (2nd)
7		Mansor Othman (1923–1999) MLA for Sri Menanti, 1969–1978	Alliance (UMNO)	10 May 1969	12 July 1978	3350	1969 (3rd) 1974 (4th)
(7)			BN (UMNO)
8		Rais Yatim (born 1942) MLA for Pertang, 1978–1982	BN (UMNO)	12 July 1978	29 April 1982	1387	1978 (5th)
9		Mohd Isa Abdul Samad (born 1949) MLA for Linggi, 1978–2004	BN (UMNO)	29 April 1982	25 March 2004	8001	1982 (6th) 1986 (7th) 1990 (8th) 1995 (9th) 1999 (10th)
10		Mohamad Hassan (born 1956) MLA for Rantau, since 2004	BN (UMNO)	25 March 2004	Incumbent	4422	2004 (11th) 2008 (12th) 2013 (13th)

1. This column names only the Menteri Besar's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; those are not listed here.

Living former Menteris Besar

Name	Term of office	Date of birth
Rais Yatim	1978–1982	15 April 1942 (age 74)
Mohd Isa Abdul Samad	1982–2004	14 November 1949 (age 66)

References

1. "Negeri Sembilan". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 16 June 2011.