Yahaya Abdul Hamid

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Abdul Hamid is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Yahaya. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Yahaya bin Abdul Hamid is a Malaysian politician. He has served as the Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for three terms from 1995 to 2008.^[2]

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri Yahaya Abdul Hamid DGPN DMPN
7th Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
In office 25 April 1995 – 12 February 2008
Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang	Hamdan Sheikh Tahir (1989–2001) Abdul Rahman Abbas (2001–2021)
Chief Minister	Koh Tsu Koon
Preceded by	Abdul Rahman Abbas (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Abdul Halim Hussain (PR–PKR)
Constituency	Pinang Tunggal (1986–2004) Non-MLA (2004–2008)
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Pinang Tunggal
In office 1986–2004
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Roslan Saidin (BN–UMNO)
Majority	1,654 (1986) 1,795 (1990) 6,824 (1995) 4,376 (1999)
Personal details
Born	Yahaya bin Abdul Hamid (1945-06-13) 13 June 1945 (age 80)[1] Penang, Japanese occupation of Malaya
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)

Political career

Yahaya Abdul Hamid made his debut by being elected as Member of State Legislative Assembly for Pinang Tunggal in 1986. After the 1990 general election, Yahaya Abdul Hamid was appointed Member of Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the state administration under Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon.^[3] In 1995, he was appointed Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly until 2008.

Election results

Penang State Legislative Assembly^[4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1986	N03 Pinang Tunggal		Yahaya Abdul Hamid (UMNO)	3,697	60.63%		Ahmad Hasan Salahuddin (PAS)	2,043	33.51%	6,284	1,654	79.35%
							Ahmad Othman (DAP)	358	5.87%
1990			Yahaya Abdul Hamid (UMNO)	4,080	64.10%		Mohd Sani Abdullah (S46)	2,285	35.80%	6,643	1,795	82.96%
1995			Yahaya Abdul Hamid (UMNO)	8,397	84.21%		ASyed Ibrahim Syed Abu Bakar (S46)	1,573	15.79%	10,294	6,824	80.48%
1999			Yahaya Abdul Hamid (UMNO)	7,224	71.72%		Abdul Ghani Haroon (keADILan)	2,848	28.28%	10,416	4,376	80.78%

Honours

• Penang :
  • Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DGPN) – Dato' Seri (2007)^[5]
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of State (DMPN) – Dato' (1995)^[6]