Women in the Dewan Negara
# Women in the Dewan Negara

There have been 136 women in the Dewan Negara since the establishment of the Parliament of Malaysia. As of 2018, there are 14 female senators, or 20.00% of the body.

Women have had the right to sit in Dewan Negara since 1959, however, it was not until Aishah Ghani to be appointed as the first female senator in 1962. Women have been appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and indirectly elected by all state legislatures to represent their states in the Dewan Negara. Since then, all states have had multiple female senators – in chronological order: Kedah (1975), Terengganu (1975), Pahang (1977), Sabah (1989), Kelantan (1991), Selangor (1991), Johor (1997), Negeri Sembilan (1999), Malacca (1999), Perlis (2005), Perak (2006), Sarawak (2010) and Penang (2015).

## List of female senators

This is an incomplete list of women who have served as members of the Dewan Negara, ordered alphabetically. This list includes women who served in the past and who continue to serve in the present.

### Elected by the State Legislative Assembly

| Senator | Party | State | Term start | Term end |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Armani Mahiruddin | BN (UMNO) | Sabah | 20 December 2005 | 19 December 2008 |
| Armani Mahiruddin | BN (UMNO) | Sabah | 22 December 2008 | 21 December 2011 |
| Asmak Husin | PAS | Kelantan | 1 July 2018 | 30 June 2021 |
| Asmah Ismail | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 25 June 1990 | 24 June 1993 |
| Christina Lorline Tibok @ Christine Vanhouten | BN (UPKO) | Sabah | | |
| Christina Lorline Tibok @ Christine Vanhouten | BN (UPKO) | Sabah | 31 July 2000 | 30 July 2003 |
| Dayang Madinah Abang Openg | BN (PBB) | Sarawak | 19 July 2010 | 18 July 2013 |
| Dayang Madinah Abang Openg | BN (PBB) | Sarawak | 19 July 2013 | 18 July 2016 |
| Empiang Jabu | BN (PBB) | Sarawak | 28 June 2004 | 27 June 2007 |
| Empiang Jabu | BN (PBB) | Sarawak | 11 July 2007 | 10 July 2010 |
| Engku Naimah Engku Taib | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | 6 November 2015 | 5 November 2018 |
| Fadhlina Sidek | PH (PKR) | Penang | 1 September 2021 | 5 November 2022 |
| Habibah Abdul Ghani | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 19 December 1983 | 18 December 1986 |
| Habidah Jusoh | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | 23 February 1987 | 22 February 1990 |
| Habidah Jusoh | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | 26 December 1989 | 25 December 1992 |
| Halimah Hamzah | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | | |
| Hasnah Fatimah Mohd Kasim | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | | |
| Hasnah Fatimah Mohd Kasim | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | 10 January 1984 | 9 January 1987 |
| Hazizah Mohd. Sultan | BN (UMNO) | Malacca | 27 December 1999 | 26 December 2002 |
| Heng Seai Kie | BN (MCA) | Perak | 6 December 2006 | 5 December 2009 |
| Heng Seai Kie | BN (MCA) | Perak | 16 November 2009 | 15 November 2012 |
| Hunaizah Mohd. Noor | PAS | Kelantan | 4 August 1997 | 3 August 2000 |
| Ida Dumpangal née Ida Undan | | Sabah | 29 December 1989 | 28 December 1992 |
| Jamilah Ibrahim | PAS | Kelantan | 4 August 1997 | 3 August 2000 |
| Juhanis Abdul Aziz | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 24 August 2021 | 23 August 2024 |
| Kalthom Othman | PAS | Kelantan | 24 July 1991 | 23 July 1994 |
| Kalthom Othman | PAS | Kelantan | 9 May 1994 | 8 May 1997 |
| Kelsom Yaacub | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 13 December 1993 | 12 December 1996 |
| Khadijah Awang | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | 14 May 1996 | 13 May 1999 |
| Khairiah Mohamed | PAS | Kelantan | 9 July 2012 | 8 July 2015 |
| Khairiah Mohamed | PAS | Kelantan | 1 July 2015 | 30 June 2018 |
| Kian Sit Har | BN (MCA) | Malacca | 19 April 1993 | 18 April 1996 |
| Lee Pit Chern | BN (MCA) | Negeri Sembilan | 19 May 1999 | 18 May 2002 |
| Lim Hui Ying | PH (DAP) | Penang | 27 August 2018 | 5 November 2022 |
| Lim Kee Moi | BN (MCA) | Johor | | |
| Lim Nget Yoon | BN (MCA) | Pahang | 8 June 2012 | 7 June 2015 |
| Mahimon Harun | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 9 November 1977 | 8 November 1980 |
| Mariah Abdullah | BN (UMNO) | Perlis | | |
| Melati Ali | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | | |
| Mumtaz Md Nawi | PAS | Kelantan | 19 July 2006 | 18 July 2009 |
| Mumtaz Md Nawi | PAS | Kelantan | 6 July 2009 | 5 July 2012 |
| Ng Yen Yen | BN (MCA) | Pahang | 13 December 1993 | 12 December 1996 |
| Norahan Abu Bakar | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 22 June 2015 | 22 September 2017 |
| Norani Beluah | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 13 July 1987 | 12 July 1990 |
| Noraini Idris | BN (UMNO) | Sabah | 10 December 2021 | 9 December 2024 |
| Nordiana Shafie | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | 23 December 2005 | 22 December 2008 |
| Nuridah Salleh | PAS | Terengganu | 29 November 2018 | 5 November 2022 |
| Rahmah Salleh | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | | |
| Ramlah Abas | BN (UMNO) | Malacca | 3 May 1999 | 2 May 2002 |
| Ramlah Kassim | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 6 September 1996 | 5 September 1999 |
| Rohani Abdullah | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | 26 January 2012 | 25 January 2015 |
| Rosalind Yau Shuk Meng | BN (MCA) | Selangor | 5 August 1991 | 4 August 1994 |
| Roslin Abdul Rahman | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 8 June 2012 | 7 June 2015 |
| Sabani Mat | BN (UMNO) | Perlis | 25 July 2018 | 24 July 2021 |
| Safinah Jusoh | PAS | Terengganu | 27 December 1999 | 26 December 2002 |
| Samsiah Samsudin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | | |
| Samsiah Samsudin | BN (UMNO) | Negeri Sembilan | 14 December 2006 | 13 December 2009 |
| See Too Mee | BN (MCA) | Johor | 24 April 2000 | 23 April 2003 |
| Shahanim Mohamad Yusoff | BN (UMNO) | Kedah | 30 May 2014 | 29 May 2017 |
| Siti Aishah Shaik Ismail | PKR | Penang | 22 June 2015 | 21 June 2018 |
| Siti Fatimah Yahaya | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 10 August 2018 | 9 August 2021 |
| Siti Rokiah Mohd. Zabidin | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 8 May 2006 | 7 May 2009 |
| Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff | PAS | Kelantan | | |
| Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff | PAS | Kelantan | 1 July 2003 | 30 June 2006 |
| Siw Chun Eam | BN (UMNO) | Perlis | 20 December 2005 | 19 December 2008 |
| Tan Ah Eng | BN (MCA) | Johor | 12 May 1997 | 11 May 2000 |
| Tom Saudah Othman | BN (UMNO) | Kedah | 6 January 1975 | 5 January 1978 |
| Wan Ubaidah Omar | PAS | Kelantan | 1 July 2003 | 30 June 2006 |
| Wan Ubaidah Omar | PAS | Kelantan | 19 July 2006 | 18 July 2009 |
| Wan Martina | PAS | Kelantan | 23 August 2021 | 22 August 2024 |
| Zainun A. Bakar | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | 6 May 2009 | 5 May 2012 |
| Zaitun Mat | BN (UMNO) | Pahang | 6 May 2009 | 5 May 2012 |
| Zaitun Mat Amin | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | 8 June 2012 | 7 June 2015 |
| Zawiah Abdullah | BN (UMNO) | Terengganu | 6 January 1975 | 5 January 1978 |

### Nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong

| Senator | Party | | Term start | Term end |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Agnes Shim Tshin Nyuk | BN (MCA) | Appointed | | |
| Ainon Ariffin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 18 February 1986 | 17 February 1989 |
| Ainon Ariffin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 27 March 1989 | 26 March 1992 |
| Aishah Ghani | Alliance (UMNO) | Appointed | 15 October 1962 | 14 October 1968 |
| Aishah Ghani | Alliance (UMNO) | Appointed | 22 October 1968 | 21 October 1974 |
| Azizah Abdul Samad | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 26 August 2004 | 25 August 2007 |
| Azizah Harun | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 6 July 2015 | 5 July 2018 |
| Azizah Mohd Dun | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 4 July 2000 | 3 July 2003 |
| Azizah Mohd Dun | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 12 August 2003 | 11 August 2006 |
| Azizah Mohd. Said | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 29 July 1985 | 28 July 1988 |
| Bathmavathi Krishnan | IND | Appointed | 18 November 2013 | 17 November 2016 |
| Bathmavathi Krishnan | IND | Appointed | 18 November 2016 | 17 November 2019 |
| Bibi Aishah Hamid Don | Alliance (UMNO) | Appointed | 19 October 1964 | 18 October 1970 |
| Che Jam Haron | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 27 July 1999 | 26 July 2002 |
| Che Pora Omar | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 21 February 1991 | 20 February 1994 |
| Che Pora Omar | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 31 March 1994 | 30 March 1997 |
| Chew Lee Giok | BN (MCA) | Appointed | 13 December 2010 | 12 December 2013 |
| Chew Mei Fun | BN (MCA) | Appointed | 9 April 2009 | 8 April 2012 |
| Chew Mei Fun | BN (MCA) | Appointed | 26 June 2014 | 25 June 2017 |
| Chew Poh Thoi | BN (MCA) | Appointed | | |
| Dasimah Dasir | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 20 February 1971 | 19 February 1974 |
| Dasimah Dasir | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | | 7 October 1980 |
| Dayang Mahani Pengiran Ahmad Raffae | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 21 July 2004 | 20 July 2007 |
| Doris Sophia Brodi | BN (PRS) | Appointed | 12 March 2010 | 11 March 2013 |
| Doris Sophia Brodi | BN (PRS) | Appointed | 12 March 2013 | 11 March 2016 |
| Fahariyah Md Nordin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 7 December 2016 | 6 December 2019 |
| Faridah Abu Hassan | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 4 September 1995 | 3 September 1998 |
| Fatimah Hamat | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 23 December 2008 | 22 December 2011 |
| Fatimah Salim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | | |
| Fuziah Salleh | PH (PKR) | Appointed | 9 December 2022 | 8 December 2025 |
| Habshah Osman | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 27 October 1992 | 26 October 1995 |
| Habshah Osman | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 4 September 1995 | 3 September 1998 |
| Hafsah Othman | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 19 July 1982 | 18 July 1985 |
| Jamilah Sulaiman | BN (PBS) | Appointed | 7 November 2012 | 6 November 2015 |
| Jamilah Sulaiman | BN (PBS) | Appointed | 22 December 2015 | 21 December 2018 |
| Janaky Athi Nahappan | BN (MIC) | Appointed | 19 July 1982 | 18 July 1985 |
| Janaky Athi Nahappan | BN (MIC) | Appointed | 5 December 1983 | 4 December 1986 |
| Jaya Partiban | BN (MIC) | Appointed | | |
| Kamilia Ibrahim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 4 September 1995 | 3 September 1998 |
| Kamilia Ibrahim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 7 April 1997 | 6 April 2000 |
| Law Jack Yoon | BN (MCA) | Appointed | 14 February 1987 | 13 February 1990 |
| Law Jack Yoon | BN (MCA) | Appointed | 18 December 1989 | 17 December 1992 |
| Lim Hiang Nai @ Lim Sean Lean | BN (MCA) | Appointed | 5 December 1983 | 4 December 1986 |
| Loga Chitra M. Govindasamy | BN (MIC) | Appointed | 6 April 2007 | 5 April 2010 |
| Mariany Mohammad Yit | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 15 December 2010 | 14 December 2013 |
| Mariany Mohammad Yit | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 16 December 2013 | 15 December 2016 |
| Mashitah Ibrahim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 18 March 2008 | 17 March 2011 |
| Mashitah Ibrahim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 21 March 2011 | 20 March 2014 |
| Mastika Junaidah Husin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 14 December 1994 | 13 December 1997 |
| Mastika Junaidah Husin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 9 March 1998 | 8 March 2001 |
| Mazidah Zakaria | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 18 February 1986 | 17 February 1989 |
| Mazidah Zakaria | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 27 March 1989 | 26 March 1992 |
| Maznah Mazlan | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 21 April 2008 | 20 April 2011 |
| Maznah Mazlan | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 25 April 2011 | 24 April 2014 |
| Melanie Chua Chui Ket | BN (SAPP) | Appointed | 2 August 1999 | 1 August 2002 |
| Naomi Chong Set Mui | BN (LDP) | Appointed | 2 October 2003 | 1 October 2006 |
| Nen Abidah Abdullah | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 20 December 1982 | 19 December 1985 |
| Nichole Wong Siaw Ting | BN (MCA) | Appointed | 17 June 2022 | 5 November 2022 |
| Nik Azizah Nik Yahya | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | | |
| Nik Azizah Nik Yahya | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 17 February 2005 | 16 February 2008 |
| Noorita Sual | PH (DAP) | Appointed | 20 March 2023 | 19 March 2026 |
| Nor Azah Awin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 27 July 1999 | 26 July 2002 |
| Nor Hayati Onn | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 14 October 2005 | 13 October 2008 |
| Nor Hayati Onn | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 28 October 2008 | 27 October 2011 |
| Noriah Mahat | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 3 May 2010 | 2 May 2013 |
| Noriah Mahat | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 19 July 2013 | 18 July 2016 |
| Norjan Khan Bahadar | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 4 December 1997 | 3 December 2000 |
| Norliza Abdul Rahim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 4 July 2011 | 3 July 2014 |
| Norliza Abdul Rahim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 30 May 2014 | 29 May 2017 |
| Norraesah Mohamad | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 14 October 2005 | 13 October 2008 |
| Norsimah Hashim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 27 July 1999 | 26 July 2002 |
| Ong Chong Swen | BN (MCA) | Appointed | 19 February 2018 | 18 February 2021 |
| Ooi Siew Kim | BN (MCA) | Appointed | | |
| Puizah Abu Kassim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 2 August 1999 | 1 August 2002 |
| Rabiyah Ali | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 7 December 2016 | 6 December 2019 |
| Rafidah Aziz | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 6 January 1975 | 5 January 1978 |
| Rafidah Aziz | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 9 November 1977 | 8 November 1980 |
| Rahaiah Baheran | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 27 October 1992 | 26 October 1995 |
| Rahaiah Baheran | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 4 September 1995 | 3 September 1998 |
| Rahemah Idris | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 7 December 2016 | 6 December 2019 |
| Rahimah Mahamad | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 20 February 2014 | 19 February 2017 |
| Rahimah Mahamad | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 31 March 2017 | 30 March 2020 |
| Rahmah Othman | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 6 April 1979 | 5 April 1982 |
| Raj Munni Sabu | PH (AMANAH) | Appointed | 27 August 2018 | 26 August 2021 |
| Raja Ropiah Raja Abdullah | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 9 April 2012 | 8 April 2015 |
| Ras Adiba Mohd Radzi | IND | Appointed | 20 May 2020 | 19 May 2023 |
| Rhina Bhar | BN (Gerakan) | Appointed | 13 October 2004 | 12 October 2007 |
| Rita Samariah Patrick Insol | GPS (PRS) | Appointed | 22 June 2020 | 21 June 2023 |
| Rogayah Ariff | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 15 December 1980 | 14 December 1983 |
| Rogayah Ariff | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 13 April 1981 | 12 April 1984 |
| Rogayah Che Mat | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 18 February 1986 | 17 February 1989 |
| Rogayah Che Mat | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 27 March 1989 | 26 March 1992 |
| Rokiah @ Maimun Zainuddin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 8 August 1983 | 7 August 1986 |
| Rokiah @ Maimun Zainuddin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 1 December 1986 | 30 November 1989 |
| Ros Suyati Alang | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 20 September 2022 | 19 September 2025 |
| Rosnah Mohd. Salleh | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 23 February 1987 | 22 February 1990 |
| Rosnah Mohd. Salleh | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 20 February 1990 | 19 February 1993 |
| S. Bagiam Ayem Perumal | BN (MIC) | Appointed | 22 August 2011 | 21 August 2014 |
| S. Bagiam Ayem Perumal | BN (MIC) | Appointed | 25 August 2014 | 24 August 2017 |
| Salbiah Mohd. Akim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 1 December 1986 | 30 November 1989 |
| Salbiah Mohd. Akim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 5 July 1989 | 4 July 1992 |
| Salmah Sheikh Hussein | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 6 January 1975 | 5 January 1978 |
| Salmah Sheikh Hussein | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 9 August 1976 | 8 August 1979 |
| Sarasa Velu | BN (MIC) | Appointed | 16 December 1992 | 15 December 1995 |
| Sarasa Velu | BN (MIC) | Appointed | 20 March 1996 | 19 March 1999 |
| Saraswathy Kandasami | PH (PKR) | Appointed | 9 December 2022 | 8 December 2025 |
| Selemiah Hashim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 19 April 1993 | 18 April 1996 |
| Selemiah Hashim | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 30 July 1996 | 29 July 1999 |
| Shahanim Mohamad Yusoff | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 16 November 2017 | 15 November 2020 |
| Shahrizat Abdul Jalil | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 9 April 2009 | 8 April 2012 |
| Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | | |
| Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 9 March 2007 | 8 March 2010 |
| Sharipah Aminah Syed Mohamed | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 13 December 2004 | 12 December 2007 |
| Sharipah Aminah Syed Mohamed | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 13 December 2007 | 12 December 2010 |
| Siti Fatimah Sheikh Hussein | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | | |
| Siti Hawa @ Karimah Mohd. Nor | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 12 August 1998 | 11 August 2001 |
| Sopiah Sharif | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 17 July 2017 | 16 July 2020 |
| Susan Chemarai Anding | GPS (PBB) | Appointed | 22 June 2020 | 21 June 2023 |
| Usha Nandhini S. Jayaram | BN (MIC) | Appointed | 15 July 2008 | 14 July 2011 |
| Valli Muthusamy | BN (MIC) | Appointed | 15 December 1986 | 14 December 1989 |
| Valli Muthusamy | BN (MIC) | Appointed | 11 December 1989 | 10 December 1992 |
| Wan Asiah Ahmad | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 11 November 1997 | 10 November 2000 |
| Wan Asiah Ahmad | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 2 November 2000 | 1 November 2003 |
| Wan Hazani Wan Mohd Nor | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 14 October 2005 | 13 October 2008 |
| Wan Hazani Wan Mohd Nor | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 3 December 2008 | 2 December 2011 |
| Wan Intan Wan Ahmad Tajuddin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 27 October 1992 | 26 October 1995 |
| Wan Intan Wan Ahmad Tajuddin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 4 September 1995 | 3 September 1998 |
| Wan Ramlah Ahmad | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | | |
| Wan Ramlah Ahmad | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 8 January 2007 | 7 January 2010 |
| Zaleha Husin | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 13 April 1992 | 12 April 1995 |
| Zunairah Musa | BN (UMNO) | Appointed | 22 December 2021 | 21 December 2024 |
