The Selangor state government refers to the government authority of the

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Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

. The state government adheres to and is created by both the

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, the supreme law of

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, and the Constitution of the State of Selangor, the supreme law in Selangor. The government of Selangor is based in the state's capital city of

Shah Alam Shah Alam () is a city and the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia and situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighbouring Klang District. Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of the state of Selangor in ...

. The state government consists of only two branches – executive and legislative. The

Selangor State Executive Council The Selangor State Executive Council (''Malay: Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor'') is the executive authority of the Government of Selangor, Malaysia. The Council comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he i ...

forms the executive branch, whilst the

Selangor State Legislative Assembly The Selangor State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Negeri Selangor) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Selangor. The State Assembly is composed of 56 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the sta ...

is the legislature of the state government. Selangor's head of government is the

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. The state government does not have a judiciary branch, as Malaysia's judicial system is a federalised system operating uniformly throughout the country.

Executive

Head of government

The Menteri Besar is the head of government in

. He is officially appointed by the

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, Selangor's head of state, on the basis of the latter's judgement that the former commands the confidence of the majority of the State Assemblymen in the

. The Menteri Besar and his Executive Council shall be collectively responsible to Legislative Assembly. The Office of the Menteri Besar is situated inside

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Building is Selangor's state secretariat building. It is located at Bukit SUK, Section 5, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. It was constructed between 1982 and 1984. The building was officially opened on 2 February 1985 ...

The current Menteri Besar of Selangor is

Amirudin Shari Dato' Seri Amirudin bin Shari ( ms, أمير الدين بن شاعري, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 8 February 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 16th Menteri Besar of Selangor since June 2018, Member of ...

of the

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(PKR), which controls the most seats in the State Legislative Assembly among the

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(PH) component parties. Amirudin Shari was sworn in on 19 June 2018, after the 2018 State Election that saw the PH coalition retaining power in Selangor.

Cabinet

The

forms the executive branch of the Selangor state government and is analogous in function to the Malaysian federal Cabinet. The Executive Council comprises the

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, and between four and 10 other State Assemblymen from the

. Aside from these, three other

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s of the Executive Council are the State Secretary, the State Legal Adviser and the State Financial Officer. Following the 2018 State Election, the members of the Executive Council are as follows.

Legislature

The

is the legislative branch of the Selangor state government. The unicameral legislature consists of 56 seats that represent the 56 state constituencies within Selangor, with each constituency being represented by an elected State Assemblyman. The Legislative Assembly convenes at the

. The legislature has a maximum mandate of five years by law and follows a multi-party system; the ruling party (or coalition) is elected through a

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system. The

may dissolve the legislature at any time and usually does so upon the advice of the

. A Speaker is elected by the Legislative Assembly to preside over the proceedings and debates of the legislature. The Speaker may or may not be an elected State Assemblyman; in the case of the latter, the elected Speaker shall become a member of the Legislative Assembly additional to the elected State Assemblymen already in the legislature.

Departments, agencies and statutory bodies

Departments

* Selangor State Treasury Department * Selangor Islamic Religious Affairs Department * Selangor Irrigation and Drainage Department * Office of HRH Sultan of Selangor

Agencies

Statutory bodies

References

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