The Parliament building

The Malaysian Houses of Parliament is where the Malaysian legislative arm assemble. The structure is located at Perdana Lake Garden in Kuala Lumpur, right next to the Malaysian national monument, the Tugu Negara. Malaysias Parliament Buildings in Kuala Lumpur. ... Malaysias Parliament Buildings in Kuala Lumpur. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... The National Monument commemorates those who died in Malaysias struggles for freedom (principally against the Japanese occupation and during the Malayan Emergency of 1946-60) The Tugu Negara or the National Monument located in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. ...

The building comprises of two parts. One is a 3-storey main building and the other is a 17-storey tower. The main building hosts the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara while representatives' offices are located in the tower. The Parliament of Malaysia consists of the lower house (Dewan Rakyat or literally Peoples Hall, in Malay) and upper house (Dewan Negara or Nations Hall in Malay). ... The Dewan Negara is the Malaysian Senate. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

The idea to erect the building first came to surface in December 1959 by Malayan and later Malaysian first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman. It cost RM 18 million. Construction started in September 1962 and the new parliament building was officiated by Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong, on November 21, 1963. The Federation of Malaya, or in Malay Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, was formed in 1948 from the British settlements of Penang and Malacca and the nine Malay states and replaced the Malayan Union. ... Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Shah (February 8, 1903–December 6, 1990) usually known as the Tunku (a princely title in Malaysia), and also called Bapa Kemerdekaan (Father of Independence) or Bapa Malaysia (Father of Malaysia), was Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya... Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail (November 25, 1920 – April 16, 2000) was the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong (a constitutional monarch with a five-year term) of Malaysia (September 1, 1960 – September 20, 1965), and sixth Raja of Perlis (1945–2000). ... Flag of the Supreme Head of Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Malay title usually translated as Supreme Head, Supreme Ruler or Paramount Ruler, is the official title of the constitutional head of state of the federation of Malaysia. ...

See also

• Perdana Putra, federal government administrative building in Putrajaya

Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Image:InsertMapHere Mayor Tan Sri Samsudin Osman District Federal Territory Area 46 km² Population  - Total (2004)  - Metropolitan 45,000 (est. ...

External link

• Information on the building at parlimen.gov.my