18th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
The 18th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly was a term of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly, the legislative branch of the Government of Sarawak in Sarawak, Malaysia. The 18th Assembly consisted of 82 members that were elected in the 2016 state election and served from 7 June 2016 until 3 November 2021.
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Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building, Kuching | |||||||||||||
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| Legislative body | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Sarawak | ||||||||||||
| Meeting place | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building | ||||||||||||
| Term | 7 June 2016 – 3 November 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Election | 2016 Sarawak state election | ||||||||||||
| Government | Second Adenan cabinet Johari cabinet | ||||||||||||
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| Members | 82 | ||||||||||||
| Speaker | Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar | ||||||||||||
| Deputy Speaker | Gerawat Gala | ||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg | ||||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Chong Chieng Jen (until 8 November 2020) Wong Soon Koh (from 9 November 2020) | ||||||||||||
| Party control | Gabungan Parti Sarawak coalition | ||||||||||||
| Yang di-Pertua Negeri | Abdul Taib Mahmud | ||||||||||||
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The legislature would, in normal circumstances, have dissolved automatically at the expiration of the five-year term on 6 June 2021 per the Sarawak constitution, but it was overridden by an ongoing emergency declaration at the federal level arising from the 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. The subsequent state election has also been delayed. The emergency declaration was however ended several months earlier than scheduled and the legislature was dissolved on the same day.