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Yang di-Pertua Negeri, literally the "head of state" in Malay, is the official title of the State Governors of the Malaysian states of Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak, who are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or King of Malaysia.

Before 1976, the heads of state of Penang, Malacca and Sarawak were titled Governor in English and Yang di-Pertua Negeri in Malay, whereas the head of state of Sabah was titled Yang di-Pertua Negara in both languages. Singapore had a Yang di-Pertuan Negara when it gained self-government under British sovereignty in 1959. The title was used by the state governor while Singapore was a part of Malaysia between 1963 and 1965, when it left Malaysia to become an independent republic. Since 1976 the heads of state of Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak have been titled Yang di-Pertua Negeri in both languages.

In present day usage negeri and negara mean "state (sub-national)" and "state (country)" respectively, though the word negeri was formerly used indiscriminately. The distinction between Yang di-Pertua and Yang di-Pertuan is finer, but present usage is somewhat like the English words "head" and "ruler". A Yang di-Pertua Negeri is entitled to the style Tuan Yang Terutama (TYT), or in English, "His Excellency".

Contents 1 List of Governors / Yang di-Pertuan Negara / Yang di-Pertua Negara / Yang di-Pertua Negeri 1.1 Malacca 1.2 Penang 1.3 Singapore 1.4 Sabah 1.5 Sarawak 2 See also 3 Reference

[edit] List of Governors / Yang di-Pertuan Negara / Yang di-Pertua Negara / Yang di-Pertua Negeri

[edit] Malacca

Name	Took Office	Left Office
Tun Leong Yew Koh	1957	1963
Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf	1963	1971
Tun Haji Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid	1971	1975
Tun Syed Zahiruddin bin Syed Hassan	1975	1984
Tun Datuk Seri Utama Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabudin	1984	2004
Tun Datuk Seri Utama Mohd Khalil bin Yaakob	2004	Incumbent

[edit] Penang

Name	Took Office	Left Office
Raja Tun Uda Al-Haj Bin Raja Muhammad	1957	1967
Tun Tan Sri Syed Sheh bin Syed Abdullah Shahabudin	1967	1969
Tun Tan Sri Syed Sheh Al-Haj bin Syed Hassan Barakbah	1969	1975
Tun Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dato' Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir	1975	1981
Tun Datuk Dr. Haji Awang bin Hassan	1981	1989
Tun Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Haji Hamdan bin Sheikh Tahir	1989	2001
Tun Dato' Seri Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas	2001	Incumbent

[edit] Singapore

Name	Took Office	Left Office
Yusof bin Ishak	1963	1965

[edit] Sabah

Name	Took Office	Left Office
Tun Datu Mustapha bin Datu Harun	1963	1965
Tun Pengiran Haji Ahmad Raffae Pengiran Othman	1965	1973
Tun Muhammad Fuad Stephens	1973	1975
Tun Muhammad Hamdan Abdullah	1975	1977
Tun Ahmad Koroh	1978	1979
Tun Datuk Mohamad Adnan Robert	1979	1987
Tun Mohd Said bin Keruak	1987	1994
Tun Sakaran bin Dandai	1994	2003
Tun Ahmadshah bin Abdullah	2003	Incumbent

[edit] Sarawak

Name	Took Office	Left Office
Tun Abang Haji Openg	1963	1969
Tun Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman	1969	1977
Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin	1977	1981
Tun Abdul Rahman Ya'kub	1981	1985
Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce	1985	2000
Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin	2001	Incumbent

[edit] See also

• Yang di-Pertuan Agong
• Yang di-Pertuan Besar
• Yang di-Pertuan Negara
• Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak
• Malay titles

[edit] Reference

• Malaysian Government Portal [1]