Ramli Ngah Talib

Ramli Ngah Talib
رملي ڠه طالب
Ramli in 2017
9th Governor of Penang
Assumed office
1 May 2025
Chief MinisterChow Kon Yeow
Preceded byAhmad Fuzi Abdul Razak
7th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
In office
22 November 2004  13 February 2008
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyLim Si Cheng
Yusof Yacob
Preceded byMohamed Zahir Ismail
Succeeded byPandikar Amin Mulia
ConstituencyPasir Salak
Deputy Minister of Transport
In office
15 December 1999  26 March 2004
Serving with Douglas Uggah Embas
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Preceded byIbrahim Saad
Succeeded byTengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar
ConstituencyPasir Salak
8th Menteri Besar of Perak
In office
1 March 1983  2 December 1999
MonarchsIdris II
Azlan Shah
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Preceded byWan Mohamed Wan Teh
Succeeded byTajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali
Personal details
Born
Ramli bin Ngah Talib

(1941-03-16) 16 March 1941
Pasir Salak, Perak, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(1973–present)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(1973–present)
SpouseRaja Noora Ashikin Raja Abdullah
Children4
EducationMalay College Kuala Kangsar
Alma materQueen's University Belfast (LLB)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Ramli bin Ngah Talib (Jawi: رملي بن ڠه طالب; born 16 March 1941) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the 9th Governor of Penang since 1 May 2025. He served as the 8th Menteri Besar of Perak from March 1982 until December 1999 and Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from November 2004 until February 2008. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation, a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.