Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal | |
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وان أحمد فيصل وان أحمد کمال | |
Deputy Minister of National Unity | |
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
Minister | Halimah Mohamed Sadique |
Preceded by | Ti Lian Ker |
Succeeded by | Saraswathy Kandasami |
Constituency | Senator |
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports | |
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
Minister | Reezal Merican Naina Merican |
Preceded by | Steven Sim Chee Keong |
Succeeded by | Ti Lian Ker |
Constituency | Senator |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Machang | |
Assumed office 19 November 2022 Suspended since 18 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (BN–UMNO) |
Majority | 10,154 (2022) |
Senator Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |
In office 10 March 2020 – 5 November 2022 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022) |
2nd Youth Chief of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party | |
In office 16 August 2020 – 29 October 2024 | |
President | Muhyiddin Yassin |
Deputy | Ahmad Faizal Azumu |
Preceded by | Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Hilman Idham |
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
2022– | Perikatan Nasional |
Faction represented in Dewan Negara | |
2020 | Malaysian United Indigenous Party |
2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
Personal details | |
Born | Wan Ahmad Fayhsal bin Wan Ahmad Kamal 8 May 1987 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Citizenship | Malaysia |
Political party | Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2016) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2017–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) |
Spouse | Dr. Siti Nuhara binti Riduan |
Relations | Wan Kuzain & Wan Kuzri (Younger half-brothers) |
Children | Wan Ahmad Dastan Wan Ahmad Razan |
Alma mater | Universiti Teknologi Petronas (BEng) King's College London (MA) |
Occupation | Politician |
Wan Ahmad Fayhsal bin Wan Ahmad Kamal (Jawi: وان أحمد فيصل بن وان أحمد کمال; born 8 May 1987) otherwise known as 'Wan Fayhsal' or WAF, is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Machang since November 2022. He served as the Deputy Minister of National Unity in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Halimah Mohamed Sadique from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022. Prior to that he was Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He previously served as a Senator from March 2020 to his resignation in November 2022. He is a Supreme Council Member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition. He has also served as the 2nd Youth Chief of BERSATU from August 2020 to October 2024 and Deputy Youth Chief II of PN.