Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Tuanku Jaafar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Wan Junaidi. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Pehin Sri Dr. Haji
Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar
SMN SBS PSM PJN DGSM PNBS JSM JBS PBS
وان جنيدي توانكو جعفر
Wan Junaidi in 2024
8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 January 2024
PremierAbang Johari Openg
Preceded byAbdul Taib Mahmud
19th President of the Dewan Negara
In office
19 June 2023 – 19 January 2024
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
DeputyNur Jazlan Mohamed
Preceded byRais Yatim
Succeeded byMutang Tagal
Senator
Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
In office
19 June 2023 – 19 January 2024
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
Ministerial offices
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Parliament and Law)
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
DeputyMas Ermieyati Samsudin
Preceded byTakiyuddin Hassan
Succeeded byAzalina Othman Said
(Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reforms))
ConstituencySantubong
Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyMas Ermieyati Samsudin
Preceded byMohd Redzuan Md Yusof
(Minister of Entrepreneur Development)
Succeeded byNoh Omar
ConstituencySantubong
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
In office
29 July 2015 – 10 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2015–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyHamim Samuri
Preceded byG. Palanivel
Succeeded byXavier Jayakumar Arulanandam
(Natural Resources)
Yeo Bee Yin
(Environment)
ConstituencySantubong
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
16 May 2013 – 29 July 2015
MonarchAbdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterAhmad Zahid Hamidi
Preceded byAbu Seman Yusop
Lee Chee Leong
Succeeded byNur Jazlan Mohamed
Masir Kujat
ConstituencySantubong
Parliamentary offices
Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat
In office
28 April 2008 – 3 April 2013
Serving with Ronald Kiandee
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
(2008–2011)
Abdul Halim
(2011–2013)
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
(2008–2009)
Najib Razak
(2009–2013)
SpeakerPandikar Amin Mulia
Preceded byLim Si Cheng
Succeeded byRonald Kiandee
ConstituencySantubong
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Santubong
In office
21 March 2004 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byRohani Abdul Karim
Succeeded byNancy Shukri
Majority10,560 (2004)
11,945 (2008)
20,936 (2013)
19,485 (2018)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Batang Lupar
In office
20 October 1990 – 21 March 2004
Preceded byDaniel Tajem Miri
Succeeded byRohani Abdul Karim
Majority2,665 (1990)
Walkover (1995)
5,214 (1999)
Personal details
Born (1946-02-01) 1 February 1946 (age 78)[1]
Sadong Jaya, Simunjan, Crown Colony of Sarawak
Political partyParti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (1983–2018)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak since 2018)
Spouses
Feona Sim @ Norjanah Abdullah
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(m. 1972; died 2022)​
Fauziah Mohd Sanusi
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(m. 2022)​
ChildrenSharifah Fariah
Sharifah Nong-Jasima
Sharifah Nuril Barieyah
Alma materUniversity of Buckingham (LLB)
University of Southern California (DBA)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • author
  • lawyer
  • police officer
Websitewjunaidi.blogspot.com

Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar (Jawi: وان جنيدي بن توانكو جعفر, born 1 February 1946) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and former senior police officer who is the eighth and current Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak.[2] He previously served as the 19th President of the Dewan Negara and Senator from June 2023 to his resignation in January 2024.[3]

Prior to his appointment as Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak, he had served in several portfolio; as a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Parliament and Law in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi from May 2013 to July 2015 as well as Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from April 2008 to April 2013. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Santubong from March 2004 to November 2022 and for Batang Lupar from October 1990 to March 2004. He is a member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and formerly BN coalitions. He is also the third shortest-serving President of the Dewan Negara after Syed Sheh Barakbah and Mutang Tagal, serving in the position for only seven months before resigning to assume office as the Yang-di Pertua Negeri of Sarawak.[4]

  1. ^ "PROFILE TUAN YANG TERUTAMA YANG DI-PERTUA NEGERI SARAWAK". tyt.sarawak.gov.my. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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  4. ^ "Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar, Y.B. Datuk Dr" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2010.