Saifuddin Abdullah | |
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سيف الدين عبدالله | |
 Saifuddin in September 2020 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Deputy | Kamarudin Jaffar |
| Preceded by | Hishammuddin Hussein |
| Succeeded by | Zambry Abdul Kadir |
| Constituency | Indera Mahkota |
| In office 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Deputy | Marzuki Yahya |
| Preceded by | Anifah Aman |
| Succeeded by | Hishammuddin Hussein |
| Constituency | Indera Mahkota |
| Minister of Communications and Multimedia | |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Deputy | Zahidi Zainul Abidin |
| Preceded by | Gobind Singh Deo |
| Succeeded by | Annuar Musa |
| Constituency | Indera Mahkota |
| Deputy Minister of Higher Education II | |
| In office 10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013 Serving with Hou Kok Chung | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Minister | Mohamed Khaled Nordin |
| Preceded by | Idris Haron |
| Succeeded by | Mary Yap Kain Ching (Deputy Minister of Education) |
| Constituency | Temerloh |
| Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development | |
| In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 | |
| Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Noh Omar |
| Preceded by | Khamsiyah Yeop |
| Succeeded by | Tan Lian Hoe as Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism |
| Constituency | Temerloh |
| Chief Secretary of Pakatan Harapan | |
| In office 19 October 2015 – 24 February 2020 | |
| President | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
| Leader | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Chairman | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail |
| Constituency | Indera Mahkota |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Indera Mahkota | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Fauzi Abdul Rahman (PR–PKR) |
| Majority | 10,950 (2018) 8,399 (2022) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Temerloh | |
| In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Mohd Sarit Yusoh (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Nasrudin Hassan (PR–PAS) |
| Majority | 2,441 (2008) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2008–2013 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2020 | Pakatan Harapan |
| 2020 | Malaysian United Indigenous Party |
| 2020– | Perikatan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Saifuddin bin Abdullah 27 January 1961 Kampung Sungai Ara, Mentakab, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–2015) People's Justice Party (PKR) (2015–2020) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2020) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) |
| Spouse | Norlin Shamsul Bahri |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Malaya |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www |
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Dato' Sri Saifuddin bin Abdullah (Jawi: سيف الدين بن عبدالله; born 27 January 1961) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Indera Mahkota since May 2018. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PN administration in February 2020, the Minister of Communications and Multimedia 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, Deputy Minister of Higher Education II and Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak as well as former Ministers Noh Omar and Mohamed Khaled Nordin from March 2008 to May 2013 and MP for Temerloh from March 2008 to May 2013. He is also a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition, was member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition and was member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He is also the State Chairman of BERSATU and PN of Pahang.