Wan Saiful Wan Jan

Wan Saiful Wan Jan
وان سيف الوان جان
Chairman of the
Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional
In office
18 June 2018 – 17 June 2022
Preceded byShamsul Anuar Nasarah
Succeeded byApli Yusoff
3rd Information Chief of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party
In office
8 September 2020 – 22 February 2023
PresidentMuhyiddin Yassin
Preceded byRadzi Jidin
Succeeded byRazali Idris
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tasek Gelugor
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byShabudin Yahaya
(BNUMNO)
Majority12,252 (2022)
Personal details
Born
Wan Saifulruddin bin Wan Jan

(1975-06-20) 20 June 1975 (age 49)
Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
(1992)
Conservative Party of the United Kingdom
(2005–2007)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2018)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2018–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)
SpouseAlena Omar (died 2024)
OccupationPolitician

Wan Saifulruddin bin Wan Jan (Jawi: وان سيفولرودّين بن وان جان; born 20 June 1975), better known as Wan Saiful Wan Jan, is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tasek Gelugor since November 2022. He served as Chairman of the Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) from June 2018[1] to June 2022[2] and Special Advisor to the Minister of Education Maszlee Malik from May to November 2018. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom and the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of formerly the Gagasan Rakyat (GS) coalition. He joined BERSATU in February 2018. He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Strategy and Policy Bureau of BERSATU from March 2018 to August 2020 and the 3rd Information Chief of BERSATU from August 2020 to his resignation in February 2023.

  1. ^ "Wan Saiful is new PTPTN chairman".
  2. ^ "Wan Saiful: Last day as PTPTN head was in June". The Star. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.