Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar (Jawi: وان جنيدي بن توانكو جعفر; born 1 February 1946) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and former police officer who has served as the 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak since January 2024. He previously served as the 19th President of the Dewan Negara and Senator from June 2023 to his resignation in January 2024.
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar | |
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وان جنيدي توانكو جعفر | |
Wan Junaidi in 2023 | |
| 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak | |
| Assumed office 26 January 2024 | |
| Premier | Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg |
| Preceded by | Abdul Taib Mahmud |
| 19th President of the Dewan Negara | |
| In office 19 June 2023 – 18 January 2024 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy | Nur Jazlan Mohamed |
| Preceded by | Rais Yatim |
| Senator Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |
| In office 19 June 2023 – 19 January 2024 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law) | |
| In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Deputy | Mas Ermieyati Samsudin |
| Preceded by | Takiyuddin Hassan |
| Succeeded by | Azalina Othman Said (Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reforms)) |
| Constituency | Santubong |
| Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives | |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Deputy | Mas Ermieyati Samsudin |
| Preceded by | Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof (Minister of Entrepreneur Development) |
| Succeeded by | Noh Omar |
| Constituency | Santubong |
| Minister of Natural Resources and Environment | |
| In office 29 July 2015 – 10 May 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Abdul Halim (2015–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018) |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Deputy | Hamim Samuri |
| Preceded by | G. Palanivel |
| Succeeded by | Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam (Natural Resources) Yeo Bee Yin (Environment) |
| Constituency | Santubong |
| Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 16 May 2013 – 29 July 2015 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Minister | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Preceded by | Abu Seman Yusop Lee Chee Leong |
| Succeeded by | Nur Jazlan Mohamed Masir Kujat |
| Constituency | Santubong |
| Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat | |
| In office 28 April 2008 – 3 April 2013 | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin (2008–2011) Abdul Halim (2011–2013) |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008–2009) Najib Razak (2009–2013) |
| Speaker | Pandikar Amin Mulia |
| Preceded by | Lim Si Cheng |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Kiandee |
| Constituency | Santubong |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Santubong | |
| In office 21 March 2004 – 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Rohani Abdul Karim (BN–PBB) |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Shukri (GPS–PBB) |
| Majority | 10,560 (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 by | Daniel Tajem Miri (BN–PBDS) |
| Succeeded by | Rohani Abdul Karim (BN–PBB) |
| Majority | 2,665 (1990) Walkover (1995) 5,214 (1999) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Negara | |
| 2023–2024 | Gabungan Parti Sarawak |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 1990–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2022 | Gabungan Parti Sarawak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1946 Kuching, Sarawak, Japanese-occupied British Borneo (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (since 2018) |
| Spouses | Feona Sim @ Norjanah Abdullah
(m. 1972; died 2022)Fauziah Mohd Sanusi (m. 2022) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California, University of Buckingham |
| Occupation | Politician and police officer |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | wjunaidi |
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 second shortest-serving President of the Dewan Negara after Syed Sheh Barakbah, serving in the position for only seven months before resigning to assume office as the Yang-di Pertua Negeri of Sarawak.