Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar

Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Pehin Sri Dr. Haji
Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar
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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 2023
8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak
	Incumbent
	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 – 19 January 2024
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy	Nur Jazlan Mohamed
Preceded by	Rais Yatim
Succeeded by	Mutang Tagal
Senator ; Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
	In office; 19 June 2023 – 19 January 2024
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Monarch
Ministerial offices
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
Monarchs
Parliamentary offices
Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat
	In office; 28 April 2008 – 3 April 2013 Serving with Ronald Kiandee
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
Succeeded by	Nancy Shukri
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
Succeeded by	Rohani Abdul Karim
Majority	2,665 (1990) ; Walkover (1995) ; 5,214 (1999)
Personal details
Born	1 February 1946 (age 78); Asajaya, Sarawak, Japanese-occupied British Borneo; (now Malaysia)
Political party	Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (1983–2018); Gabungan Parti Sarawak (since 2018)
Spouses	; Feona Sim @ Norjanah Abdullah (m. 1972; died 2022) ; Fauziah Mohd Sanusi (m. 2022)
Children	Sharifah Fariah Sharifah Nong-Jasima Sharifah Nuril Barieyah
Alma mater	University of Buckingham (LLB); University of Southern California (DBA)
Occupation	Politician; author; lawyer; police officer;
Website	wjunaidi.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 has served as the 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak since January 2024.^[1] He previously served as the 19th President of the Dewan Negara and Senator from June 2023 to his resignation in January 2024.^[2]

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.^[3]

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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.

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