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 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
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)
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
(1946-02-01) 1 February 1946 (age 78) Asajaya, Sarawak, Japanese-occupied British Borneo[a] (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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