Shahril Sufian Hamdan

Shahril Sufian Hamdan
شهريل سفيان همدان
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Information Chief of the
United Malays National Organisation
In office
12 March 2020 – 20 November 2022
Preceded byShamsul Anuar Nasarah
Succeeded byIsham Jalil
Vice Youth Chief of the
United Malays National Organisation
In office
24 June 2018 – 28 January 2023
PresidentAhmad Zahid Hamidi
Youth ChiefAsyraf Wajdi Dusuki
Preceded byKhairul Azwan Harun
Succeeded byMohd Hairi Mad Shah
Economic Director at the
Prime Minister's Office
In office
12 October 2021 – 20 November 2022
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
Personal details
Born
Shahril Sufian bin Hamdan

(1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 37)
Political partyUnited Malays National Organization (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Alma materUniversity of Manchester (BSc)
London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc)
OccupationPolitician
Websitehttps://www.shahrilhamdan.com/
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Shahril Sufian bin Hamdan (born 29 October 1985), often referred to as "Pet", is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Economic Director at the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from October 2021 until November 2022. Apart from that, he was the Information Chief of UMNO and the Vice Youth Chief of the party.

Early life and education

He studied in SMK Taman Bukit Maluri and was a straight A student. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Politics at the University of Manchester under a Bank Negara Malaysia’s scholarship in 2008 and completed his master’s degree in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, upon receiving a full Chevening Scholarship from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Early career

Previously, he was a strategy and management consultant at McKinsey and Company for three years, a placement manager at Teach For Malaysia for a few months, and a policy officer to Khairy Jamaluddin for two years—Shahril’s first job immediately upon graduation. Shahril also worked at Destini Oil Services as the Chief Executive Officer of the company before venturing into politics.

Political career

Career in UMNO and BN

Shahril has held various positions in UMNO within the divisional, state, and national level. He was the Youth Chief of the Division of Kuala Langat, Youth EXCO of UMNO Malaysia during the previous 2013-2018 session, and currently the Vice Youth Chief of UMNO. In 2020, he succeeded Shamsul Anuar Nasarah as the Information Chief of the Party. Shahril was eventually suspended for 6 years from UMNO alongside other national party leaders such as Annuar Musa, Noh Omar and Khairy Jamaluddin.

Parliamentary candidacy

Shahril first contested in the 14th Malaysian general election, where he was fielded for the Kuala Langat federal constituency under the BN ticket, but eventually lost to a 3 cornered race with former Pakatan Harapan MP Xavier Jayakumar. Shahril was hinted again to contest for parliament in the 15th Malaysian general election, and he was fielded at Alor Gajah in Malacca but again fell short losing to former Chief Minister of Malacca, Adly Zahari by a slim majority of 890 votes.

Personal life

Shahril enjoys watching sports such as cricket and football. He is a loyal supporter of the football club Newcastle United F.C.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 P112 Kuala Langat, Selangor Shahril Sufian Hamdan (UMNO) 26,127 29.66% Xavier Jayakumar (PKR) 43,239 49.08% 89,437 17,112 87.34%
Yahya Baba (PAS) 18,731 21.26%
2022 P135 Alor Gajah, Malacca Shahril Sufian Hamdan (UMNO) 27,288 37.38% Adly Zahari (AMANAH) 28,178 38.60% 73,000 890 78.23%
Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof (BERSATU) 17,211 23.58%
Muhammad Nazriq Abdul Rahman (PEJUANG) 323 0.44%

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