Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
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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 served as the eighth Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak since 2024. A member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, he previously served as the president and a member of senate in Dewan Negara from June 2023 until his resignation in January 2024. Born in Simunjan District. 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 also the third shortest-serving President of the Dewan Negara after Syed Sheh Barakbah and Mutang Tagal, serving in the position for only seven months before resigning to assume office as the Yang-di Pertua Negeri of Sarawak.