Anfaal binti Saari is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the

Selangor State Executive Council The Selangor State Executive Council (; abbrev: EXCO/MMKN) forms the executive branch of the state government of Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he is likely to command the confidence ...

(EXCO) in the

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(PH) state administration under Menteri Besar

Amirudin Shari Amirudin bin Shari (; born 8 February 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 16th Menteri Besar of Selangor since June 2018, Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Tua since May 2018 and Member of ...

and Member of the

Selangor State Legislative Assembly The Selangor State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral Dewan Undangan Negeri, state legislature of the Malaysian Malay states, state of Selangor. The State Assembly is composed of 56 members representing single-member constituencies througho ...

(MLA) for Taman Templer since August 2023. She served as Member of the

Ampang Jaya Municipal Council Ampang Jaya Municipal Council () is the local authority which administers Ampang Jaya of Selangor, Malaysia. It was founded on 1 July 1992, by combining the sub-districts (Mukim) of Ulu Klang and Ampang from the Gombak District Council (''Maj ...

(MPAJ). She is a member and Division Women Chief of

Gombak The Gombak District is an administrative district located in the eastern-central part of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. History Go ...

of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition. She has also served as the Deputy Women Chief of AMANAH since December 2023. She is also presently one of the only two AMANAH Selangor EXCO Members alongside Izham Hashim, one of the only two female Selangor EXCO Members alongside Jamaliah Jamaluddin and the daughter of former

Hulu Kelang Ulu Kelang (alternately Hulu Kelang, Ulu Klang, or Hulu Klang), is a mukim and a state constituency in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is one of five state constituencies administered by Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ). Geography ...

MLA Saari Sungib.

Political career

Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (since 2023)

In the

2023 Selangor state election The 15th Selangor state election were held on 12 August 2023 to elect the State Assembly members of the 15th Selangor State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Selangor. Selangor is one of the states which did not diss ...

, the ruling PH and

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(BN) won a simple

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in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly and was reelected to power. Following that, Sungai Tua MLA Amirudin of PH was reappointed the Menteri Besar. Anfaal was appointed the Selangor EXCO Member and given the portfolios of Women and Family Empowerment, Social Welfare and Care Economy by Menteri Besar Amirudin on 21 and 23 August 2023 respectively.

Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (since 2023)

2023 Selangor state election

In the 2023 Selangor state election, Anfaal made her electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest the Taman Templer state seat. Anfaal won the seat and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Taman Templer MLA for the first term after narrowly defeating Zaidy Abdul Talib of

Perikatan Nasional Perikatan Nasional (PN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties. It is the second largest political coalition in Dewan Rakyat w ...

(PN) and Aida Rahman of the

Malaysian United Democratic Alliance The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Malay language, Malay: ''Ikatan Demokratik Malaysia''), abbreviated as MUDA (meaning "young" in Malay language, Malay), is a multi-racial, youth-centric political party in Malaysia. Founded in Septembe ...

(MUDA) by a majority of only 467 votes.

Election results

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