Shahril Sufian bin Hamdan (, ; born 29 October 1985) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Economic Director at the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister

Ismail Sabri Yaakob Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob (; born 18 January 1960) is a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2021 to 2022. He is both the shortest-serving prime minister (served for 15 months) and the shortes ...

from October 2021 to November 2022. Apart from that, he was the Information Chief of

UMNO The United Malays National Organisation ( abbrev: UMNO; , PEKEMBAR) is a conservative, Malay nationalist political party in Malaysia. As the oldest national political party in the country (since its inception in 1946), UMNO has been known as ...

and the Vice Youth Chief of the party. Shahril Sufian currently hosts a

podcast A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or str ...

called ''

Keluar Sekejap ''Keluar Sekejap'' (alternatively referred by its initials KS) is a weekly Malaysian political podcast hosted by two Malaysian politicians Khairy Jamaluddin and Shahril Hamdan. It launched its pilot episode on March 1, 2023, and officially its f ...

'' alongside

Khairy Jamaluddin Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar (, ; born 10 January 1976), commonly known as KJ, is a Malaysian politician, radio presenter, and podcaster. He is currently a presenter on Hot FM and co-hosts the political podcast '' Keluar Sekejap'' with Shahril ...

, where they discuss Malaysian politics and current affairs with a variety of guests. In 2023, Shahril Sufian was named a Young Global Leader of the

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental organization, international advocacy non-governmental organization and think tank, based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German ...

Early life and education

Shahril Sufian bin Hamdan was born in

Shah Alam Shah Alam (, from Persian language, Persian, meaning "king of the world") is a city and the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia which is situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighbouring Klang District. Shah Alam rep ...

Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

to a Malay father and a Chinese mother. Shahril Sufian studied at SMK Taman Bukit Maluri and Sekolah Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Politics from the

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

under a Bank Negara Malaysia's scholarship in 2008 and completed his master's degree in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies at the

London School of Economics and Political Science The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public university, public research university in London, England, and a member institutions of the University of London, member institution of the University ...

, upon receiving a full

Chevening Scholarship The Chevening Scholarship is an international scholarship, funded by the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and partner organizations, that enables foreign students to study at universities in the United Kingdom. History The C ...

from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Early career

Previously, he was a strategy and management consultant at

McKinsey and Company McKinsey & Company (informally McKinsey or McK) is an American multinational strategy and management consulting firm that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. Founded in 1926 by James O. McKinse ...

for three years, a placement manager at Teach For Malaysia for a few months, and a policy officer to

for two years. Shahril Sufian also worked at Destini Oil Services as the chief executive officer of the company.

Political career

Career in UMNO and BN

Shahril Sufian 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 formerly the Vice Youth Chief of UMNO during the 2018-2023 session. In 2020, he succeeded

Shamsul Anuar Nasarah Shamsul Anuar bin Nasarah ( Jawi: شمس الأنوار بن نصرة; born 1 June 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahi ...

as the Information Chief of the Party. Shahril Sufian was eventually suspended for 6 years from UMNO alongside other national party leaders such as

Annuar Musa Annuar bin Musa ( Jawi: أنور بن موسى; born 18 May 1956) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Communications and Multimedia in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaak ...

Noh Omar Noh bin Omar (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: نوح بن عمر; born 23 February 1958) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative (Malaysia), Minister of Entrepreneur De ...

and Khairy Jamaluddin.

Parliamentary candidacy

Shahril Sufian first contested in the

14th Malaysian general election General elections were held in Malaysia on Wednesday, 9 May 2018. At stake were all 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of parliament. The 13th Parliament was dissolved by Prime Minister Najib Razak on 7 April 2018. It would have be ...

, where he was fielded for the

Kuala Langat The Kuala Langat District is a district of Selangor, Malaysia. It is situated in the southwestern part of Selangor. It covers an area of 858 square kilometres, and had a population of 307,787 at the 2020 Census (exclude foreign). It is bordered ...

federal constituency under the BN ticket, but eventually lost to a 3 cornered race with former

Pakatan Harapan Pakatan Harapan (PH; stylised as HARAPAN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has led ...

Xavier Jayakumar Xavier Jayakumar a/l Arulanandam (; born 1953) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and dentist who served as Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources (Malaysia), Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources in the Pakatan Harapan ...

. Shahril Sufian was hinted again to contest for parliament in the

15th Malaysian general election General elections were held in Malaysia on Saturday, 19 November 2022. The prospect of snap elections had been considered high due to the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis, political crisis that had been ongoing since 2020; political insta ...

, and he was fielded at

Alor Gajah Alor Gajah is a town and district seat of Alor Gajah District in the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is governed by Alor Gajah Municipal Council (), which was formerly known as Alor Gajah District Council () from 1 July 1978 until 1 May 2003. E ...

in Malacca but again fell short losing to former Chief Minister of Malacca,

Adly Zahari Adly bin Zahari ( Jawi: عدلي بن ظهري; born 15 February 1971) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Defence in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Mohamad H ...

by a slim majority of 890 votes.

Personal life

Shahril Sufian is married to Latisha Udani and have one child.

Election results

Filmography

Podcast

Notes

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahril Sufian Hamdan 1985 births Living people Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Alumni of the University of Manchester Alumni of the London School of Economics United Malays National Organisation politicians 21st-century Malaysian politicians Malaysian radio announcers