Wan Ahmad Fayhsal


Wan Ahmad Fayhsal bin Wan Ahmad Kamal, better known as WAF is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Machang since November 2022. He served as the Deputy Minister of National Unity in the Barisan Nasional administration under former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former minister Halimah Mohamed Sadique from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022. Prior to that he was Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Perikatan Nasional administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He previously served as a Senator from March 2020 to his resignation in November 2022. He is a Supreme Council Member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party, a component party of the PN coalition. He also previously served as the 2nd Youth Chief of BERSATU from August 2020 to October 2024 and Deputy Youth Chief II of PN.
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Early life and education

Wan Ahmad Fayhsal bin Wan Ahmad Kamal was born on 8 May 1987 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His younger half-brothers, Wan Kuzain Wan Ahmad Kamal and Wan Kuzri Wan Ahmad Kamal are professional soccer players in the United States.
Wan Ahmad Fayhsal grew up and received his primary education in the neighbourhood of Taman Melawati, Kuala Lumpur before moving to Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor, a science-focused boarding school in nearby Cheras, Selangor. He obtained his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Universiti Teknologi Petronas. He earned his Master of Arts in Geopolitics from King's College London on 23 January 2019. His thesis was titled "The Encircling Dragon: Deciphering China's Geo-economic Expansionism in Peninsular Malaysia".

Early career

Upon graduation, Wan Ahmad Fayhsal worked at Malaysia's national oil and gas company PETRONAS as a Business and Strategic Planning Executive under the Technology and Engineering Division.
On 1 April 2010, he became Senior Executive of the Bumiputera Agenda Steering Unit, and was one of the individuals responsible for establishing the Bumiputera Education Steering Foundation under the Prime Minister's Department.
Wan Ahmad Fayhsal served as assistant lecturer at the Selangor International Islamic University College before he became a Research Fellow at the Putra Business School, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He was also active writing on various issues including business and geopolitics on various publications including New Straits Times, The Star, Global Research, Asia Times and The Edge.

Political career (2020–present)

Senatorship and deputy ministership (2020–2022)

On his early political career, Wan Ahmad Fayhsal frequently gave political talks to university students and was a regular speaker on the MLStudios YouTube channel and formerly known as Rausyanfikir.
Wan Ahmad Fayhsal was Special Tasks Officer to then Minister of Youth and Sports, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman from late 2018 until early 2020. Following the fall of the Pakatan Harapan government due to 'Sheraton Move', he was appointed Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports under the Cabinet of Muhyiddin Yassin. On the same day, he swore in as a Senator to qualify him for a cabinet post.
On 16 August 2020, Wan Ahmad Fayhsal succeeded Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman as the head of ARMADA, the youth wing of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party in the party's first election. Syed Saddiq, a founding member of BERSATU and its inaugural, pro-tem youth chief, was earlier sacked from BERSATU amidst a [2020 Malaysians|Malaysian political crisis|political crisis]. Wan Ahmad Fayhsal was subsequently appointed the Deputy Chief II of Perikatan Nasional's youth wing.
After Muhyiddin Yassin tendered his cabinet's resignation upon losing his parliamentary majority after at least 15 Members of Parliament from UMNO withdrew their support for the ruling coalition, he became the Deputy Minister of National Unity in the Ismail Sabri Administration.
On 14 October 2025, the Disciplinary Board of BERSATU announced his membership suspension for a term after receiving written complaints from party members and summoning him for a hearing session on 8 October 2025 about his breach of Party Constitution and Members' Code of Conduct.

Member of Parliament for Machang (2022–present)

In the 15th Malaysian general election, Wan Ahmad Fayhsal won the parliamentary seat in Machang. As MP for Machang, he called for the Prime Minister post to be limited for Malays only.
On July 2025, Wan Ahmad Fayhsal was suspended of his duties as a Member of Parliament and barred from attending Dewan Rakyat sessions for a period of six months after his allegations regarding a letter allegedly containing information regarding the real mastermind behind the takeover of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.
The decision was announced by Dewan Rakyat speaker Johari Abdul after the motion, which was proposed by Azalina Othman Said received majority support in a split vote, with 110 MPs in favour and 63 against, while three abstained and 46 were absent.

Personal life

Wan Ahmad Fayhsal is married to Dr. Siti Nuhara binti Riduan on 5 September 2012 and have 2 children, namely Wan Ahmad Dastan Wan Ahmad Fayhsal and Wan Ahmad Razan Wan Ahmad Fayhsal.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

See Also