Wan Junaidi

Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Dr. Haji
Wan Junaidi
PJN JSM PPN DGSM PNBS MP
وان جنيدي بن توانكو جعفر
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
In office
28 July 2015 – 10 May 2018
Monarch Abdul Halim
Muhammad V
Prime Minister Najib Razak
Deputy Hamim Samuri
Preceded by G. Palanivel
Succeeded by Yeo Bee Yin (Environment)
Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam (Natural Resources)
Constituency Santubong
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
16 May 2013 – 28 July 2015
Monarch Abdul Halim
Prime Minister Najib Razak
Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Preceded by Abu Seman Yusop
Lee Chee Leong
Succeeded by Nur Jazlan Mohamed
Masir Kujat
Constituency Santubong
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Santubong
Assumed office
2004
Preceded by Rohani Abdul Karim
Majority 10,560 (2004)
11,945 (2008)
20,936 (2013)
19,485 (2018)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Batang Lupar
In office
1990–2004
Preceded by Daniel Tajem Miri
Succeeded by Rohani Abdul Karim
Majority 2,665 (1990)
uncontested (1995)
5,214 (1999)
Personal details
Born Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar
(1946-02-01) 1 February 1946
Kuching, British Military Administration (Borneo) (now Sarawak, Malaysia)
Political party United Traditional Bumiputera Party (PBB)
Other political
affiliations		 Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Spouse(s) Feona Sim Abdullah
Occupation Politician
Website wjunaidi.blogspot.com

Datuk Seri Dr. Haji Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar (Jawi: وان جنيدي بن توانكو جعفر; born 1 February 1946) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment until 10 May 2018 and currently the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Santubong constituency in Sarawak, representing the United Traditional Bumiputera Party (PBB) in the Barisan Nasional coalition. Previously, he was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.[1]

Wan Junaidi was elected to Parliament in the 1990 election. He served for a period as one of Parliament's Deputy Speakers.[2] Wan Junaidi's elevation to the deputy ministry, in the home affairs portfolio, occurred after the 2013 election.

Wan Junaidi was appointed as the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment[3] on 29 July 2015; following a Cabinet reshuffling by the Prime Minister, Najib Razak.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia: Batang Lupar, Sarawak[4]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
1990 Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (PBB) 5,795 54% W. Habib Mahmud (PERMAS) 3,130 29%
1995 Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (PBB) Unopposed
1999 Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (PBB) 7,903 72% Syid Assimie Ismail (STAR) 2,689 25%
Parliament of Malaysia: Santubong, Sarawak[4]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
2004 Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (PBB) 12,590 85% Idris Bohari (IND) 2,030 14%
2008 Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (PBB) 15,800 79% Rahamat Idil Latip (PKR) 3,855 19%
2013 Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (PBB) 24,655 85% Zulrusdi Mohamad Hol (PKR) 3,719 13%

Controversy

During his tenure as Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Home Affairs, he controversially attributed a high rate in statutory rape cases among Malays to Malays being "culturally more sensitive" about their youth, and thus reporting more cases, than "non-Malays [who] are maybe more accepting about" statutory rape.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar, Y.B. Datuk Dr" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Former Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speakers Wan Junaidi Is Deputy Home Minister". BERNAMA. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "New appointment no less challenging — Wan Junaidi". The Borneo Post. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 5 April 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for third parties and independent candidates).
  5. ↑ Syed Jaymal Zahiid (18 March 2014). "Non-Malays more accepting of child rape, says deputy home minister". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Wan Junaidi leads honours list in conjunction with Melaka Yang Dipertua's 79th birthday". Nurul Fhatihah Zakinan. New Straits Times. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Adenan a Datuk Patinggi". Peter Sibon, Lien Cheng. Borneo Post. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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