Wan Badariah Wan Saad

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Wan Saad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Wan Badariah. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Wan Badariah Wan Saad (born 21 August 1976) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as a Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Mata Ayer since November 2022. She is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition. She has served as the Division Committee Member of PAS of Arau since 2019 and Division Information Chief of Dewan Muslimat of PAS of Arau since 2021. She is also presently the only female Perlis EXCO Member.^[1]

Yang Berhormat Puan Wan Badariah Wan Saad MLA
وان بدرية وان سعاد‎
Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (Women, Family, Community Development, Tourism, Welfare, Disaster Relief, Culture, Arts and Heritage)
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 November 2022
Monarch	Syed Sirajuddin
Menteri Besar	Mohd Shukri Ramli
Preceded by	Siti Berenee Yahaya (Women, Family and Community Development) Asmaiza Ahmad (Tourism, Culture, Arts and Heritage) Rozaini Rais (Welfare and Disaster Relief)
Constituency	Mata Ayer
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly for Mata Ayer
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Siti Berenee Yahaya (BN–UMNO)
Majority	2,021 (2022)
Faction represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly
2022–	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Wan Badariah binti Wan Saad (1976-08-21) 21 August 1976 (age 48)
Citizenship	Malaysia
Political party	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political affiliations	Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Children	3
Alma mater	International Islamic University Malaysia (LLB) (Hons)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (since 2022)

In the 2022 Perlis state election, the ruling BN suffered from huge defeat and wipeout in the assembly as none of its candidates won a state seat in the elections after losing all the 10 seats it previously held to PN. The elections ended the 63-year rule of BN in the state, saw the first ever transition of power in the history of the state and replaced BN with PN as the ruling coalition and dominant political force in the state as PN won 14 out of 15 state seats and therefore two-thirds supermajority of the assembly. Therefore, State Chairman of PN of Perlis, State Commissioner of PAS of Perlis and Sanglang MLA Mohd Shukri replaced Azlan Man as the new and 10th Menteri Besar of Perlis and formed a new PN state administration on 22 November 2022. On 25 November 2022, Wan Badariah was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Women, Family, Community Development, Tourism, Welfare, Disaster Relief, Culture, Arts and Heritage.^[2]

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (since 2022)

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 state election, Wan Badariah made her electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest for the Mata Ayer state seat. She won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Mata Ayer MLA after defeating EXCO Member and defending MLA Siti Berenee Yahaya of BN and Amran Kamarudin of PH by the majority of 2,021 votes.^[3]

Other careers

Wan Badariah has been a syarie lawyer since 2014, Chairperson of the Law and Human Rights Council (LUHAM) of Perlis since 2021 and a member of the Muslimat Legal Team (MUSLET) of Perlis since 2019. In addition, she has been a member of the Women Cakna Association of Arau since 2020 and a member of the Women Concern Association of Perlis since 2019. She was a solicitor advocate from 2003 to 2020.

Election results

Perlis State Legislative Assembly^[4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	N04 Mata Ayer		Wan Badariah Wan Saad (PAS)	4,419	58.06%		Siti Berenee Yahaya (UMNO)	2,398	31.51%	7,611	2,021	78.77%
							Amran Kamarudin (PKR)	794	10.43%

Honours

• Perlis
  • Recipient of Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail Silver Jubilee Medal (2025)

See also

• List of International Islamic University Malaysia alumni