Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Wan Abdullah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Wan Sukairi.

Wan Sukairi bin Wan Abdullah is a Malaysian politician and who has served as Member of the Terengganu State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar as well as Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Wakaf Mempelam since May 2018. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of PN coalition. As the Terengganu EXCO Member in charge of Local Government, he played a key role in controversially banning non-Muslim female singers from performing on stage in Terengganu.^[1]

Yang Berhormat Dato' Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah DPMT SMZ SMT MLA
وان سوكايري بن وان عبدﷲ
Member of the Terengganu State Executive Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 August 2023
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
Portfolio	Health, Housing and Local Government since 16 August 2023
Constituency	Wakaf Mempelam
In office 10 May 2018 – 15 August 2023
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Deputy	Hishamuddin Abdul Karim
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
Portfolio	Youth, Sports and Non-governmental Organisations
Preceded by	Rozi Mamat
Succeeded by	Hishamuddin Abdul Karim
Constituency	Wakaf Mempelam
Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly for Wakaf Mempelam
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut (PR–PAS)
Majority	7,378 (2018) 18,627 (2023)
Faction represented in Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
2018–2020	Malaysian Islamic Party
2020–	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Wan Sukairi bin Wan Abdullah Terengganu, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political affiliations	Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN) Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Terengganu State Legislative Assembly^[2][3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N13 Wakaf Mempelam		Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah (PAS)	14,796	61.47%		Salleh Othman (UMNO)	7,418	30.81%	24,129	7,378	86.00%
							Mohd Zubir Mohamed (AMANAH)	1,859	7.72%
2023			Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah (PAS)	22,345	85.73%		Wan Mohd Haikal Wan Ghazali (PKR)	3,718	14.27%	26,259	18,627	76.09%

Honours

• Terengganu :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (DPMT) – Dato' (2024)^[4]
  • Companion of the Order of Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (SMZ) (2022)^[5]
  • Companion of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (SMT)