Saifuddin Abdullah

Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri
Saifuddin Abdullah
SSAP DSAP DPMP MP
Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Saifuddin Abdullah SSAP DSAP DPMP MP
سيف الدين عبدالله‎
	Saifuddin in September 2020
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy	Kamarudin Jaffar
Preceded by	Hishammuddin Hussein
Succeeded by	Zambry Abdul Kadir
Constituency	Indera Mahkota
	In office; 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
Monarchs	Muhammad V ; (2018–2019) ; Abdullah ; (2019–2020)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy	Marzuki Yahya
Preceded by	Anifah Aman
Succeeded by	Hishammuddin Hussein
Constituency	Indera Mahkota
Minister of Communications and Multimedia
	In office; 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy	Zahidi Zainul Abidin
Preceded by	Gobind Singh Deo
Succeeded by	Annuar Musa
Constituency	Indera Mahkota
Deputy Minister of Higher Education II
	In office; 10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013 Serving with Hou Kok Chung
Monarchs	Mizan Zainal Abidin ; Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Minister	Mohamed Khaled Nordin
Preceded by	Idris Haron
Succeeded by	Mary Yap Kain Ching ; (Deputy Minister of Education)
Constituency	Temerloh
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development
	In office; 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Noh Omar
Preceded by	Khamsiyah Yeop
Succeeded by	Tan Lian Hoe as Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism
Constituency	Temerloh
Chief Secretary of Pakatan Harapan
	In office; 19 October 2015 – 24 February 2020
President	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Leader	Anwar Ibrahim
Chairman	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Saifuddin Nasution Ismail
Constituency	Indera Mahkota
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Indera Mahkota
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Fauzi Abdul Rahman ; (PR–PKR)
Majority	10,950 (2018) ; 8,399 (2022)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Temerloh
	In office; 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Mohd Sarit Yusoh ; (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Nasrudin Hassan ; (PR–PAS)
Majority	2,441 (2008)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2008–2013	Barisan Nasional
2018–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Saifuddin bin Abdullah; 27 January 1961 (age 63); Kampung Sungai Ara, Mentakab, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) ; (–2015) ; People's Justice Party (PKR) ; (2015–2020) ; Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) ; (since 2020)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) ; (–2015) ; Pakatan Harapan (PH) ; (2015–2020) ; Perikatan Nasional (PN) ; (since 2020)
Spouse	Norlin Shamsul Bahri
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.saifuddinabdullah.com.my
	Saifuddin Abdullah on Facebook; Saifuddin Abdullah on Parliament of Malaysia

Dato' Sri Saifuddin bin Abdullah (Jawi: سيف الدين بن عبدالله; born 27 January 1961) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Indera Mahkota since May 2018. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PN administration in February 2020, the Minister of Communications and Multimedia in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Deputy Minister of Higher Education II and Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak as well as former Ministers Noh Omar and Mohamed Khaled Nordin from March 2008 to May 2013 and MP for Temerloh from March 2008 to May 2013. He is also a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition, was member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition and was member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He is also the State Chairman of BERSATU and PN of Pahang.