Dato’ Sri Saifuddin Abdullah is Member of Parliament for Indera Mahkota, Shadow Minister of Education and Supreme Council Member of Parti BERSATU. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs (twice), Minister of Communication and Multimedia, and Deputy Minister of Higher Education.
Saifuddin is a progressive politician who advocates New Politics, and is involved in works on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Political Financing Act, and political/governance and education reforms. He is Founder of the Malaysian Women Basketball League and Co-founder of the Malaysian Universities Royal Debate.
Before active in politics, he was President of the Malaysian Youth Council, Member of the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Youth Employment, Consultant of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and a student activist.
He has written nine books, the latest two are Kehidupan Digital: Teknologi yang Manusiawi (Digital Life: Humane Technology) (2022), and New Politics 2.0: Multiracial and Moderate Malaysian Democracy (2017). He authored two government policies: Focus in Continuity: Malaysia’s Foreign Policy Framework for Post-Pandemic World (2021) and Change in Continuity: Foreign Policy Framework for New Malaysia (2018), and is columnist at Sinar Harian.
Saifuddin studied at The Malay College Kuala Kangsar and holds a BA Hons (Malaya). He is married to Norlin Shamsul Bahri and they have a daughter, Nur Madihah.
