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Shafik Fauzan Sharif

Party
UMNO · United Malays National Organisation
Coalition
BN
Constituency
Inderapura
State
Pahang
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Why this matters to you

As the ADUN for N16 Inderapura — a constituency within the Kuantan parliamentary area encompassing approximately 18,558 registered voters — Shafik Fauzan Sharif is the primary point of contact for residents of Inderapura on state-level matters including land, local infrastructure, and state government services (Source: election.thestar.com.my/pahang.html). As Chairman of the Pahang State PAC, he chairs the committee responsible for scrutinising state financial accounts, which directly affects how public funds allocated to Pahang — covering roads, schools, hospitals, and local government — are audited and accounted for (Source: sinarharian.com.my/article/267565; malaysiakini.com/news/671507). His active questioning in the DUN, such as on online fraud losses, reflects his role in holding state agencies publicly accountable on issues that affect ordinary Pahang residents (Source: bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2337155).

Summary

Datuk Seri Shafik Fauzan Sharif is a Malaysian UMNO politician and State Assemblyman (ADUN) for N16 Inderapura, Pahang, a seat he has held since 2004 across multiple general elections. He formerly served as a Pahang State Executive Councillor and was appointed Chairman of the Pahang State Public Accounts Committee in July 2023 following his GE15 victory. He is a recipient of two Pahang state honours and has been active in UMNO Kuantan divisional politics for over two decades.

Biography

Datuk Seri Shafik Fauzan Sharif (born 1970, Pahang) is a Malaysian politician affiliated with UMNO under the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He represents N16 Inderapura, a state constituency within the Kuantan parliamentary area in Pahang, serving in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (DUN Pahang) [1]. He has held the Inderapura seat continuously since 2004, making him one of Pahang's longer-serving state assemblymen [2]. He previously served as a Pahang State Executive Councillor (EXCO) and held the chairmanship of the State Arts, Heritage, Tourism, Family, Community Development and Women Affairs Committee [3]. He was also formerly the deputy leader of UMNO Kuantan division [2]. Following the GE15 result in November 2022, in which he retained Inderapura with 7,029 votes and a majority of 922, he was appointed Chairman of the Pahang State Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in July 2023 [4]. He is a recipient of the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang and the Setia Mahkota Pahang state honours [5]. Note: Shafik Fauzan Sharif is a State Assemblyman (ADUN), not a federal Member of Parliament (MP).

Known for

Shafik Fauzan Sharif is known as a long-serving UMNO assemblyman for N16 Inderapura, having held the seat uninterrupted since 2004 across multiple general elections [2]. He previously served as a Pahang State Executive Councillor with responsibility for arts, heritage, and tourism, and subsequently as Chairman of the Pahang State Public Accounts Committee following GE15 [3]. At the 2015 UMNO General Assembly, he called for structural improvements to the syariah court system and the introduction of a formal remuneration scheme for syariah court judges [2].

Political positions

At the 2015 UMNO General Assembly, Shafik Fauzan, then serving as Kuantan UMNO deputy leader, advocated for the elevation of the syariah court hierarchy through the establishment of a dedicated appeal court, and called for a formal remuneration framework for syariah court judges to be created either through new legislation or existing law [2]. In his role as State PAC Chairman from July 2023, he chairs oversight proceedings covering state financial audits, statutory bodies, and local authorities in Pahang [4]. He has also raised constituency-level policy questions in the DUN, including tabling an inquiry on online fraud cases and financial losses in Pahang between 2021 and 2024 [6]. No formal positions on federal policy issues such as cost of living, education, or healthcare have been sourced from the allowlist.

References

  1. [1]en.wikipedia.org
  2. [2]malaysiakini.com
  3. [3]thestar.com.my
  4. [4]sinarharian.com.my
  5. [5]pru.sinarharian.com.my
  6. [6]bernama.com

Political career

  1. 2004First elected as ADUN for N16 Inderapura under BN-UMNO, a seat he has retained through successive general elections.⛓
  2. 2009Served as Pahang State Committee Chairman for Arts, Heritage, Tourism, Family, Community Development and Women Affairs.⛓
  3. December 2015Speaking at the UMNO General Assembly as Kuantan UMNO deputy leader, called for a dedicated syariah appeal court and a formal remuneration scheme for syariah court judges.⛓
  4. May 2018Retained N16 Inderapura in GE14 (PRU14) under BN-UMNO with 5,568 votes and a majority of 2,165.⛓
  5. November 2022Retained N16 Inderapura in GE15 (PRU15) under BN-UMNO with 7,029 votes and a majority of 922 against PN-PAS and PH-PKR challengers.⛓
  6. July 2023Appointed Chairman of the Pahang State Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by the Speaker of DUN Pahang.⛓

Election history

  • 2022N16 Inderapura, PahangWon37.9%⛓
  • 2018N16 Inderapura, PahangWon⛓

Stance evolution

Public statements grouped chronologically. The party tag shows which party the politician was contesting under at that point.

  1. 2015UMNO
    • Shafik Fauzan, who is Kuantan Umno deputy leader, said the hierarchy structure of the syariah court should also be improved by having a special appeal court.

      Reported statement made at the UMNO General Assembly in December 2015. · Source

Perspectives on key issues

  • VerifiedFactsShafik Fauzan Sharif has held N16 Inderapura continuously since 2004 under BN-UMNO, winning in both GE14 and GE15. He formerly served as a Pahang State Executive Councillor and was appointed State PAC Chairman in July 2023. He is a recipient of the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang and Setia Mahkota Pahang.⛓
  • GovernmentThe Pahang State Legislative Assembly (DUN) confirmed his appointment as PAC Chairman via the Speaker following GE15, with support recorded from fellow BN assemblymen during DUN proceedings including motions on appointed members.⛓
  • OppositionPAS Pahang previously identified Inderapura as a potentially contestable seat during pre-GE15 deliberations, with the Pahang PAS commissioner noting it as a target if Muafakat Nasional cooperation broke down — reflecting that the seat, while an UMNO stronghold, is not without electoral competition.⛓

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