Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal

Ringkasan

Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal (lahir 8 Mei 1987) ialah Ahli Parlimen Machang, Kelantan, dan Ketua Penerangan Parti Wawasan Negara (WAWASAN) dalam gabungan Perikatan Nasional, berkeadaan Jun 2026. Bekas Timbalan Menteri dan Ketua Pemuda Bersatu, beliau disingkirkan daripada Bersatu pada Februari 2026 susulan konflik kepimpinan dalaman dengan Presiden parti, Muhyiddin Yassin. Beliau paling dikenali di peringkat nasional atas penggantungan selama enam bulan daripada Dewan Rakyat pada Julai 2024 selepas merujuk surat tidak disahkan berkaitan perjanjian penswastaan MAHB, serta atas latar belakang akademiknya dalam bidang geopolitik dari King's College London.

Biografi

Wan Ahmad Fayhsal bin Wan Ahmad Kamal (lahir 8 Mei 1987, Kuala Lumpur) ialah ahli politik Malaysia yang menjawat jawatan Ahli Parlimen (AP) bagi kawasan Machang, Kelantan, sejak November 2022 (Sumber: en.wikipedia.org). Beliau kini ahli Parti Wawasan Negara (WAWASAN) dan memegang jawatan Ketua Penerangan parti itu, setelah disingkirkan daripada Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) pada Februari 2026 (Sumber: malaymail.com; thestar.com.my). WAWASAN, yang dilancarkan pada 13 Jun 2026, merupakan parti komponen gabungan Perikatan Nasional (PN) (Sumber: freemalaysiatoday.com). Sebelum itu, beliau pernah berkhidmat sebagai Senator dari Mac 2020 hingga November 2022, serta menjawat jawatan Timbalan Menteri Belia dan Sukan (2020–2021) dan Timbalan Menteri Perpaduan Negara (2021–2022) (Sumber: en.wikipedia.org). Beliau memperoleh ijazah kejuruteraan kimia daripada Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) dan Ijazah Sarjana dalam Geopolitik (Keselamatan Wilayah) daripada King's College London, dengan tesis pascasiswazah yang mengkaji pengembangan geo-ekonomi China di Semenanjung Malaysia (Sumber: en.wikipedia.org). Sebelum terjun ke bidang politik, beliau bertugas di PETRONAS sebagai Eksekutif Perancangan Perniagaan dan Strategik, kemudian dilantik sebagai Eksekutif Kanan di Unit Peneraju Agenda Bumiputera (TERAJU) di bawah Jabatan Perdana Menteri, dan seterusnya berkhidmat sebagai Felo Penyelidik di Putra Business School, Universiti Putra Malaysia (Sumber: en.wikipedia.org). Beliau pernah menjadi Ketua Pemuda (ARMADA) Bersatu (2020–2023) dan Ahli Majlis Tertinggi parti itu. Dalam PRU15 (November 2022), beliau memenangi kerusi Parlimen Machang atas tiket PN/PAS dengan majoriti 10,154 undi (Sumber: freemalaysiatoday.com). Beliau tersenarai sebagai AP Machang (P029) dalam daftar rasmi ahli Parlimen Malaysia (Sumber: parlimen.gov.my).

Dikenali kerana

Wan Ahmad Fayhsal dikenali sebagai Ahli Parlimen pembangkang berlatar belakang geopolitik yang lantang mengkritik pentadbiran Anwar Ibrahim di Dewan Rakyat. Beliau bangkit melalui sayap pemuda Bersatu sebelum terseret dalam konflik kepimpinan dalaman parti yang akhirnya membawa kepada penyingkirannya pada Februari 2026 dan penglibatannya dalam Parti Wawasan Negara (WAWASAN) (Sumber: malaymail.com). Beliau menarik perhatian nasional pada Julai 2024 apabila digantung selama enam bulan daripada Dewan Rakyat selepas merujuk sepucuk surat yang tidak disahkan mengenai identiti dalang di sebalik perjanjian penswastaan Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) (Sumber: malaymail.com; freemalaysiatoday.com).

Pendirian politik

Wan Ahmad Fayhsal mengambil pendirian yang selari dengan platform pembangkang PN. Menurut Wikipedia, sebagai AP Machang beliau pernah menyeru agar jawatan Perdana Menteri dihadkan kepada orang Melayu sahaja (Sumber: en.wikipedia.org). Beliau aktif dalam isu integriti institusi awam, termasuk dengan mempersoalkan penswastaan MAHB di lantai Dewan Rakyat dengan merujuk surat yang tidak disahkan — tindakan yang mengakibatkan penggantungannya selama enam bulan pada Julai 2024 (Sumber: malaymail.com). Dalam hal dasar pendidikan, beliau berhujah bahawa subsidi pendidikan kerajaan tidak memberi manfaat kepada golongan ultra-kaya yang menghantar anak-anak mereka ke sekolah antarabangsa swasta dengan kos mencecah puluhan ribu ringgit sebulan (Sumber: malaysiakini.com). Dalam hal dasar luar negeri, beliau mempersoalkan sama ada Perdana Menteri Malaysia akan melawat Rusia bagi menemui Presiden Putin, mencerminkan latarbelakang geopolitiknya (Sumber: thestar.com.my). Beliau turut mengakui secara terbuka bahawa beliau pernah menyifatkan Muhyiddin Yassin sebagai tidak relevan lagi sebagai Presiden Bersatu dalam mesyuarat parti — pendirian yang antara lain menyumbang kepada penyingkirannya (Sumber: freemalaysiatoday.com).

Pendidikan

1. Secondary schoolReceived primary education in Taman Melawati, Kuala Lumpur, before attending Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor, a science-focused boarding school in Cheras, Selangor.⛓
2. Pre-2010Obtained a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP).⛓
3. 23 January 2019Earned a Master of Arts in Geopolitics (Territorial Security) from King's College London. His thesis was titled 'The Encircling Dragon: Deciphering China's Geo-economic Expansionism in Peninsular Malaysia'.⛓

Sebelum politik

1. Post-UTP graduationWorked at PETRONAS as a Business and Strategic Planning Executive under the Technology and Engineering (T&E) Division.⛓
2. 1 April 2010Became Senior Executive of the Bumiputera Agenda Steering Unit (TERAJU) and was among those responsible for establishing PENERAJU (Bumiputera Education Steering Foundation) under the Prime Minister's Department.⛓
3. Pre-2018Served as assistant lecturer at Selangor International Islamic University College (KUIS) and subsequently as a Research Fellow at Putra Business School, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Also contributed articles on business and geopolitics to publications including New Straits Times, The Star, and The Edge.⛓

Kerjaya politik

1. Late 2018 – Early 2020Served as Special Tasks Officer to the then Minister of Youth and Sports, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.⛓
2. March 2020Appointed as Senator (Dewan Negara) and concurrently sworn in as Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports under the Cabinet of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, following the Sheraton Move.⛓
3. 16 August 2020Elected as head of ARMADA, the youth wing of Bersatu, in the party's first election, succeeding Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman who had been sacked from the party.⛓
4. 2021 – 2022Served as Deputy Minister of National Unity in the Ismail Sabri Administration, after Muhyiddin Yassin's cabinet resigned following loss of parliamentary majority.⛓
5. 19 November 2022Won the Machang parliamentary seat (P029) in GE15 under the PN/PAS banner with a majority of 10,154 votes over his closest rival, Kelantan Umno chief Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub.⛓
6. 18 July 2024Suspended from the Dewan Rakyat for six months after referencing an unverified letter alleging the identity of the mastermind behind the MAHB privatisation. The motion to suspend was tabled by Law Minister Azalina Othman Said and passed 110 votes to 63.⛓
7. 14 October 2025Bersatu's Disciplinary Board suspended his party membership for one election term, citing breach of the party's constitution and code of conduct. Wan Ahmad Fayhsal disputed the process, claiming the board lacked impartiality.⛓
8. 13 February 2026Expelled from Bersatu following the sacking of former party deputy president Hamzah Zainudin, becoming an independent MP.⛓
9. 21 June 2026Appointed Information Chief of Parti Wawasan Negara (WAWASAN) — a new PN-aligned party led by Hamzah Zainudin — at the party's extraordinary general meeting.⛓

Sejarah pilihan raya

• 2022MachangMenang⛓

Pendirian isu utama

• OppositionWan Ahmad Fayhsal has consistently positioned himself as a checks-and-balance voice against the Anwar administration, raising allegations about MAHB privatisation, opposition MP allocation agreements, and frog-jumping among Bersatu MPs. He described Bersatu's disciplinary action against him as politically motivated, claiming two disciplinary board members had conflicts of interest due to family and professional ties to the current Bersatu leadership.⛓
• GovernmentCommunications Minister Fahmi Fadzil publicly criticised Wan Ahmad Fayhsal over claims about draft allocation agreements with opposition MPs, suggesting the Machang MP should refrain from commenting on matters he did not understand, and referenced allegations that the MP had previously proposed printing money to stimulate the economy.⛓
• GovernmentLaw and Institutional Reform Minister Azalina Othman Said tabled the successful motion to suspend Wan Ahmad Fayhsal from the Dewan Rakyat, with the order paper stating that his reference to an unverified letter had a detrimental effect on individuals and government officers unfairly harmed by baseless allegations.⛓
• VerifiedFactsWan Ahmad Fayhsal won the Machang seat in GE15 (November 2022) with a majority of 10,154 votes, contesting under the PAS banner within the PN coalition. He was expelled from Bersatu on 13 February 2026 and joined Parti Wawasan Negara (WAWASAN) as Information Chief in June 2026. He remains listed as the sitting MP for Machang (P029) on the official Parliament of Malaysia member register.⛓