Tengku Zafrul Aziz

Tengku Zafrul Aziz
تڠکو ظفرول تڠکو عبد العزيز
Tengku Zafrul In January 2023
Senior Political Advisor to the Prime Minister
Assumed office
4 March 2026
MonarchIbrahim Iskandar
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
Political SecretaryChan Ming Kai
Ahmad Farhan Fauzi
Azman Abidin
Preceded byShamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin
(Senior Political Secretary to the Prime Minister)
Chairman of the Malaysian Investment Development Authority
Assumed office
3 December 2025
MinisterJohari Abdul Ghani
Chief Executive OfficerArham Abdul Rahman
Preceded bySulaiman Mahbob
13th President of the Badminton Association of Malaysia
Assumed office
10 May 2025
Preceded byMohamad Norza Zakaria
V. Subramaniam (Acting)
Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry
In office
5 April 2023 – 2 December 2025
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(2024–2025)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
DeputyLiew Chin Tong
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJohari Abdul Ghani
ConstituencySenator
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office
3 December 2022 – 5 April 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
DeputyLiew Chin Tong
Preceded byAzmin Ali
Succeeded byPosition abolished
ConstituencySenator
Minister of Finance
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
DeputyMohd Shahar Abdullah
Yamani Hafez Musa
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byAnwar Ibrahim
ConstituencySenator
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyAbdul Rahim Bakri
Mohd Shahar Abdullah
Preceded byLim Guan Eng
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencySenator
Coordinating Minister of the National Recovery Plan
In office
9 July 2021 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
ConstituencySenator
Senator
Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
In office
3 December 2022 – 2 December 2025
MonarchsAbdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(2024–2025)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
In office
10 March 2020 – 3 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Ex-officio Member of the Political Bureau
of the People's Justice Party
Assumed office
25 January 2026
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
State Treasurer of the Barisan Nasional of Selangor
In office
31 July 2022 – 30 May 2025
National ChairmanAhmad Zahid Hamidi
State ChairmanNoh Omar
(2022)
Megat Zulkarnain Omardin
(2022–2025)
Preceded byJamal Md Yunos
State Treasurer of the
United Malays National Organisation of Selangor
In office
11 April 2023 – 1 April 2024
PresidentAhmad Zahid Hamidi
State ChairmanMegat Zulkarnain Omardin
Division Chief of the
United Malays National Organisation of Kota Raja
In office
18 March 2023 – 30 May 2025
PresidentAhmad Zahid Hamidi
DeputyAbdul Raof Mokhtar
Preceded byKamaruzzaman Johari
Succeeded byAbdul Raof Mokhtar (acting)
Personal details
BornTengku Zafrul bin Tengku Abdul Aziz
(1973-06-25) 25 June 1973
PartyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(1997–2025)
People's Justice Party (PKR)
(since 2025)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(1997–2025)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2025)
Spouse
Datin Paduka Raja Johanna Adrina Raja Arshad
(m. 2011)
RelationsHouse of Langkat, Sumatera
House of Deli, Sumatera
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
(BSc in Economics and Accounting)
University of Exeter
(MA in Finance and Management)
Tsinghua University
(EMBA)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • investor
ProfessionBanker
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Tengku Zafrul bin Tengku Abdul Aziz (Jawi: تڠکو ظفرول بن تڠکو عبد العزيز, Malay pronunciation: [tengku zafrul]; born 25 June 1973) is a Malaysian politician, banker and investor who has served as the Senior Political Advisor to the Prime Minister since March 2026, Chairman of Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) since December 2025 and the 13th President of Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) since May 2025. He served as the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim from April 2023 to December 2025. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He has also been an Ex-officio Member of the Political Bureau of PKR since January 2026. He was also a Member of the UMNO Supreme Council and Division Chief of UMNO of Kota Raja from March 2023 to his departure from the party in May 2025.