Shahrir Abdul Samad

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Utama Shahrir Abdul Samad PSM SUMW DPMJ PIS
شهريار عبدالصمد‎
Ministerial roles
1978–1980	Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Department
1980–1981	Deputy Minister of Finance
1981–1983	Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
1983–1986	Minister of Federal Territories
1986–1987	Minister of Social Welfare
2008–2009	Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1978–1988	Barisan Nasional
1988–1990	Independent
2004–2018	Barisan Nasional
Other roles
2017–2018	Chairman of Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA)
Personal details
Born	Shahrir bin Abdul Samad (1949-11-22) 22 November 1949 (age 74) Kuantan, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Shahrizan Abdullah
Relations	Khalid Abdul Samad (younger brother)
Alma mater	University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.shahrir-umno.com

Shahrir bin Abdul Samad (Jawi: شهریار بن عبدالصمد; born 22 November 1949) is a Malaysian politician who was the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (2008-2009), a Member of Parliament of Malaysia and the former chairman of the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BNBBC). He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the largest political component party in the former ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. In Parliament – specifically the lower house of Parliament of Malaysia, the Dewan Rakyat – he represented the constituency of Johor Bahru in the state of Johor for six non-consecutive terms. (1978-1990, 2004–2018).

Khalid Abdul Samad, the former Minister of Federal Territories and the member of Parliament for Shah Alam, Selangor from the National Trust Party (Amanah) of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition; is the younger brother of Shahrir.

He was appointed the chairman of Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) from 1 January 2017 to 14 May 2018.^[1]