Fakhrul Anwar Ismail (born 10 November 1971) is a Malaysian politician, businessman, school administrator, computer programmer, data analyst, data and information systems manager[1] who has served as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bintong since November 2022.
On 25 November 2022, Fakhrul Anwar was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Housing, Local Government, Small Hawkers and Businessmen, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives, Consumerism, Entrepreneur Development, Small and Medium Industries by Menteri Besar, Mohd Shukri.
He was not elected as the Sena MLA after losing to Asrul Nizan Abdul Jalil of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a minority of 2,288 votes.
He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Bintong MLA after defeating Menteri Besar and defending MLA Azlan of BN, Azhari Ahmad of Pakatan Harapan (PH), Shazwan Suban of the Homeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG), independent candidate Hashim Suboh and Mohamad Khair Mohd Noor of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) by the majority of 4,329 votes.
[4] Besides his political positions, Fakhrul Anwar is also the Senior Assistant for Administration of the Madrasah Diniah Islamiah and Headmaster of the Al-Furqan Islamic Primary School.