Shahril Anwar bin Haji Ma'awiah (died 19 November 2021) was a Bruneian military officer who was the commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) from 2015 to 2018 and thereafter Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence.

Throughout his military career, he attended several institutes and training overseas, including the Initial Officer Training (IOT) at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell (RAFC Cranwell), Lincolnshire, England in October 1986, the Qualified Helicopter Instructor (QHI) course in the United Kingdom (UK) in 1999, the 4th Advanced Command and Staff Course (ACSC) at the Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC), United Kingdom in July 2000, the Australia's Centre of Defence and Strategic Studies (ADDSS) at the Australian Defence College, Canberra, Australia in 2012.

Finally on 25 September 2015, the handover ceremony of the command of RBAirF between Wardi Abdul Latip and Shahril Anwar was held at Royal Brunei Air Force Base, Rimba, near Bandar Seri Begawan.

[4] On 9 January 2016, Commander Shahril noted that the RBAirF was lacking in manpower, and required more people to enlist to replace retired or overworked servicemen.

He persuaded both men and women to enlist, and announced that flight simulators for the Sikorsky Blackhawk S70i and Pilatus PC-7 Mk.II are expected to arrive in Brunei later that year.

[3] At a request by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Dato Shahril became the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Defence on 10 August 2018.

[8] Permanent Secretary Shahril attended the 10th Meeting of the Deputy Ministers of Defense of the Republic of Korea (ROK)–ASEAN and the Seoul Defence Dialogue (SDD) on 8 September 2021.