Shahril Sufian bin Hamdan (Jawi: شهريل سفيان حمدان, Malay pronunciation: [shahril]; born 29 October 1985) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Economic Director at the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from October 2021 to November 2022.
[4] Shahril Sufian bin Hamdan was born in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia to a Malay father and a Chinese mother.
He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Politics from the University of Manchester under a Bank Negara Malaysia's scholarship in 2008 and completed his master's degree in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, upon receiving a full Chevening Scholarship from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Shahril Sufian was eventually suspended for 6 years from UMNO alongside other national party leaders such as Annuar Musa, Noh Omar and Khairy Jamaluddin.
[7] Shahril Sufian first contested in the 14th Malaysian general election, where he was fielded for the Kuala Langat federal constituency under the BN ticket, but eventually lost to a 3 cornered race with former Pakatan Harapan MP Xavier Jayakumar.