Jefridin Atan

Jefridin bin Atan (born 19 January 1968) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kukup since March 2022. He served as a Senator representing Johor from September 2020 to September 2023. He is a member and formerly the Division Chief of Tanjung Piai of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Politics He previously served as the private secretary to former Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in 2001.

During the 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election that was triggered following the death of Mohamed Farid Md Rafik, Jefridin was widely considered as the potential candidate of the BN coalition. This was despite the stronghold of the former MP Wee Jeck Seng from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), another component of the BN, the majority voters of the constituency are Malays. who later defeated the then ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate, Karmaine Sardini from Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU).

On 13 September 2020, Jefridin was appointed as a Senator by the Johor State Legislative Assembly, after recommended by the Menteri Besar, Hasni Mohammad. He was officially inaugurated 2 days later.

On 12 March 2022, he won the Kukup seat of the Johor State Legislative Assembly.

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