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Edry Faizal  born January 7, 1985 is a Malaysian politician from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He is a Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for the Dusun Tua seat, which he has held since 2018. Edry Faizal is among the first Malay members of the DAP elected to serve in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly. He advocates a progressive agenda in his constituency that focuses on the development of youth, local economy, women, infrastructure, and education through multiple initiatives.

Personal Life
Edry's story began from the humble beginnings as a city boy in Kuala Lumpur. As the eldest to a former account officer at Malaysia Airline System and a school van driver, Edry grew up as a curious boy who did a lot of political readings including Harakah, thanks to his grandfather’s influence. The Taman Keramat boy knew from the early age of 13 that he wanted to be involved in politics.

Education
Born into a very experimental household, Edry's mother loved to expose her children to different types and sides of various cultures, especially through education. His parents had chosen to enrol him in the Chinese vernacular school stream instead of the national school stream. His education began at Lai Meng Kindergarten and SRJK (C) Lai Meng, where he had learned to write and speak in Mandarin fluently. He then pursued his upper form education at SMKL (C) Confucian where he continued to embrace and celebrate diversity. Always curious and refusing to conform to the norm, Edry chose to continue his tertiary education at Multimedia University reading Bachelor of Multimedia (Major in Film and Animation) as one of the pioneer students in the course. As a student, he was actively involved in one of the Islamic Societies, Institut Usrah MMU, Cyberjaya as the Deputy President, until he graduated in 2008.

Activism Years
After graduation, Edry traded his college experience for activism. Despite being busy kick-starting his career as a video editor and graphic designer, it didn’t stop Edry from lending his skills and support to many NGOs and activism movements. Edry's passion in reaching out and helping communities led to the foundation of Buku Jalanan Titiwangsa as part of his effort to make small but meaningful changes in the community through reading. Buku Jalanan Titiwangsa provided free reading materials to the public at Titiwangsa Lake Garden, on a fortnightly basis. The group also held events, classes, and performances for individuals and organisations. Growing up with political influence from his grandfather, Edry couldn’t help but to slowly get involved in political movements. He is a firm believer in the collective responsibility to maintain the cycle of kindness with society, beginning with himself helping others. In 2010, Eddy joined the Islamic Renaissance Front as a full-time staff. During his tenure in IRF, Edry was also involved in the steering committee of Bersih 2 and fell in love with political activism. It shifted his perspective on activism and opened his eyes to problems beyond community level issues that needs the government’s attention. After seven years at IRF, Edry decided to join DAP and served as a journalist at RoketKini.

Political Involvement
Edry’s transition into the political world was natural. With RoketKini, he had seen a lot of opportunities to make real change to policies that can impact the social landscape directly; this fuelled his passion for politics even more. In 2014, Eddy was appointed as the coordinator for DAP’s Roketkini and Sekolah Demokrasi. Sekolah Demokrasi is a political empowerment camp for youths who are interested in politics and social democracy in Malaysia. Sekolah Demokrasi was formulated to introduce the party to those who are curious about it. Particularly the Malays, who had generally been taught to fear the party. Edry believed that among the three parties in the Pakatan Rakyat coalition, DAP was the least known amongst the Malays due to the media censorship that shelters the public from political exposure to DAP. Despite being heavily criticized and mocked due to the high involvement of Malay youths in the programme, Sekolah Demokrasi has successfully grown into one of the best political education movements. Edry ‘s political journey was further advanced when he was appointed as the councillor of Majlis Perbandaran Selayang in 2016. Edry believes that the opportunities and training given by DAP has shaped his political skills and his more hands-on approach in politics, especially on community and locally-based issues. He is also an alumnus of the European School of Democracy. In the 14th General Election, Edry contested in N23 Dusun Tua seat and won with a 10,422 majority.

Dusun Tua Assemblyman
Edry Faizal won the seat with 22,325 votes, defeating Barisan Nasional’s Mohd Zin Isa (11,903 votes) and PAS’ candidate, Razaly Hassan (7,771 votes). When he was given the seat, Edry knew that it was going to be a new challenge. As DAP was used to contesting in the city’s urban seats, putting a candidate in the Hulu Langat constituency was an unprecedented move. Dusun Tua is the only Malay majority state seat in Selangor that DAP decided to contest - 62% of the population was Malays, with 18 village heads. However, he took the challenge in stride with the notion that working outside his comfort zone would help him learn new things. Being a seat with a mix of rural and semi-rural areas, Edry decided to focus his campaign with a personal approach instead of depending solely on social media. This method proved successful as he won the seat with a comfortable majority. As an Assemblyman, Edry launched multiple initiatives for his constituency focusing on 5 pillars; youth, local economy, women, infrastructure, and education. He established the Food Bank N23 center that distributes food to those who have financial difficulty to avoid hunger. It operates on the "front line" model, giving out food directly to the needy. On top of that, he is also working on a project for entrepreneurs in collaboration with Selangor Information Technology and E-Commerce Council (SITEC). The project, named Wirausaha, is a programme aimed at helping the locals who want to grow their business. Edry views the empowerment of women and the improvement of their social and economic status as highly important and essential for community development. In order to build a strong grassroots foundation, he had launched the Ibu Langat project – an initiative that focuses on growing the household income for the lower-income earners. The project commenced operation at flat Taman Pinggiran Delima, Hulu Langat, where they help to sell the homemade food by participants at the stalls provided to generate their income. Warung Ibu Langat facilitates women to earn profit without additional charge. At the state level, Edry is also a member of Majlis Sukan Negeri Selangor’s management board.

Others
Before being politically involved, Edry also ran a side gig as a rapper in the hip-hop group known as 5forty2. 5forty2 touched on a wide range of topics from politics, religion, social habits, and even sneaker brands. Edry is also currently managing Akademi Bangsa, a youth empowerment training program as part of a nation-building effort.