Zainal Abidin Zin | |
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Deputy Minister of Defence | |
In office 27 March 2004 –18 March 2008 | |
Monarchs | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Minister | Najib Razak |
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 15 December 1999 –26 March 2004 | |
Monarchs | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Deputy Minister of Energy,Telecommunications and Posts | |
In office 11 August 1986 –7 May 1987 | |
Monarchs | Iskandar Azlan Shah |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister | Leo Moggie Irok |
Deputy Minister of Works | |
In office 16 July 1984 –10 August 1986 | |
Monarchs | Ahmad Shah Iskandar |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister | Samy Vellu |
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Lands and Regional Development | |
In office 1982–1984 | |
Monarch | Ahmad Shah |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister | Rais Yatim Mohd. Adib Mohd. Adam |
Deputy Minister | None |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bagan Serai | |
In office 29 November 1999 –8 March 2008 | |
Preceded by | Qamaruzaman Ismail (BN–UMNO) |
Succeeded by | Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri (PR–PKR) |
In office 1982–1990 | |
Preceded by | Ramli Omar (BN–UMNO) |
Succeeded by | Qamaruzaman Ismail (BN–UMNO) |
Personal details | |
Born | Gunung Semanggol,Perak,British Malaya (now Malaysia) | 7 March 1940
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 1989;1996–present) Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46) (1989-1996) |
Other political affiliations | Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU) (1990-1996) Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1990-1996) Barisan Nasional (BN) (Until 1989;1996-present) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-present) Muafakat Nasional (MN) (2019-present) |
Spouse | Datin Asima Abdul Latif |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) |
Occupation | Politician |
Zainal Abidin bin Zin (born 7 March 1940) is a Malaysian politician who served as Deputy Minister of Defence from 2004 to 2008 and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs from 1999 to 2004.
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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1982 | P047 Bagan Serai,Perak | Zainal Abidin Zin (UMNO) | 16,151 | 62.46% | Abdul Kadir Kahar (PAS) | 9,708 | 37.54% | 27,007 | 6,443 | 74.32% | ||
1986 | P052 Bagan Serai,Perak | Zainal Abidin Zin (UMNO) | 16,508 | 63.36% | Rahmat Husin (PAS) | 9,548 | 36.64% | 26,936 | 6,960 | 68.49% | ||
1990 | Zainal Abidin Zin (S46) | 11,822 | 44.37% | Qamaruzaman Ismail (UMNO) | 14,824 | 55.63% | 27,699 | 3,002 | 71.33% | |||
1995 | P055 Bagan Serai,Perak | Zainal Abidin Zin (S46) | 10,184 | 38.26% | Qamaruzaman Ismail (UMNO) | 16,434 | 61.74% | 28,251 | 6,250 | 67.55% | ||
1999 | Zainal Abidin Zin (UMNO) | 15,088 | 52.77% | Ahmad Awang (PAS) | 13,504 | 47.23% | 29,507 | 1,584 | 65.73% | |||
2004 | P058 Bagan Serai,Perak | Zainal Abidin Zin (UMNO) | 19,827 | 58.25% | Ahmad Awang (PAS) | 14,209 | 41.75% | 35,076 | 5,618 | 73.47% | ||
2008 | Zainal Abidin Zin (UMNO) | 15,530 | 45.05% | Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri (PKR) | 18,943 | 54.95% | 36,237 | 3,413 | 76.92% |
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