Abdul Latiff Ahmad
Abdul Latiff bin Ahmad (Jawi: عبداللطيف بن أحمد ; born 9 July 1958) is a Malaysian politician and is the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia for the Mersing constituency in the state of Johor for fifth term since 1999.[1][2][3] He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO); a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He resigned from UMNO to be an Independent politician in 2018.[4] Presently he is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition since 2019.[5]
Abdul Latiff Ahmad DMSM MP | |
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عبداللطيف بن أحمد | |
Minister of Rural Development | |
Assumed office 10 March 2020 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
Deputy | Abdul Rahman Mohamad Henry Sum Agong |
Preceded by | Rina Harun |
Constituency | Mersing |
Deputy Minister of Defence | |
In office 10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013 | |
Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Minister | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
Preceded by | Abu Seman Yusop |
Succeeded by | Abdul Rahim Bakri |
Constituency | Mersing |
Deputy Minister of Health | |
In office 27 March 2004 – 9 April 2009 | |
Monarch | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Minister | Chua Soi Lek (2004–2008) Ong Ka Ting (Acting) (2008) Liow Tiong Lai (2008–2009) |
Preceded by | Abu Seman Yusop |
Succeeded by | Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin |
Constituency | Mersing |
Deputy Minister of Human Resources | |
In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004 | |
Monarch | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Minister | Fong Chan Onn |
Preceded by | Affifudin Omar |
Succeeded by | Abdul Rahman Bakar |
Constituency | Mersing |
Chairman of Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) | |
In office 11 June 2013 – 30 January 2019 | |
Minister | Najib Razak (2013–2018) Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (2013–2016) Johari Abdul Ghani (2016–2018) Lim Guan Eng (2018) Zuraida Kamaruddin (2018–2019) |
CEO | Ahmad Azizi Ali |
Preceded by | Idris Haron |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Mentek |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Mersing | |
Assumed office 29 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | Zainal Abidin Osman (UMNO–BN) |
Majority | 10,861 (1999) 14,573 (2004) 13,736 (2008) 15,747 (2013) 8,459 (2018) |
Personal details | |
Born | Abdul Latiff bin Ahmad 9 July 1958 Ayer Hitam, Kluang, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | PPBM (2019-present) Independent (2018-2019) UMNO (until 2018) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019-present) Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) |
Alma mater | University of Malaya |
Occupation | Politician |
Abdul Latiff Ahmad on Facebook Abdul Latiff Ahmad on Parliament of Malaysia |
Political career
Abdul Latiff was firstly elected to the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Endau seat in 1995 election. In the 1999 general election he switched to federal politics by contesting and winning to be the MP of Mersing constituency in Johor, and thereafter served as Deputy Minister of Human Resources (1999 to 2004), Deputy Minister of Health (2004 to 2010) and Deputy Minister of Defence (2010 to 2013). He was reelected MP for the Mersing parliamentary seat in the consecutive 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 general elections.
Abdul Latiff was dropped from Najib Razak's cabinet after the 2013 general election, and was appointed as the chairman of the government-linked housing development company Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB).[6] He left SPNB in early 2019 after BN lost as the ruling federal government to Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the 2018 election.[7][8]
Election results
Year | Constituency | Government | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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1995 | N9 Endau, P129 Mersing. | Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO) | 7,315 | 69% | Sheikh Abdullah Said Salleh (PAS) | 3,302 | 31% | 10,668 | 4,013 | 64.36% |
Year | Constituency | Government | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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1999 | P129 Mersing, Johor. | Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO) | 18,821 | 70.28% | Idris Tukachil (PAS) | 7,960 | 29.72% | 27,617 | 10,861 | 70.29% | ||
2004 | P154 Mersing, Johor. | Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO) | 19,222 | 80.52% | Idris Tukachil (PAS) | 4,649 | 19.48% | 24,484 | 14,573 | 72.25% | ||
2008 | Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO) | 20,116 | 75.92% | Shahar Abdullah (PAS) | 6,380 | 24.08% | 27,548 | 13,736 | 75.59% | |||
2013 | Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO) | 26,184 | 71.50% | Roslan Nikmat (PAS) | 10,437 | 28.50% | 37,393 | 15,747 | 84.03% | |||
2018 | Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO) | 19,806 | 53.00% | Md Nasir Hashim (PPBM) | 11,347 | 30.37% | 38,306 | 8,459 | 79.51% | |||
A. Rahman A. Hamid (PAS) | 6,215 | 16.63% |
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
Malacca : Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) - Datuk (2003)[12]
References
- "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Star Publications (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2010. Percentage figures are calculated based on total turnout.
- "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 11 March 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- Mazwin Nik Anis, Muguntan Vanar and Zakiah Koya (15 December 2018). "Six more MPs leave Umno". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- Mazwin Nik Anis and Joseph Kaos Jr (12 February 2019). "Seven Umno MPs join Bersatu". The Star. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "Former deputy minister Dr Abdul Latif now SPNB chairman". The Malaysian Insider. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- "Heads to roll from more than 100 MOF Inc firms, says report". Malaysiakini. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- Nabila Yasmin Razib (22 February 2019). "Mohammad Mentek dilantik Pengerusi SPNB" (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum. Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Johor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- https://undi.info/johor/r18/p154
- "The Malacca Yang Di-Pertua Negri's Birthday Honours List". The Star. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 11 October 2018.