Abdul Latiff Ahmad

This is a Malay name; the name Ahmad is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Abdul Latiff.
Yang Berhormat Datuk Dr. Haji
Abdul Latiff Ahmad
MP
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Mersing, Johor
Incumbent
Assumed office
1999
Preceded by Zainal Abidin Osman (UMNO)
Personal details
Born 9 July 1958
Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party UMNO—Barisan Nasional
Occupation Politician
Religion Sunni Islam

Datuk Dr. Haji Abdul Latiff Ahmad (born 9 July 1958) is a Malaysian politician and is the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Mersing constituency in the State of Johor.[1] He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party.

Abdul Latiff was elected to the Johor State Legislative Assembly in 1995. He switched to federal politics in 1999, and thereafter served as Deputy Minister for Human Resources Ministry (1999 to 2004), Deputy Minister for Health (2004 to 2010) and Deputy Minister for Defence (2010 to 2013). He was left out of Najib Razak's ministry after the 2013 election, and was appointed as the chairman of the government-owned housing development company Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad.[2]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia: P154 Mersing, Johor[1]
Year Barisan Nasional Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
1999 Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO) 18,821 68% Idris Tukachil (PAS) 7,960 29%
2004 Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO) 19,222 79% Idris Tukachil (PAS) 4,649 19%
2008 Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO) 20,116 73% Shahar Abdullah (PAS) 6,380 23%
2013 Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO) 26,184 70% Roslan Nikmat (PAS) 10,437 28%

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Star Publications (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010. Percentage figures are calculated based on total turnout.
  2. ↑ "Former deputy minister Dr Abdul Latif now SPNB chairman". The Malaysian Insider. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2014.