Role Politician Name Abdul Ahmad | Religion Sunni Islam Occupation Politician | |
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Preceded by Zainal Abidin Osman (UMNO) Born 9 July 1958 (age 65)
Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) ( 1958-07-09 ) People also search for Abdul Razak Hussein, Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Hamzah Abdullah | ||
Political party UMNO—Barisan Nasional | ||
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 for four terms from 1999 to 2018. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO); a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Abdul Latiff was firstly elected to the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Endau seat 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 (SPNB).
Abdul Latiff declared he will not contest in the 2018 general election.