Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Dato' |
Zainal Abidin Zin | |
Office1: | Deputy Minister of Defence |
Monarch1: | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Term Start1: | 27 March 2004 |
Term End1: | 18 March 2008 |
Primeminister1: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Minister1: | Najib Razak |
Office2: | Deputy Minister of Home Affairs |
Monarch2: | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
Term Start2: | 15 December 1999 |
Term End2: | 26 March 2004 |
Primeminister2: | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Minister2: | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Office3: | Deputy Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts |
Monarch3: | Iskandar Azlan Shah |
Term Start3: | 11 August 1986 |
Term End3: | 7 May 1987 |
Primeminister3: | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister3: | Leo Moggie Irok |
Office4: | Deputy Minister of Works |
Monarch4: | Ahmad Shah Iskandar |
Term Start4: | 16 July 1984 |
Term End4: | 10 August 1986 |
Primeminister4: | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister4: | Samy Vellu |
Office5: | Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Lands and Regional Development |
Monarch5: | Ahmad Shah |
Term Start5: | 1982 |
Term End5: | 1984 |
Primeminister5: | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister5: | Rais Yatim Mohd. Adib Mohd. Adam |
1Blankname5: | Deputy Minister |
1Namedata5: | None |
Constituency Mp6: | Bagan Serai |
Parliament6: | Malaysian |
Term Start6: | 29 November 1999 |
Term End6: | 8 March 2008 |
Predecessor6: | Qamaruzaman Ismail (BN–UMNO) |
Successor6: | Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri (PR–PKR) |
Term Start7: | 1982 |
Term End7: | 1990 |
Predecessor7: | Ramli Omar (BN–UMNO) |
Successor7: | Qamaruzaman Ismail (BN–UMNO) |
Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 1989; 1996–present) Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46) (1989-1996) |
Otherparty: | 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) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Birth Date: | 7 March 1940 |
Birth Place: | Gunung Semanggol, Perak, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Spouse: | Datin Asima Abdul Latif |
Children: | 3 |
Alma Mater: | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) |
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.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
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1982 | P047 Bagan Serai, Perak | (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% | (PKR) | 18,943 | 54.95% | 36,237 | 3,413 | 76.92% |
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