Zainal Abidin Zin

Zainal Abidin Zin
Deputy Minister of Defence
In office
27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterNajib Razak
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004
MonarchsSalahuddin
Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts
In office
11 August 1986 – 7 May 1987
MonarchsIskandar
Azlan Shah
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterLeo Moggie Irok
Deputy Minister of Works
In office
16 July 1984 – 10 August 1986
MonarchsAhmad Shah
Iskandar
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterSamy Vellu
Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Lands and Regional Development
In office
1982–1984
MonarchAhmad Shah
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterRais Yatim
Mohd. Adib Mohd. Adam
Deputy MinisterNone
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Bagan Serai
In office
29 November 1999 – 8 March 2008
Preceded byQamaruzaman Ismail
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byMohsin Fadzli Samsuri
(PR–PKR)
In office
1982–1990
Preceded byRamli Omar
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byQamaruzaman Ismail
(BN–UMNO)
Personal details
Born (1940-03-07) 7 March 1940 (age 84)
Gunung Semanggol, Perak, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited 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)
SpouseDatin Asima Abdul Latif
Children3
Alma materUniversiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
OccupationPolitician

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.