Zainul Abidin (politician)

Zainul Abidin
زین العابدین
Singapore Ambassador to the State of Kuwait
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 October 2011
PresidentTony Tan
Halimah Yacob
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byWong Kwok Pun[1]
Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
30 May 2006 – 20 May 2011
Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMasagos Zulkifli
Mayor of North East District
In office
24 November 2001 – 30 May 2009
Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong
Lee Hsien Loong
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTeo Ser Luck
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Aljunied GRC
(Eunos)
In office
25 October 2001 – 18 April 2011
Preceded bySidek Saniff
Succeeded byPritam Singh
Majority16,225 (56.10%)
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Cheng San GRC
(Punggol East)
In office
2 January 1997 – 18 October 2001
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Majority9,421 (54.80%)
Personal details
Born (1948-03-17) 17 March 1948 (age 76)
Colony of Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Children4
Alma materNational University of Singapore
Occupation
  • Diplomat
  • politician
  • journalist
In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Rasheed is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Zainul Abidin.

Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed (born 17 March 1948)[2] is a Singaporean diplomat, former politician and journalist. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Eunos ward of Aljunied GRC between 2001 and 2011 and Cheng San GRC representing Punggol East ward from 1997 to 2001.[3]

He previously served as Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs between 2006 and 2011 and the Mayor of North East District from 2001 to 2009. He has been serving as Singapore Ambassador to the State of Kuwait and Special Envoy to the Middle East.[4]

  1. ^ "MFA Press Statement : Appointment of Singapore's Ambassador to The State of Israel, Singapore's Ambassador to The State of Kuwait and Singapore's Ambassador to The State of Qatar" (Press release). Singapore: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 28 December 2005. Retrieved 5 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Curriculum Vitae.[permanent dead link] www.parliament.gov.sg, 1 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  3. ^ Chee, Kenny (13 May 2011). "Zainul's son may follow in his footsteps". My Paper. pp. A2.
  4. ^ Teo, Wan Gek (10 September 2011). "Possible second advisers for Aljunied grassroots". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings.