Zainal Abidin Zin | |
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| Deputy Minister of Defence | |
| In office 27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008 | |
| Monarchs | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Najib Razak |
| Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004 | |
| Monarchs | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Deputy Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts | |
| In office 11 August 1986 – 7 May 1987 | |
| Monarchs | Iskandar Azlan Shah |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Leo Moggie Irok |
| Deputy Minister of Works | |
| In office 16 July 1984 – 10 August 1986 | |
| Monarchs | Ahmad Shah Iskandar |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Samy Vellu |
| Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Lands and Regional Development | |
| In office 1982–1984 | |
| Monarch | Ahmad Shah |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Rais Yatim Mohd. Adib Mohd. Adam |
| Deputy Minister | None |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bagan Serai | |
| In office 29 November 1999 – 8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Qamaruzaman Ismail (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri (PR–PKR) |
| In office 1982–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Ramli Omar (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Qamaruzaman Ismail (BN–UMNO) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1940 Gunung Semanggol, Perak, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United 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) |
| Spouse | Datin Asima Abdul Latif |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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.