Abdul Latiff Ahmad

Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Abdul Latiff Ahmad
DMSM SMJ PIS
Yang Berbahagia Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad DMSM SMJ PIS
عبداللطيف أحمد‎
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department; (Special Functions);
	In office; 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy	Mastura Mohd Yazid
Preceded by	Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof
Succeeded by	Armizan Mohd Ali
Constituency	Mersing
Minister of Rural Development
	In office; 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy	Abdul Rahman Mohamad; Henry Sum Agong;
Preceded by	Rina Harun
Succeeded by	Mahdzir Khalid
Constituency	Mersing
Deputy Minister of Defence
	In office; 10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013
Monarchs	Mizan Zainal Abidin; Abdul Halim;
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Minister	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Preceded by	Abu Seman Yusop
Succeeded by	Abdul Rahim Bakri
Constituency	Mersing
Deputy Minister of Health
	In office; 27 March 2004 – 9 April 2009
Monarchs	Sirajuddin; Mizan Zainal Abidin;
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Chua Soi Lek (2004–2008); Ong Ka Ting (Acting) (2008); Liow Tiong Lai (2008–2009);
Preceded by	Abu Seman Yusop
Succeeded by	Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin
Constituency	Mersing
Deputy Minister of Human Resources
	In office; 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004
Monarchs	Salahuddin; Sirajuddin;
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad; Abdullah Ahmad Badawi;
Minister	Fong Chan Onn
Preceded by	Affifudin Omar
Succeeded by	Abdul Rahman Bakar
Constituency	Mersing
Chairman of the; Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad;
	In office; 11 June 2013 – 30 January 2019
Minister	Najib Razak (2013–2018); Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (2013–2016); Johari Abdul Ghani (2016–2018); Lim Guan Eng (2018); Zuraida Kamaruddin (2018–2019);
CEO	Ahmad Azizi Ali
Preceded by	Idris Haron
Succeeded by	Mohammad Mentek
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Mersing
	In office; 29 November 1999 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Zainal Abidin Osman; (BN–UMNO);
Succeeded by	Muhammad Islahuddin Abas (PN-BERSATU)
Majority	10,861 (1999); 14,573 (2004); 13,736 (2008); 15,747 (2013); 8,459 (2018);
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1999–2018	Barisan Nasional
2018–2019	Independent
2019–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Johor State Legislative Assembly
1995–1999	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	9 July 1958 (age 66); Ayer Hitam, Kluang, Johor, Federation of Malaya
Political party	PPBM (2019-present); Independent (2018-2019); UMNO (until 2018);
Other political; affiliations	Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-present); Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019-2020); Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018);
Alma mater	University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician
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Abdul Latiff bin Ahmad (Jawi: عبداللطيف بن أحمد ; born 9 July 1958) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Special Functions from 2021 to 2022. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mersing from 1999 to 2022.

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Abdul Latiff previously served as Minister of Rural Development from 2020 to 2021. He held various posts such as Deputy Minister of Defence, Deputy Minister of Health, and Deputy Minister of Human Resources.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Abdul Latiff was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.^[4] He left UMNO in 2018, and joined the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) the following year. BERSATU is a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition.

Abd Latiff was firstly elected to the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Endau seat in 1995 election. In the 1999 general election he switched to federal politics by contesting and winning to be the MP of Mersing constituency in Johor, and thereafter served as Deputy Minister of Human Resources (1999 to 2004), Deputy Minister of Health (2004 to 2008) and Deputy Minister of Defence (2008 to 2013). He was reelected MP for the Mersing parliamentary seat in the consecutive 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 general elections.

Abd Latiff was dropped from Najib Razak's cabinet after the 2013 general election, and was appointed the chairman of the government-linked housing development company Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB).^[5] He left SPNB in early 2019 after BN lost as the ruling federal government to Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the 2018 election.^[6]^[7]

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On 8 July 2020, he said UMNO was an unscrupulous party in Sabah after its leaders jumped to Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu). Earlier, a video featuring Abdul Latiff's statement in an open forum on the matter was spread on social media where he mentioned "Sabahans do not mention jumping but call migration and usually from Berjaya to PBS, PBS goes to UMNO. Meanwhile, Abdul Latiff's statement met with opposition from UMNO leaders who are now urging him to resign.^[8]^[9] After receiving word of mouth from UMNO leaders, finally he admitted his mistake. While reminding UMNO, the real enemy is the opponents and they should not quarrel with each other, he said he apologized if the statement regarding "UMNO does not work in Sabah" was misunderstood and hurt the hearts of many parties.^[10]

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**Johor State Legislative Assembly**^[3]
Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1995	N09 Endau		Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	7,315	69%		Sheikh Abdullah Said Salleh (PAS)	3,302	31%	10,668	4,013	64.36%

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**Parliament of Malaysia**^[1]^[2]^[3]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1999	P129 Mersing, Johor	Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	18,821	70.28%	Idris Tukachil (PAS)	7,960	29.72%	27,617	10,861	70.29%
2004	P154 Mersing, Johor	Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	19,222	80.52%	Idris Tukachil (PAS)	4,649	19.48%	24,484	14,573	72.25%
2008		Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	20,116	75.92%	Shahar Abdullah (PAS)	6,380	24.08%	27,548	13,736	75.59%
2013		Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	26,184	71.50%	Roslan Nikmat (PAS)	10,437	28.50%	37,393	15,747	84.03%
2018		Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	19,806	53.00%	Md Nasir Hashim (PPBM)	11,347	30.37%	38,306	8,459	79.51%
2018		Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	19,806	53.00%	A. Rahman A. Hamid (PAS)	6,215	16.63%	38,306	8,459	79.51%

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Honours of Malaysia

Johor :
- Second Class of the Sultan Ibrahim Medal (PIS II) (1995)
- Companion of the Order of the Crown of Johor (SMJ) (1997)^[14]
Malacca :
- Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2003)^[15]

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Mazwin Nik Anis, Muguntan Vanar and Zakiah Koya (15 December 2018). "Six more MPs leave Umno". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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"Former deputy minister Dr Abd Latif now SPNB chairman". The Malaysian Insider. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
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"Heads to roll from more than 100 MOF Inc firms, says report". Malaysiakini. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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Nabila Yasmin Razib (22 February 2019). "Mohammad Mentek dilantik Pengerusi SPNB". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Retrieved 22 February 2019.
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"UMNO Sabah Sudah Tidak Laku – Abdul Latiff | Borneo Today".
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"UMNO parti tak laku: Abdul Latiff digesa letak jawatan". 8 July 2020.
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"Latiff Ahmad mohon maaf kata 'Umno tak laku'". 8 July 2020.
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"Chua gets Datukship in Johor Honours List", New Straits Times, 8 April 1997.
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"The Malacca Yang Di-Pertua Negri's Birthday Honours List". The Star. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

[election_results-1] [1]
"Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Star Publications (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2010. Percentage figures are calculated based on total turnout.

[election_results_2-2] [2]
"Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.

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"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.

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Mazwin Nik Anis, Muguntan Vanar and Zakiah Koya (15 December 2018). "Six more MPs leave Umno". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

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"Former deputy minister Dr Abd Latif now SPNB chairman". The Malaysian Insider. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

[6] [6]
"Heads to roll from more than 100 MOF Inc firms, says report". Malaysiakini. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

[7] [7]
Nabila Yasmin Razib (22 February 2019). "Mohammad Mentek dilantik Pengerusi SPNB". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Retrieved 22 February 2019.

[8] [8]
"UMNO Sabah Sudah Tidak Laku – Abdul Latiff | Borneo Today".

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"UMNO parti tak laku: Abdul Latiff digesa letak jawatan". 8 July 2020.

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"Latiff Ahmad mohon maaf kata 'Umno tak laku'". 8 July 2020.

[11] [11]
"KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum. Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

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"14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Johor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

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"undi.info - Mersing - P154". undi.info. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018.

[14] [14]
"Chua gets Datukship in Johor Honours List", New Straits Times, 8 April 1997.

[15] [15]
"The Malacca Yang Di-Pertua Negri's Birthday Honours List". The Star. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

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Yang Berbahagia Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad DMSM SMJ PIS
عبداللطيف أحمد‎

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Special Functions)
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy	Mastura Mohd Yazid
Preceded by	Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof
Succeeded by	Armizan Mohd Ali
Constituency	Mersing
Minister of Rural Development
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy	Abdul Rahman Mohamad Henry Sum Agong
Preceded by	Rina Harun
Succeeded by	Mahdzir Khalid
Constituency	Mersing
Deputy Minister of Defence
In office 10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013
Monarchs	Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Minister	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Preceded by	Abu Seman Yusop
Succeeded by	Abdul Rahim Bakri
Constituency	Mersing
Deputy Minister of Health
In office 27 March 2004 – 9 April 2009
Monarchs	Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Chua Soi Lek (2004–2008) Ong Ka Ting (Acting) (2008) Liow Tiong Lai (2008–2009)
Preceded by	Abu Seman Yusop
Succeeded by	Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin
Constituency	Mersing
Deputy Minister of Human Resources
In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004
Monarchs	Salahuddin Sirajuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Fong Chan Onn
Preceded by	Affifudin Omar
Succeeded by	Abdul Rahman Bakar
Constituency	Mersing
Chairman of the Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad
In office 11 June 2013 – 30 January 2019
Minister	Najib Razak (2013–2018) Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (2013–2016) Johari Abdul Ghani (2016–2018) Lim Guan Eng (2018) Zuraida Kamaruddin (2018–2019)
CEO	Ahmad Azizi Ali
Preceded by	Idris Haron
Succeeded by	Mohammad Mentek
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Mersing
In office 29 November 1999 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Zainal Abidin Osman (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Muhammad Islahuddin Abas (PN-BERSATU)
Majority	10,861 (1999) 14,573 (2004) 13,736 (2008) 15,747 (2013) 8,459 (2018)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1999–2018	Barisan Nasional
2018–2019	Independent
2019–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Johor State Legislative Assembly
1995–1999	Barisan Nasional

Personal details
Born	(1958-07-09) 9 July 1958 (age 66) Ayer Hitam, Kluang, Johor, Federation of Malaya
Political party	PPBM (2019-present) Independent (2018-2019) UMNO (until 2018)
Other political affiliations	Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-present) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019-2020) Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Alma mater	University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician
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