Abdul Latiff Ahmad
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Abdul Latiff Ahmad | |
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عبداللطيف أحمد | |
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| 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 | |
| Preceded by | Rina Harun |
| Succeeded by | Mahdzir Khalid |
| Constituency | Mersing |
| Deputy Minister of Defence | |
| In office 10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013 | |
| Monarchs | |
| 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 |
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| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister |
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| 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 | |
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| Prime Minister |
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| Minister | Fong Chan Onn |
| Preceded by | Affifudin Omar |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Rahman Bakar |
| Constituency | Mersing |
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| In office 11 June 2013 – 30 January 2019 | |
| Minister |
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| 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 | |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Islahuddin Abas (PN-BERSATU) |
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| 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 |
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| Alma mater | University of Malaya |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Abdul Latiff Ahmad on Facebook | |
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.
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]
Controversy
Insulting UMNO
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]
