Zaidi Attan | |
|---|---|
| زيدي بن اتن | |
| Deputy Member of the Malacca State Executive Council | |
| Assumed office 6 April 2023 (Tourism, Heritage, Arts and Culture) | |
| Governor | Mohd Ali Rustam |
| Chief Minister | Ab Rauf Yusoh |
| Member | Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman |
| Constituency | Serkam |
| In office 14 May 2013 – 11 May 2018 (Public Works, Public Amenities, Transport and Project Restoration) | |
| Governor | Mohd Khalil Yaakob |
| Chief Minister | Idris Haron |
| Member | Abdul Ghafar Atan Lim Ban Hong (2014–2018) |
| Preceded by | Hasan Abd Rahman (Public Works and Public Amenities) Lai Meng Chong (Transport) Abdul Wahab Abdul Latip (Project Restoration) |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Constituency | Serkam |
| Member of the Malacca State Executive Council | |
| In office 26 November 2021 – 31 March 2023 (Housing, Local Government and Environment) | |
| Governor | Mohd Ali Rustam |
| Chief Minister | Sulaiman Md Ali |
| Preceded by | Abdul Ghafar Atan |
| Succeeded by | Rais Yasin (Senior Member, Housing and Local Government) Portfolio abolished (Environment) |
| Constituency | Serkam |
| Member of theMelaka State Legislative Assembly forSerkam | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Ghazale Muhamad (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 3,600 (2013) 2,737 (2018) 79 (2021) |
| Faction represented inMalacca State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2013– | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zaidi bin Attan (1968-10-04)4 October 1968 (age 56) Malacca,Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Zaidi bin Attan (born 4 October 1968) is aMalaysianpolitician who has served as Deputy Member of theMalacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in theBarisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief MinisterAb Rauf Yusoh and MemberAbdul Razak Abdul Rahman since April 2023 for the second term and under former Chief MinisterIdris Haron and former MembersAbdul Ghafar Atan andLim Ban Hong from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018 for the first term. He also served as Member of the Malacca EXCO in the BN state administration under former Chief MinisterSulaiman Md Ali from November 2021 to March 2023. He has also served as Member of theMalacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forSerkam since May 2013. He is also the Deputy Chairman of Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad (SAMB). He is a member and Vice Division Chief ofJasin of theUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. His appointment as a Deputy EXCO Member in April 2023 is a demotion as he was previously appointed an EXCO Member in November 2021. This has rarely happened in theMalaysian politics.
Zaidi had his primary education at aChinese national type primary school (SJKC), a type of vernacular school in Malaysia. As a result, Zaidi is able to communicate in basicChinese and sign his name in Chinese. Zaidi revealed that he was given a Chinese name '再利' (pinyin : zài lì), although the literal translation of his name to Chinese is '再迪' (pinyin : zài dí).[1]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2013 | N26Serkam | Zaidi Attan (UMNO) | 8,715 | 63.02% | Kamarudin Sedik (PAS) | 5,115 | 36.98% | 14,015 | 3,600 | 90.40% | ||
| 2018 | Zaidi Attan (UMNO) | 6,401 | 47.46% | Nor Khairi Yusof (AMANAH) | 3,664 | 27.16% | 13,722 | 2,737 | 87.10% | |||
| Ahmad Bilal Rahudin (PAS) | 3,423 | 25.38% | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Zaidi Attan (UMNO) | 5,038 | 43.31% | Ahmad Bilal Rahudin (PAS) | 4,959 | 42.64% | 11,631 | 79 | 72.80% | |||
| Mohd Khomeini Kamal (AMANAH) | 1,535 | 13.20% | ||||||||||
| Norazlanshah Hazali (IND) | 99 | 0.85% | ||||||||||
Malacca :
Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (2005)[6]
Companion Class I of theExalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) –Datuk (2015)[7]  | This article about a Malaysian politician is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |