Ismail Muttalib
Ismail bin Abdul Muttalib (Jawi: اسماعيل بن عبدالمطلب; born 1 December 1954) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican since August 2021. He served his first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin from March 2020 to August 2021 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maran since March 2004. He is a member of the  United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition which is aligned with the PN coalition. Ismail was elected to Parliament in the 2004 general election and was re-elected thrice in 2008 general election, 2013 general election and 2018 general election. After the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was appointed to serve as the Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Richard Riot Jaem from May 2013 to May 2018 for almost 5 years.