predecessor parliament constituency_mp party office primeminister term_start article_title name minister
abdullah badawi -lrb- umno -- bn -rrb- malaysian kepala batas , penang united malays national organisation -- bn deputy minister of foreign affairs najib tun razak 2013 2015 reezal merican naina merican
 reezal merican naina merican najib tun razak
reezal merican naina merican

datuk seri reezal merican bin naina merican is a malaysian politician .
he is the member of the parliament of malaysia for the seat of kepala batas in the state of penang .
he is also a member of the supreme council of the united malays national organisation -lrb- umno -rrb- , the leading party in malaysia 's ruling barisan nasional coalition .
he is indian muslim .
before entering parliament , reezal worked in the banking sector .
when the former prime minister abdullah badawi retired from politics ahead of the 2013 election , reezal succeeded him as the division head of umno in kepala batas and as the barisan nasional candidate for the kepala batas parliamentary seat .
reezal won the seat at the election , defeating a pan-malaysian islamic party -lrb- pas -rrb- candidate by 4,176 votes .
in october 2013 , he was one of 25 elected to umno 's supreme council , the body that governs the party .
on 28 july 2015 , in cabinet reshuffle made by the prime minister , datuk seri reezal was picked to be the deputy minister of foreign affairs 29 aug 2015 , reezel intimating that the foreign ministry is to gather information on malaysians participating in the bersih 4 demonstrations abroad for eventual legal action against them , without even citing which law the citizen abroad have violated .
