predecessor parliament religion birth_place constituency_mp party birth_date term_start article_title name occupation
zainal abidin osman -lrb- umno -rrb- malaysian sunni islam johor , federation of malaya -lrb- now malaysia -rrb- mersing , johor umno -- barisan nasional 09 july 1958 1999 abdul latiff ahmad
 abdul latiff ahmad politician
abdul latiff ahmad

datuk dr. haji abdul latiff ahmad -lrb- born 9 july 1958 -rrb- is a malaysian politician and is the member of the parliament of malaysia for the mersing constituency in the state of johor .
he is a member of the united malays national organisation -lrb- umno -rrb- party .
abdul latiff was elected to the johor state legislative assembly in 1995 .
he switched to federal politics in 1999 , and thereafter served as deputy minister for human resources ministry -lrb- 1999 to 2004 -rrb- , deputy minister for health -lrb- 2004 to 2010 -rrb- and deputy minister for defence -lrb- 2010 to 2013 -rrb- .
he was left out of najib razak 's ministry after the 2013 election , and was appointed as the chairman of the government-owned housing development company syarikat perumahan negara berhad .
