Zaidi Attan Explained

Zaidi Attan
Honorific-Suffix:DMSM MLA
Native Name:زيدي بن اتن
Birth Name:Zaidi bin Attan
Birth Date:4 October 1968
Birth Place:Melaka, Malaysia
Office:Deputy Member of the
Melaka State Executive Council
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Ab Rauf Yusoh
2Blankname:Member
2Namedata:Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman
Term Start:6 April 2023
Constituency:Serkam
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Idris Haron
2Blankname1:Member
2Namedata1:Abdul Ghafar Atan
Lim Ban Hong
Term Start1:14 May 2013
Term End1:11 May 2018
Predecessor1:Hasan Abd Rahman

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Abdul Wahab Abdul Latip
Successor1:Position abolished
Constituency1:Serkam
Office2:Member of the
Melaka State Executive Council
Governor2:Mohd Ali Rustam
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Sulaiman Md Ali
Term Start2:26 November 2021
Term End2:31 March 2023
Predecessor2:Abdul Ghafar Atan
Successor2:Rais Yasin

Portfolio abolished
Constituency2:Serkam
Constituency Am3:Serkam
Assembly3:Melaka State Legislative
Majority3:3,600 (2013)
2,737 (2018)
79 (2021)
Term Start3:5 May 2013
Predecessor3:Ghazale Muhamad
(BNUMNO)
Office8:Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Subterm8:2013–
Suboffice8:Barisan Nasional
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation:Politician

Zaidi bin Attan (born 4 October 1968) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh and Member Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman since April 2023 for the second term and under former Chief Minister Idris Haron and former Members Abdul Ghafar Atan and Lim 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 Melaka EXCO in the BN state administration under former Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali from November 2021 to March 2023. He has also served as Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Serkam since May 2013. He is also the Deputy Chairman of Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad (SAMB). He is a member and Vice Division Chief of Jasin of the United 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 the Malaysian politics.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013N26 Serkam (UMNO) 8,71563.02%Kamarudin Sedik (PAS)5,11536.98%14,015 3,60090.40%
2018Zaidi Attan (UMNO) 6,40147.46%Nor Khairi Yusof (AMANAH)3,66427.16%13,722 2,73787.10%
Ahmad Bilal Rahudin (PAS)3,42325.38%
2021Zaidi Attan (UMNO)5,03843.31%Ahmad Bilal Rahaudin (PAS)4,95942.64%11,6317972.80%
Mohd Khomeini Kamal (AMANAH)1,53513.20%
Norazlanshah Hazali (IND)990.85%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. News: Mustapa dahului 35 penerima darjah, bintang, pingat kebesaran Melaka. Mustapa heads 35 Melaka honours. Berita Harian.