Mohd Zin Mohamed


Mohd Zin bin Mohamed is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Works in the Barisan Nasional administration under Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from March to April 2008 as well as Member of Parliament for Sepang from March 2004 to May 2013, Shah Alam from November 1999 to March 2004, Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Sungai Renggam from April 1995 to November 1999. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation, a component party of Barisan Nasional coalitions.

Early life

Mohd Zin was born in Muar, Johor and obtained his Diploma of Civil Engineering from UiTM in 1977. He then went on to work with PKNS before continuing his studies in Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA. In 1980, he furthered his study in the same university to obtain his master's degree.

Political career

Mohd Zin firstly became the branch chairperson of the Section 8 Shah Alam UMNO branch, the youth wing chief of UMNO Shah Alam division and later became the treasurer for Selangor UMNO Youth as well as simultaneously serving as member of the national UMNO Youth wing executive council.
In 2001, he was elected as the Deputy Divisional Chief of UMNO Shah Alam and later became the protem divisional chairman of both UMNO Kota Raja and later UMNO Sepang divisions.
He entered the federal parliament in the 2004 election, winning the seat of Sepang. During his first term in parliament, he was appointed as Deputy Minister for Works. After his re-election in 2008, he became the Minister for Works, replacing the long-serving Samy Vellu. However, in April 2009, Mohd Zin was dropped from the Cabinet by incoming Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, and was replaced in his ministry by Shaziman Abu Mansor. In November 2009, he was appointed as the Chairman of Keretapi Tanah Melayu, peninsular Malaysia's main rail operator.
In the 2013 election, the Barisan Nasional coalition suffered heavy losses in the state of Selangor, and Mohd Zin lost his parliamentary seat to Mohamed Hanipa Maidin of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party.

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