Abdul Latiff Ahmad

This is a Malay name; the name Ahmad is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Abdul Latiff.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Dr. Haji Abdul Latiff Ahmad MP
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Mersing, Johor
Incumbent
Assumed office 1999
Preceded by	Zainal Abidin Osman (UMNO)
Personal details
Born	(1958-07-09) 9 July 1958 Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	UMNO—Barisan Nasional
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Sunni Islam

Datuk Dr. Haji Abdul Latiff Ahmad (born 9 July 1958) 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 (UMNO) 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 (1999 to 2004), Deputy Minister for Health (2004 to 2010) and Deputy Minister for Defence (2010 to 2013). 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.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia: P154 Mersing, Johor

Year	Government		Votes	Pct	Opposition		Votes	Pct
1999		Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	18,821	68%		Idris Tukachil (PAS)	7,960	29%
2004		Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	19,222	79%		Idris Tukachil (PAS)	4,649	19%
2008		Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	20,116	73%		Shahar Abdullah (PAS)	6,380	23%
2013		Abdul Latiff Ahmad (UMNO)	26,184	70%		Roslan Nikmat (PAS)	10,437	28%