Zahidi Zainul Abidin


Zahidi bin Zainul Abidin is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia in the Perikatan Nasional administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister Saifuddin Abdullah since March 2020. He is the Member of Parliament for Padang Besar and the Head of the Padang Besar Division of the United Malays National Organisation. He is also the Chairman of the Malaysian International Institute of Islamic Cooperation.
Zahidi received his Diploma in Public Administration from Institut Teknologi MARA.

Political offices

Zahidi has held various positions in politics and UMNO:

Controversy

Zahidi recently claimed that the severe storm which hit Penang over the weekend causing floods and landslides may have been a form of karmic retribution due to bad things committed by certain people.

Election results

Honours