| Honorific Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri |
| Abdullah Md Zin | |
| Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|عبدﷲ مد زين |
| Birth Name: | Abdullah bin Md Zin |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Alor Selinsing, Jerteh, Besut, Terengganu, Malayan Union (now Malaysia) |
| Office: | Minister in the Prime Minister's Department |
| Term Start: | 27 March 2004 |
| Term End: | 18 March 2008 |
| Primeminister: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Constituency: | Besut |
| Predecessor: | Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin |
| Successor: | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Constituency Mp1: | Besut, Terengganu |
| Parliament1: | Malaysian |
| Term Start1: | 21 March 2004 |
| Term End1: | 5 May 2013 |
| Majority1: | 8,500 (2004) 10,590 (2008) |
| Predecessor1: | Nasharudin Mat Isa |
| Successor1: | Idris Jusoh |
| Office2: | Adviser to the Prime Minister on Islamic Affairs |
| Term Start2: | 3 April 2009 |
| Term End2: | 2017 |
| Monarch2: | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Primeminister2: | Najib Razak |
| Predecessor2: | position established |
| Successor2: | position abolished |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN) |
| Occupation: | Politician, Advisor of Islamic affairs |
| Profession: | Lecturer |
| Spouse: | Wan Naimah Wan Latif |
| Alma Mater: | Islamic University of Madinah University of Kent Al-Azhar University |
Abdullah bin Md Zin (Jawi: عبدﷲ بن مد زين; born 2 August 1946) is a former Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Besut constituency in Terengganu from 2004 to 2013, sitting as a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
Abdullah was born on 2 August 1946 in Alor Selinsing, Jerteh, Besut, Terengganu. He studied at the Islamic University of Madinah, graduating in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in Islamic Studies.[1]
In 1973, he obtained a master's degree in Syariah from Al-Azhar University, Egypt, before receiving a Diploma in Education from Ain Shams University. He was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy from Kent University, England, in 1986.
Abdullah became a lecturer in 1976, firstly at Kolej Islam Klang and then at the National University of Malaysia (UKM). In 1998, he was appointed the dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies and in 1999 he became a professor. In 2000, he was appointed Deputy Rector (Academic and Research) at Kolej Universiti Islam Malaysia (KUIM) in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.
Abdullah resigned from his lecturing position KUIM (but took early optional compulsory retirement from civil service at 58) in order to be the Barisan Nasional candidate for the federal parliamentary seat of Besut, Terengganu in the 2004 election. The seat had been held by the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Abdullah won the seat, defeating PAS's Nasharudin Mat Isa.
Later, Abdullah became a member of UMNO's Supreme Council and a Minister in the Department of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. After the 2008 election, he was dropped from the cabinet[2] and in the 2009 UMNO party elections, he failed to retain a position on the party's Supreme Council.[3]
When Najib Tun Razak became Prime Minister in 2009, Abdullah became his Islamic religious affairs adviser.[4] However, Abdullah did not recontest his parliamentary seat in the 2013 election, although he remained as Najib's religious adviser.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P033 Besut | (UMNO) | 26,087 | 59.73% | Nasharuddin Mat Isa (PAS) | 17,587 | 40.27% | 44,357 | 8,500 | 86.49% | ||||
| 2008 | (UMNO) | 29,376 | 60.99% | Husain Awang (PAS) | 18,786 | 39.01% | 49,303 | 10,590 | 84.49% | |||||
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