Abdullah Md Zin

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 serving for two terms from 2004 to 2013 and is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a member party of the Barisan Nasional coalition.

Early life and career
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.

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.

Politics
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 and in the 2009 UMNO party elections, he failed to retain a position on the party's Supreme Council.

When Najib Tun Razak became Prime Minister in 2009, Abdullah became his Islamic religious affairs adviser. However, Abdullah did not recontest his parliamentary seat in the 2013 election, although he remained as Najib's religious adviser.

Honours of Malaysia

 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia :
 * Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia - PSM.svg Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2013)
 * Terengganu :
 * MY-TER Order of the Crown of Terengganu - Dato Paduka - DPMT.svg Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (DPMT) – Dato' (1996)
 * Perlis :
 * MY-PERL Order of the Crown of Perlis - Knight Grand Commander - SPMP.svg Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (2010)