Ahmad Maslan

Datuk Seri Haji Ahmad bin Maslan (Jawi: ; born 30 April 1966) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Works under Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi since December 2023 and previously served as the Deputy Minister of Finance I from December 2022 to December 2023 in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontian since March 2008. He also had served as the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Deputy Minister of Finance and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Ministers Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Najib Razak, Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Mustapa Mohamed and Ong Ka Chuan from April 2009 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He has also served as State Deputy Chairman of UMNO of Johor and Division Chief of UMNO of Pontian since March 2023. He also served as the Secretary-General of UMNO from March 2020 to March 2023 and also of BN from January 2021 to June 2021 as well as Division Deputy Chief of UMNO of Pontian from 2008 to his promotion to the division chief in March 2023.

Early life and education
Ahmad Maslan was born on 30 April 1966 at Kampung Parit Yusuf, Lubok Sipat, Benut, Pontian, Johor to rubber tapping parents. He graduated the Bachelor of Economics and Political Science from the Victoria University of Wellington and received Master of Business Administration from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Political career
Ahmad bin Maslan has been the information chief of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), an appointed party position, from 2009 until 29 January 2016 when he was appointed as the party's new Information Technology (IT) bureau chief.

He was first elected as MP in the 2008 general election for the federal seat of Pontian, previously held by Hasni Mohammad of UMNO. In April 2009 he was appointed as a Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. After successfully defended his seat in 2013 general election, he was appointed as the Deputy Finance Minister. On 3 April 2017, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI). He was reelected in 2018 general election, unfortunately Barisan Nasional became the opposition coalition due to failing to gain a simple majority in the Dewan Rakyat. He was not appointed to any positions in Muhyiddin's and Ismail Sabri's cabinets.

Deputy Minister of Works (since 2023)
In a cabinet reshuffle on 12 December 2023, Ahmad was retained as a deputy minister but was moved from the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Works. Ahmad announced that the toll fares of the expressways would be waived in view of the Christmas on 23 and 26 December 2023.

Personal life
Ahmad Maslan is married to Noraini Sulaiman. The couple has three children.

Honours

 * Malacca :
 * MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca.svg Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2009)
 * Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
 * MY-FED Darjah Mahkota Wilayah - Grand Commander - SMW.svg Grand Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SMW) – Datuk Seri (2018)