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Ahmad bin Maslan ( Jawi: ; born 30 April 1966) is a Malaysian

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who has served as the Deputy Minister of Finance I in the

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(PH) administration under Prime Minister and Minister

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since December 2022 as well as the

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(MP) for Pontian since March 2008. He served as the

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, Deputy Minister of Finance and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the

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(BN) administration under former Prime Minister

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and former Ministers

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, Najib,

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and

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from April 2009 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. He is a member and Secretary-General of

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(UMNO) which is part of the BN coalition aligned with the ruling

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(PN) coalition. He also served as Secretary-General of BN from January 2021 to June 2021.

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

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and

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from the Victoria University of Wellington and received

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from the

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Political career

Ahmad bin Maslan has been the information chief of

(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 Mohamad 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 picked as the Deputy Finance Minister. On 3 April 2017, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI). He got reelected in 2018 general election but

became the

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coalition.