Zaidi bin Attan (born 4 October 1968) is a Malaysian

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who has served as Deputy Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the

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(BN) state administration under Chief Minister

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(UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. His appointment as a Deputy EXCO Member in April 2023 is a demotion as he was previously appointed an EXCO Member in November 2021. This has rarely happened in the Malaysian politics.

Personal life and education

Zaidi had his primary education at a Chinese national type primary school (SJKC), a type of vernacular school in Malaysia. As a result, Zaidi is able to communicate in basic

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and sign his name in Chinese. Zaidi revealed that he was given a Chinese name '再利' (

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: zài lì), although the literal translation of his name to Chinese is '再迪' (pinyin : zài dí).

Election results

Honours

* : **

Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (2005) ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Companion Class I of the

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(DMSM) – Datuk (2015)

References

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