Career
Abdul Rahman was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 election for the UMNO-held seat of Kota Belud, after UMNO dropped its incumbent member Salleh Tun Said. Before his election he was a party official for UMNO. After his election, Abdul Rahman claimed that the opposition People"s Justice Party offered him a bribe to defect from UMNO. On 16 May 2013, after the 13th General Election he was appointed as Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government under the cabinet of Prime Minister, Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak.
