Education
Zainul Abidin attended Jalan Daud Primary School, followed by Raffles Institution and then the National University of Singapore, where he read economics. He was awarded the Gold Outstanding Young Singaporean Award in 1974.
Zainul Abidin attended Jalan Daud Primary School, followed by Raffles Institution and then the National University of Singapore, where he read economics. He was awarded the Gold Outstanding Young Singaporean Award in 1974.
He is currently Singapore"s Ambassador to the State of Kuwait (non-resident) and the Special Envoy of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Middle East. He has held various appointments, among them being: Advisor of the Singapore Portuguese Workers Union Ex-deputy Chairman of the Malay Heritage Foundation He first stood for the 1997 Singapore general elections under the People"s Action Party (PAP) under Cheng San Group Representation Constituency (Cheng San GRC), against the Workers" Party (WP), whose notable candidates were J. B. Jeyaratnam and Tang Liang Hong. Zainul Abidin later moved to Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (Aljunied GRC) for the 2001 general elections.
In the 2006 general elections, the PAP contested Aljunied GRC against the WP. The PAP garnered 56.09% of the votes in this GRC. He was appointed Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1998 - 2001.
He also held the post of Mayor of the Northeast Community Development Council from 2001 to 2008. He was then appointed Minister of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2004 and given a Senior Minister of State role in 2006.
In the 2011 general elections, Zainul Abidin was part of the PAP team which lost Aljunied GRC to the WP.
Prior to his retirement from politics, he served as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) in Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (Aljunied GRC) from 2001 to 2011. Member of the National University of Singapore Council,
Member of the board of trustees, NTUC Healthcare Company-operative Limited
Member of the Board of directors of Mendaki Holdings
Member of the Rhode Island Board of Governors
Member of the National Medical Ethics Committee.
