He is appointed as Deputy Chairman of Election Commission of Malaysia with effect from 16 August 2017. Pursuant  to Article 114, Clause 4(b) of the Federal Constitution (Constitution of Election Commission), a member of the Election Commission shall not engage in any paid office or employment outside the duties of his office.

Tan Sri Othman holds a Master in Land Resource Management from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (now known as Universiti Putra Malaysia), a Degree in Sociology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and a Diploma in Public Administration from the National Institute of Public Administration.

He began his career as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer in 1984. He was once the Assistant District Officer of Negeri Sembilan, Senior Assistant Secretary in  Ministry of Finance and Deputy State Financial Officer in the Melaka State Finance and Treasury Department.

In 2006, he started to serve in the Prime Ministers Department and held several key positions, including Deputy Director in the Ministry of Finance, Secretary of the Financial and Development Division and Deputy Secretary General. He was the Senior Deputy Secretary-General from 2012 to July 2017.

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