Mohamed Khaled Nordin

Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Haji Mohamed Khaled Nordin SPMJ SMIJ SPMP SIMP PNBS DSPN PSI MP
محمد خالد نوردين‎
Khaled in 2024
Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2023
Monarchs	Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024)
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy	Adly Zahari
Preceded by	Mohamad Hasan
Constituency	Kota Tinggi
Minister of Higher Education
In office 3 December 2022 – 12 December 2023
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy	Yusof Apdal
Preceded by	Noraini Ahmad
Succeeded by	Zambry Abdul Kadir
Constituency	Kota Tinggi
In office 18 March 2008 – 14 May 2013
Monarchs	Mizan Zainal Abidin (2008–2011) Abdul Halim (2011–2013)
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008–2009) Najib Razak (2009–2013)
Deputy	Hou Kok Chung Idris Haron (2008–2009) Saifuddin Abdullah (2009–2013)
Preceded by	Mustapa Mohamed
Succeeded by	Idris Jusoh
Constituency	Pasir Gudang
Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development
In office 27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008
Monarchs	Sirajuddin (2004–2006) Mizan Zainal Abidin (2006–2008)
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	Khamsiyah Yeop
Preceded by	Nazri Aziz (Entrepreneur Development) Kasitah Gaddam (Cooperatives)
Succeeded by	Noh Omar
Constituency	Pasir Gudang
Deputy Minister of Works
In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004
Monarchs	Salahuddin (1999–2001) Sirajuddin (2001–2004)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad (1999–2003) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2003–2004)
Minister	Samy Vellu
Preceded by	Railey Jeffrey
Succeeded by	Mohd Zin Mohamed
Constituency	Johor Bahru
15th Menteri Besar of Johor
In office 14 May 2013 – 12 May 2018
Monarch	Ibrahim Iskandar
Preceded by	Abdul Ghani Othman
Succeeded by	Osman Sapian
Constituency	Permas
Non-independent and Non-executive Chairman of the Boustead Holdings
In office 1 May 2020 – 5 August 2021
Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Chief Executive Officer	Amrin Awaluddin
Preceded by	Mohd Ghazali Che Mat
Succeeded by	Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof
Vice President of the United Malays National Organisation
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 2018 Serving with Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2018–2023) & Mahdzir Khalid (2018–2023) & Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail (since 2023) & Johari Abdul Ghani (since 2023)
President	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Preceded by	Hishamuddin Hussein
State Chairman of the United Malays National Organisation of Johor
In office 27 January 2023 – 7 December 2023
President	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Deputy	Nur Jazlan Mohamed (January–March 2023) Ahmad Maslan (March–December 2023)
Preceded by	Hasni Mohammad
Succeeded by	Onn Hafiz Ghazi
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kota Tinggi
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Halimah Mohamed Sadique (BN–UMNO)
Majority	8,390 (2022)
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Permas
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Munusamy A/L Mareemuthu (BN–MIC)
Succeeded by	Che Zakaria Mohd Salleh (PH–BERSATU)
Majority	5,752 (2013)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pasir Gudang
In office 21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Normala Abdul Samad (BN–UMNO)
Majority	31,121 (2004) 17,281 (2008)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Johor Bahru
In office 21 October 1990 – 21 March 2004
Preceded by	Shahrir Abdul Samad (Independent)
Succeeded by	Shahrir Abdul Samad (BN–UMNO)
Majority	8,166 (1990) 34,118 (1995) 24,558 (1999)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1990–2013	Barisan Nasional
2022–	Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Johor State Legislative Assembly
2013–2018	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin (1958-11-30) 30 November 1958 (age 65) Muar, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Rosni Omar
Children	Akmal Saufi Mohamed Khaled
Alma mater	University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician

Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin (Jawi: محمد خالد بن نورالدين; born 30 November 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Defence since December 2023 and previously served as the Minister of Higher Education for the second term from December 2022 to December 2023 in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. He had previously served as Deputy Minister of Works, Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development and his first term as Minister of Higher Education in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from 1999 to 2013. Additionally, he served as the 15th Menteri Besar of Johor after he contested and became a Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Permas from May 2013 to May 2018. Throughout his political career, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for 3 different Johorean federal constituencies, which are Johor Bahru from October 1990 to March 2004, Pasir Gudang from March 2004 to May 2013 and currently for Kota Tinggi since November 2022. He is a member and the Division Chief of Pasir Gudang of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He has served as a Vice President of UMNO since June 2018 and had also served as the State Chairman of UMNO of Johor from January to December 2023.^[1]

In his corporate career he had served as Non-independent and Non-executive Chairman of the Boustead Holdings from May 2020 to his resignation in August 2022 and had also served as Chairman of the Johor Corporation Berhad.