Khairy Jamaluddin

Khairy Jamaluddin
خيري جمال الدين
Khairy in 2020
13th Youth Chief of the United Malays National Organisation
In office
26 March 2008 – 24 June 2018
PresidentAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
Deputy
Preceded byHishammuddin Hussein
Succeeded byAsyraf Wajdi Dusuki
Minister of Health
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy
Preceded byAdham Baba
Succeeded byZaliha Mustafa
Coordinating Minister of the National Immunisation Programme
In office
4 February 2021 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
ConstituencyRembau
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyAhmad Amzad Hashim
Preceded byYeo Bee Yin as Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change
Succeeded byAdham Baba
ConstituencyRembau
Minister of Youth and Sports
In office
16 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Monarchs
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputySaravanan Murugan
Preceded byAhmad Shabery Cheek
Succeeded bySyed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman
ConstituencyRembau
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Rembau
In office
8 March 2008 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byFirdaus Muhammad Rom Harun
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byMohamad Hasan
(BNUMNO)
Majority
  • 5,746 (2008)
  • 18,357 (2013)
  • 4,368 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Khairy bin Jamaluddin

(1976-01-10) 10 January 1976 (age 48)
Kuwait City, Kuwait
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malay National Organisation (UMNO)
(2000–2023)
Independent
(2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(2000–2023)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
(2019–2022)
Spouse
Nori Abdullah
(m. 2001)
Relations
Children3
Parent(s)Jamaluddin Abu Bakar (father)
Rahmah Abdul Hamid (mother)
EducationUnited World College of South East Asia
Alma materSt Hugh's College, Oxford (BA)
University College London (MA)
OccupationPolitician, radio presenter, podcaster, political commentator
ProfessionJournalist
Signature
Websitewww.rembau.net.my www.kj.my
Military service
AllegianceMalaysia
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Branch/serviceMalaysian Army
Territorial Army Regiment
Years of service2010–2018
Rank Brigadier General
UnitRejimen AW 508
Sports career
CountryMalaysia
SportPolo
Medal record
Polo
Representing  Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Team
Khairy Jamaluddin on Facebook
Khairy Jamaluddin on Parliament of Malaysia

Khairy bin Jamaluddin[1] (Jawi: خيري بن جمال الدين, Malay pronunciation: [xai̯ɾi dʒamaluden]; born 10 January 1976), often referred to by his initials KJ, is a Malaysian politician, radio presenter and podcaster. Alongside being a radio presenter for Hot FM, he hosts Keluar Sekejap with Shahril Hamdan, a podcast in which they discuss Malaysian politics and current affairs with a variety of guests. He most recently served as Minister of Health in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to November 2022.

A former member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Khairy was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rembau from March 2008 to November 2022. He was the Youth Chief of UMNO from March 2008 to June 2018. He served as Minister of Youth and Sports in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from May 2013 to May 2018. After the 2020 Malaysian political crisis, Khairy took on the role of Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 until August 2021, when the cabinet resigned. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, Khairy took on the role of Coordinating Minister of the COVID-19 National Immunization Program (PICK) from February 2021 to August 2021, and later was Minister of Health. Khairy lost his parliamentary seat in the 2022 general election where he was relocated to contest in Sungai Buloh, an urban Pakatan Harapan safe seat but managed to reduce the majority from 26,634 to 2,693.

  1. ^ "KenaliKJ". Khairy Jamaluddin. Retrieved 26 October 2023.