Khir Toyo

Khir Toyo
محمد خير تويو
13th Menteri Besar of Selangor
In office
18 August 2000 – 8 March 2008
MonarchsSalahuddin
Sharafuddin
Preceded byAbu Hassan Omar
Succeeded byAbdul Khalid Ibrahim
ConstituencySungai Panjang
Leader of the Opposition of Selangor
In office
8 March 2008 – 6 December 2010
Menteri BesarAbdul Khalid Ibrahim
Preceded byTeng Chang Khim
Succeeded byMohamad Satim Diman
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Sungai Panjang
In office
29 November 1999 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byMohd Pauzi Abdul Murad
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byBudiman Mohd Zohdi
(BNUMNO)
Majority165 (1999)
5,460 (2004)
5,828 (2008)
Personal details
Born
Mohamad Khir bin Toyo

(1965-08-06) 6 August 1965 (age 59)
Tanjung Karang, Selangor, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouses
  • Zahrah Kechik
    (m. 1990; divorced. 2022)
  • (m. 2016)
Children4 Sons and 3 Daughter’s
Alma materUniversity of Malaya (BDS)
OccupationPolitician, dentist
Websitewww.drkhir.com

Mohamad Khir bin Toyo (Jawi: محمد خير تويو, Malay pronunciation: [khir]; born 6 August 1965) is the former Chief Minister of the state of Selangor in Malaysia from 2000 to 2008.[1] His Barisan Nasional (BN) government was defeated in the 2008 general election, following which he served as the state's Opposition Leader until December 2010. He was a member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1999 to 2013, for the seat of Sungai Panjang. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition

  1. ^ "Sejarah Menteri Besar : MANTAN DATO' MENTERI BESAR SELANGOR" (in Malay). Selangor: Laman Web Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Selangor. 2008. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2010.