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
President	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak
Deputy	Razali Ibrahim (2008–2013) Khairul Azwan Harun (2013–2018)
Preceded by	Hishammuddin Hussein
Succeeded by	Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki
Minister of Health
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy	Noor Azmi Ghazali Aaron Ago Dagang
Preceded by	Adham Baba
Succeeded by	Zaliha Mustafa
Coordinating Minister of the National Immunisation Programme
In office 4 February 2021 – 16 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Preceded by	Position established
Constituency	Rembau
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy	Ahmad Amzad Hashim
Preceded by	Yeo Bee Yin as Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change
Succeeded by	Adham Baba
Constituency	Rembau
Minister of Youth and Sports
In office 16 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Monarchs	Abdul Halim Muhammad V
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Deputy	Saravanan Murugan
Preceded by	Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Succeeded by	Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman
Constituency	Rembau
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Rembau
In office 8 March 2008 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Firdaus Muhammad Rom Harun (BN—UMNO)
Succeeded by	Mohamad Hasan (BN—UMNO)
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
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Independent (2023–present) United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) (2000–2023)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (2000–2023) Muafakat Nasional (MN) (2019–2022)
Spouse	Nori Abdullah ​ (m. 2001)​
Relations	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (father-in-law) Shaziman Abu Mansor (first cousin)
Children	3
Parent(s)	Jamaluddin bin Abu Bakar (father) Rahmah binti Abdul Hamid (mother)
Education	United World College of South East Asia
Alma mater	St Hugh's College, Oxford (BA) University College London (MA)
Occupation	Politician, radio presenter, podcaster, political commentator
Profession	Journalist
Signature
Website	www.rembau.net.my www.kj.my
Military service
Allegiance	Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Branch/service	Malaysian Army Territorial Army Regiment
Years of service	2010–2018
Rank	Brigadier General
Unit	Rejimen AW 508
Sports career
Country	Malaysia
Sport	Polo
Medal record Polo Representing  Malaysia Southeast Asian Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur Team
Khairy Jamaluddin on Facebook Khairy Jamaluddin on Parliament of Malaysia

Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar^[1] (Jawi: خيري 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. Khairy is also one of the Members of the Board and Youth Advisor at JDT, as well as a visiting senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. 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.