Khairy Jamaluddin

Khairy Jamaluddin
Khairy Jamaluddin
خيري جمال الدين‎
	Khairy in 2020
Born	10 January 1976 (age 48); Kuwait City, Kuwait
Citizenship	Malaysian
Education	United World College of South East Asia
Alma mater	St Hugh's College, Oxford (BA) ; University College London (MA)
Occupation(s)	Politician, radio presenter, podcaster, political commentator
Office	13th Youth Chief of the United Malays National Organisation
Predecessor	Hishammuddin Hussein
Successor	Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki
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)
Children	3
Parent(s)	Jamaluddin bin Abu Bakar (father) ; Rahmah binti Abdul Hamid (mother)
Relatives	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (father-in-law); Shaziman Abu Mansor (first cousin);
	Sports career
Country	Malaysia
Sport	Polo
Medal record
Polo
Representing Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
Website	www.rembau.net.my www.kj.my
Signature
Notes
	Khairy Jamaluddin on Facebook; Khairy Jamaluddin on Parliament of Malaysia

Khairy Jamaluddin^[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. 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.

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

[1] "KenaliKJ". Khairy Jamaluddin. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

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