Mohd Khalil Yaakob

Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Datuk Seri Utama Mohd Khalil Yaakob SMN PSM DUNM SUMZ SJMK SSAP SIMP SPDK DP DSAP JSM SMP
محمد خليل يعقوب‎
6th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca
In office 4 June 2004 – 4 June 2020
Chief Minister	See list Mohd Ali Rustam Idris Haron Adly Zahari Sulaiman Md Ali
Preceded by	Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin
Succeeded by	Mohd Ali Rustam
Minister of Information
In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004
Monarchs	Salahuddin Sirajuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	Mohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunos (1999-2002) Zainuddin Maidin (2002-2004) Donald Lim Siang Chai (2003-2004)
Preceded by	Mohamed Rahmat
Succeeded by	Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir
Constituency	Kuantan
12th Menteri Besar of Pahang
In office 14 August 1986 – 22 May 1999
Monarch	Ahmad Shah
Preceded by	Najib Razak
Succeeded by	Adnan Yaakob
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kuantan
In office 29 November 1999 – 21 March 2004
Preceded by	Fauzi Abdul Rahman
Succeeded by	Fu Ah Kiow
Majority	7,343 (1999)
Personal details
Born	Mohd Khalil bin Yaakob (1937-12-29) 29 December 1937 (age 86) Kuantan, Pahang, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Spouse	Zurina Kassim ​ ​ (m. 1965; died 2022)​
Alma mater	University of Malaya, Kolej Universiti Islam Melaka
Profession	Diplomat

Mohd Khalil bin Yaakob (Jawi: محمد خليل بن يعقوب; born 29 December 1937)^[1] is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca from June 2004 to June 2020, 12th Menteri Besar of Pahang from August 1986 to May 1999, Minister of Information in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from December 1999 to March 2004 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuantan from November 1999 to March 2004. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling BN coalition. ^[2]