Khairy Jamaluddin
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| خيري جمال الدين | |||||||||||||||
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| 13th Youth Chief of the United Malays National Organisation | |||||||||||||||
| In office 26 March 2008 – 24 June 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| President | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak | ||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Hishammuddin Hussein | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki | ||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2018 | Minister of Youth and Sports | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Coordinating Minister for the National COVID-19 Immunisation Program | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Minister of Health | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar 10 January 1976 Kuwait City, Kuwait | ||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Malaysian | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) (2000–2023) Independent (2023–present) | ||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (2000–2023) Muafakat Nasional (MN) (2019–2022) | ||||||||||||||
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| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Jamaluddin Abu Bakar (father) Rahmah 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, blogger | ||||||||||||||
| Profession | Journalist | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | KJ.my | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | KJ, Mat Bangla, Tall, Dark and Handsome | ||||||||||||||
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| Branch/service | Malaysian Army Territorial Army Regiment | ||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 2010–2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Brigadier General | ||||||||||||||
| Unit | Rejimen AW 508 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Malaysia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Polo | ||||||||||||||
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Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar (Jawi: خيري جمال الدين ابو بكر, Malay pronunciation: [xai̯ɾi dʒamaluden]; born 10 January 1976), commonly known as KJ, is a Malaysian politician, radio presenter, and podcaster. He is currently a presenter on Hot FM and co-hosts the political podcast Keluar Sekejap with Shahril Hamdan. Khairy previously served as Minister of Health from August 2021 to November 2022 under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
A former member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), he was the MP for Rembau from 2008 to 2022 and led the party’s youth wing from 2008 to 2018. He served as Minister of Youth and Sports from 2013 to 2018 under Najib Razak. Following the 2020 political crisis, he joined the Perikatan Nasional government. He became Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation under Muhyiddin Yassin from 2020 to 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was appointed as the Coordinating Minister for the National COVID-19 Immunisation Program (PICK), before being made Minister of Health. In the 2022 general election, Khairy contested the Sungai Buloh seat, a Pakatan Harapan stronghold, and narrowly lost—slashing the majority from 26,634 to just 2,693 votes.