| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Haji |
| Mohamed Khaled Nordin | |
| Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|محمد خالد نوردين |
| Honorific-Suffix: | SPMJ SMIJ SPMP SIMP PNBS DSPN MP |
| Birth Name: | Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin |
| Birth Date: | 30 November 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Muar, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Office: | Minister of Defence |
| Term Start: | 12 December 2023 |
| Primeminister: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy: | Adly Zahari |
| Predecessor: | Mohamad Hasan |
| Constituency: | Kota Tinggi |
| Office1: | Minister of Higher Education |
| Term Start1: | 3 December 2022 |
| Term End1: | 12 December 2023 |
| Monarch1: | Abdullah |
| Primeminister1: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy1: | Yusof Apdal |
| Predecessor1: | Noraini Ahmad |
| Successor1: | Zambry Abdul Kadir |
| Constituency1: | Kota Tinggi |
| Term Start2: | 18 March 2008 |
| Term End2: | 14 May 2013 |
| Monarch2: | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
| Primeminister2: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak |
| Deputy2: | Hou Kok Chung Idris Haron Saifuddin Abdullah |
| Predecessor2: | Mustapa Mohamed |
| Successor2: | Idris Jusoh |
| Constituency2: | Pasir Gudang |
| Office3: | Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development |
| Term Start3: | 27 March 2004 |
| Term End3: | 18 March 2008 |
| Monarch3: | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Primeminister3: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Deputy3: | Khamsiyah Yeop |
| Predecessor3: | Nazri Aziz Kasitah Gaddam |
| Successor3: | Noh Omar |
| Constituency3: | Pasir Gudang |
| Office4: | Deputy Minister of Works |
| Term Start4: | 15 December 1999 |
| Term End4: | 26 March 2004 |
| Monarch4: | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
| Primeminister4: | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister4: | Samy Vellu |
| Predecessor4: | Railey Jeffrey |
| Successor4: | Mohd Zin Mohamed |
| Constituency4: | Johor Bahru |
| Office5: | 15th Menteri Besar of Johor |
| Term Start5: | 14 May 2013 |
| Term End5: | 12 May 2018 |
| Monarch5: | Ibrahim Iskandar |
| Predecessor5: | Abdul Ghani Othman |
| Successor5: | Osman Sapian |
| Constituency5: | Permas |
| Office6: | Non-independent and Non-executive Chairman of the Boustead Holdings |
| Term Start6: | 1 May 2020 |
| Term End6: | 5 August 2021 |
| Minister6: | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| 1Blankname6: | Chief Executive Officer |
| 1Namedata6: | Amrin Awaluddin |
| Predecessor6: | Mohd Ghazali Che Mat |
| Successor6: | Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof |
| Office7: | Vice President of the United Malays National Organisation |
| Term Start7: | 30 June 2018 |
| President7: | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Predecessor7: | Hishamuddin Hussein |
| Office8: | State Chairman of the United Malays National Organisation of Johor |
| Term Start8: | 27 January 2023 |
| Term End8: | 7 December 2023 |
| President8: | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Deputy8: | Nur Jazlan Mohamed Ahmad Maslan |
| Predecessor8: | Hasni Mohammad |
| Successor8: | Onn Hafiz Ghazi |
| Constituency Mp9: | Kota Tinggi |
| Parliament9: | Malaysian |
| Term Start9: | 19 November 2022 |
| Predecessor9: | Halimah Mohamed Sadique (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority9: | 8,390 (2022) |
| Constituency Am10: | Permas |
| Assembly10: | Johor State Legislative |
| Term Start10: | 5 May 2013 |
| Term End10: | 9 May 2018 |
| Predecessor10: | Munusamy A/L Mareemuthu (BN–MIC) |
| Successor10: | Che Zakaria Mohd Salleh (PH–BERSATU) |
| Majority10: | 5,752 (2013) |
| Constituency Mp11: | Pasir Gudang |
| Parliament11: | Malaysian |
| Term Start11: | 21 March 2004 |
| Term End11: | 5 May 2013 |
| Predecessor11: | Position established |
| Successor11: | Normala Abdul Samad (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority11: | 31,121 (2004) 17,281 (2008) |
| Constituency Mp12: | Johor Bahru |
| Parliament12: | Malaysian |
| Term Start12: | 21 October 1990 |
| Term End12: | 21 March 2004 |
| Predecessor12: | Shahrir Abdul Samad (Independent) |
| Successor12: | Shahrir Abdul Samad (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority12: | 8,166 (1990) 34,118 (1995) 24,558 (1999) |
| Office13: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
| Subterm13: | 1990–2013 |
| Suboffice13: | Barisan Nasional |
| Subterm14: | 2022– |
| Suboffice14: | Barisan Nasional |
| Office15: | Faction represented in Johor State Legislative Assembly |
| Subterm15: | 2013–2018 |
| Suboffice15: | Barisan Nasional |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Alma Mater: | University of Malaya |
| Spouse: | Rosni Omar |
| Children: | Akmal Saufi Mohamed Khaled |
Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin (Jawi: محمد خالد بن نورالدين; born 30 November 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Defence since December 2023 and previously served as the Minister of Higher Education for the second term from December 2022 to December 2023 in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. He had previously served as Deputy Minister of Works, Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development and his first term as Minister of Higher Education in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from 1999 to 2013. Additionally, he served as the 15th Menteri Besar of Johor after he contested and became a Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Permas from May 2013 to May 2018. Throughout his political career, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for 3 different Johorean federal constituencies, which are Johor Bahru from October 1990 to March 2004, Pasir Gudang from March 2004 to May 2013 and currently for Kota Tinggi since November 2022. He is a member and the Division Chief of Pasir Gudang of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He has served as a Vice President of UMNO since June 2018 and had also served as the State Chairman of UMNO of Johor from January to December 2023.[1]
In his corporate career he had served as Non-independent and Non-executive Chairman of the Boustead Holdings from May 2020 to his resignation in August 2022 and had also served as Chairman of the Johor Corporation Berhad.
Khaled is of Banjar descent.[2] He was born in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. He received his early education at Sekolah Rendah Ledang Tangkak and High School Muar later before continued to English College Johore Bahru. Khaled further his studies at University of Malaya and graduated with a law degree in 1982.
Before entering politics, Khaled worked for the Malaysian oil giant Petronas. In the 1980s he worked as an adviser to Shahrir Abdul Samad, a federal minister.
Khaled entered the federal parliament himself in the 1990 election, at the age of 31, winning the seat of Johor Bahru against a Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46) candidate. In 2004 he became the Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development, and in 2008 was appointed as the Minister of Higher Education. After 23 years at federal politics, he shifted to the Johor State Legislative Assembly in the 2013 election, winning the seat of Permas. The Barisan Nasional coalition held its majority in the assembly, and Khaled took over as the state's 15th Menteri Besar of Johor.[3] In the 2018 election somehow, Khaled contested concurrently the Pasir Gudang parliamentary and Permas state seats but was defeated both which also witnessed BN lost in the federal and state governments to Pakatan Harapan (PH).[4] Khaled decided not to contest the 2022 Johor state election which will be for the first time held separately for the federal and state elections.[5]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | P130 Johor Bahru, Johor | (UMNO) | 24,980 | 58.47% | Jaafar Onn (S46) | 16,814 | 39.35% | 43,856 | 8,166 | 67.54% | ||||
| Ismail Wanjor (IND) | 930 | 2.18% | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | P141 Johor Bahru, Johor | Mohamed Khaled Nordin (UMNO) | 40,141 | 79.76% | Zahrah Mohd Yusof (S46) | 6,023 | 11.97% | 52,424 | 34,118 | 70.56% | ||||
| Tan Tien Lim (PBS) | 4,165 | 8.28% | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Mohamed Khaled Nordin (UMNO) | 38,707 | 73.23% | bgcolor= | A. Razak Ahmad (PRM) | 14,149 | 26.77% | 54,588 | 24,558 | 70.13% | ||||
| 2004 | P159 Pasir Gudang, Johor | Mohamed Khaled Nordin (UMNO) | 38,123 | 84.48% | A. Razak Ahmad (PKR) | 7,002 | 15.52% | 46,178 | 31,121 | 75.49% | ||||
| 2008 | Mohamed Khaled Nordin (UMNO) | 35,849 | 65.88% | Md Rizan Mohd Saman (PKR) | 18,568 | 34.12% | 55,891 | 17,281 | 76.71% | |||||
| 2018 | Mohamed Khaled Nordin (UMNO) | 36,889 | 35.21% | (PKR) | 61,615 | 58.80% | 106,576 | 24,726 | 85.83% | |||||
| Ab. Aziz Abdullah (PAS) | 6,278 | 5.99% | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | P156 Kota Tinggi, Johor | (UMNO) | 25,410 | 53.68% | bgcolor= | Ridhwan Rasman (BERSATU) | 17,020 | 35.96% | 47,333 | 8,390 | 77.23% | |||
| Onn Jaafar (AMANAH) | 4,903 | 10.36% | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | N43 Permas | (UMNO) | 23,952 | 55.79% | Syed Othman Abdullah (PAS) | 18,200 | 42.39% | 42,932 | 5,752 | 86.90% | ||||
| 2018 | Mohamed Khaled Nordin (UMNO) | 20,047 | 37.81% | (BERSATU) | 28,793 | 54.30% | 53,929 | 8,746 | 85.48% | |||||
| Ab. Aziz Abdullah (PAS) | 4,181 | 7.89% | ||||||||||||