Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar [1] ( Jawi : خيري جمال الدين أبو بکر ; born 10 January 1976) often referred to as "KJ" , is a Malaysian politician and radio presenter . Alongside being a radio presenter for Hot FM , he became 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 t
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 2009 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
Khairy is the only son of a former diplomat, Dato' Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, a Malay of Minangkabau descent and Datin Dato' Rahmah Abdul Hamid, an ethnic Malay housewife of Kedahan ancestry. [ citation needed ]