Khalid Abdul Samad

Khalid bin Abdul Samad (Jawi: خالد بن عبدالصمد; born 14 August 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Federal Territories in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shah Alam from March 2008 to November 2022. He is a member, Communications Director and State Chairman of Kelantan of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a former component party of the former Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalitions. He is also the younger brother of Shahrir Abdul Samad, former Minister and MP of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Before PH and BN formed the federal coalition government in November 2022, they were opposing politically as both of them were in opposing political sides.

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Abdul Samad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Khalid.
Khalid Abdul Samad
خالد عبدالصمد
Khalid in 2019
Minister of Federal Territories
In office
2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
MonarchsMuhammad V
(2018–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2020)
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
DeputyShahruddin Md Salleh
Preceded byTengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Succeeded byAnnuar Musa
ConstituencyShah Alam
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Shah Alam
In office
8 March 2008 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byAbdul Aziz Shamsuddin
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byAzli Yusof
(PH–AMANAH)
Majority33,849 (2018)
10,939 (2013)
9,314 (2008)
President of Kuala Lumpur Football Association (KLFA)
In office
24 November 2019 – 2023
Preceded byAdnan Md Ikhsan
Personal details
Born
Khalid bin Abdul Samad

(1957-08-14) 14 August 1957
Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS) (1983–2015)
National Trust Party (AMANAH) (since 2015)
Other political
affiliations		Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (1990–1996)
Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1998–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
SpouseZaitun Abu Bakar
RelationsShahrir Abdul Samad (brother)
Children6
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.khalidsamad.com
Khalid Abdul Samad on Facebook
Khalid Abdul Samad on Parliament of Malaysia
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