Khalid Samad
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Yang Berhormat Tuan Khalid Abdul Samad MP |
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Khalid Samad in 2015
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| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Shah Alam, Selangor |
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Assumed office 8 March 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin (UMNO – BN) |
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14 August 1957 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
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| Relations | Younger brother of Shahrir Abdul Samad |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Website | www |
Khalid Abdul Samad (born 14 August 1957) is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of the Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) and the Member of Parliament for Shah Alam, Selangor.
He was a prominent member of the moderate wing of PAS, and is a columnist at The Malaysian Insider.
He is the younger brother of former Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, Shahrir Abdul Samad.
Khalid was born in Kota Bharu, Kelantan in 1957.
He graduated with a degree in Fuel and Energy Engineering from Leeds University in 1979 and then worked for Petronas.
Khalid joined PAS in 1983 and became a central committee member from 1987 to 1993. In 1987, he was detained for nine months under the Internal Security Act during Operation Lalang.
He had unsuccessfully contested the Kuala Krai, Arau, Sri Gading and Shah Alam parliamentary seats before winning the Shah Alam seat in the 2008 general election.
In 2010, Khalid became engaged in a debate with fellow opposition (later pro-government independent) Member of Parliament Zulkifli Nordin over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims. After Khalid stated that he opposed a Selangor law that prohibited non-Muslims from using the word "Allah", Zulkifli lodged a police report accusing Khalid of sedition. Zulkifi, a Kedah MP, moved to Selangor to run against Khalid in the 2013 election as a Barisan Nasional candidate, but Khalid was re-elected with an increased margin.
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