Background
Khalid was born in Kota Bharu, Kelantan in 1957.
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Khalid Samad
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He graduated with a degree in Fuel and Energy Engineering from Leeds University in 1979 and then worked for Petronas.
Career
He is the younger brother of former Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, Shahrir Abdul Samad. Khalid joined Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society in 1983 and became a central committee member from 1987 to 1993. In 1987, he was detained for nine months under the Internal Security Acting 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.
Zulkifi, a Kedah Member of Parliament, 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. In August 2014, Khalid was charged under Section 4 of the Sedition Acting for allegedly questioning the executive powers of the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) in relation to the confiscation of Malay-language and Iban-language bibles.
Khalid was among several other opposition politicians as well as non-politicians arrested in the 2014 Malaysian sedition dragnet.
Membership
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 Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, and is a columnist at The Malaysian Insider.
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party