Abdul Khalid Ibrahim

Infobox President
honorific-prefix = Yang Amat Berhormat Tan Sri
name = Abdul Khalid Ibrahim


image_size = 60px
order = 14th Chief Minister of Selangor
term_start = 13 March 2008
term_end =
predecessor = Mohamed Khir bin Toyo
successor =
office2 =
term_start2 = 8 March 2008
predecessor2 = Tan Chai Ho
majority2 = 2,515
parliament2 = Malaysian
constituency_MP2 = Bandar Tun Razak
office3 =
term_start3 = 8 March 2008
predecessor3 = K. Sivalingam (2004-2007);
predecessor4 = K. Parthiban (2007-2008)
constituency_AM3 = Ijok
assembly3 = Selangor State
majority4 = 1,920
birth_date = birth date and age|1946|12|14|df=y
birth_place = Jeram, Selangor
death_date =
death_place =
spouse = Salbiah Tunut
religion = Islam
party = Parti KeADILan Rakyat (PKR)- Pakatan Rakyat
languagesspoken = English, Malay

Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim is the 14th and current chief minister (Menteri Besar) of the state of Selangor, in Malaysia. He is a former corporate figure of Malay descent and the current Treasurer-General of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR, or People's Justice Party). Khalid was born in the village of Kampung Jalan Raja Abdullah in Kuala Selangor district, Selangor. He graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and later obtained an MBA from the University of Queensland.cite news | last = | first = | title = Fact boxes on Ijok (subscription required)| publisher = malaysiakini.com| date = 2007-04-19| url = http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/66177| accessdate = 2007-04-20]

Khalid began his career as a university lecturer. Later, he entered the corporate world and held the position of CEO from 1979 to 1994 in the government-controlled fund management firm Pemodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB). In 1981, he became famous for leading the "dawn raid" on the London Stock Exchange, which resulted in PNB gaining a 51% share in British plantation concern Guthrie in less than two hours. Khalid later became the CEO of the Malaysianized Guthrie, now known as Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd, from 1995 to 2003.

He later left the corporate scene and entered politics, joining the multiracial opposition party PKR. He was the opposition candidate in the 2007 Ijok by-election for the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, contesting against K. Parthiban of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN). [Dass, Maria J. & Yusop, Husna (2007-04-18). "Khalid is Keadilan's pick for Ijok", p. 2. "The Sun".] In the Malaysian General Election 2008, he contested for the Parliamentary and State Assembly seat for P124 Bandar Tun Razak and N11 Ijok where he won both seats. He was appointed as the new Menteri Besar (State Premier) of Selangor and was officially sworn in on March 13, 2008 at Istana Bukit Kayangan. [cite news|publisher=The New Straits Times|url=http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/NewsBreak/20080313173454/Article/index_html|title=Khalid Ibrahim sworn-in as new Selangor Mentri Besar|date=2008-03-13|accessdate=2008-03-13] He is also the first person not part of the Barisan Nasional ruling coalition to be appointed as Menteri Besar of Selangor. All previous thirteen Menteri Besar were from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major component party of BN.

Chief Minister of Selangor

As Chief Minister of the State of Selangor, Tan Sri Khalid put an end to negotiated state contracts. He mentioned he would re-look at some of the joint-venture agreements, especially in relation to property development projects, deemed unfavourable to the state. [cite news|publisher=The Edge Daily| url=http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_3b7a54d7-cb73c03a-a010ba00-1d589de1|title=Selangor ends negotiated contracts
date=2008-04-11|accessdate=2008-04-11]

Organizational positions

Despite being an opposition party member, Khalid retains his positions in various quasi-government organizations due to his broad experience and integrity in business and industry. Among his notable positions include: [Manirajan, R., "EC: Campaigns lack substance", "The Sun", April 20, 2007]

*Director, SIRIM Bhd [http://www.sirim.my/stat_bod.jsp]
*Adviser, Islamic Development Bank
*Fellow, Institute for Strategic and International Studies
*Member, National Productivity Council

Honours and awards

*International Alumnus of the Year 2002, University of Queensland, Australia
*Honorary member, Business Advisory Council to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

References