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Mohamed Khaled Nordin

PEP · Politician

Mohamed Khaled Nordin is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mohamed Khaled Nordin · محمد خالد نوردين · 卡立诺丁				[sources]
Alias	Dato' Seri Haji Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin · Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin · محمد خالد نوردين · 卡立诺丁				[sources]
Birth date	1958-11-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Muar District				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Malaysia				[sources]
Citizenship	Malaysia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Mohamed				[sources]
Political association	United Malays National Organisation				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6891328				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Dewan Rakyat (member, 2004-2008) · Dewan Rakyat (member, 2008-2013) · Member of the Dewan Rakyat · Member of the Dewan Rakyat (2022-) · Minister of Defense · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Universiti Malaya				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

15th Menteri Besar of Johor (2013–2018) and Minister of Defence of Malaysia (since 2023)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-11

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Higher Education	2008-03-18	2013-05-14

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,962

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,481

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,496

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,661

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata330,783

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-0d80ae46-5567-44a7-b57c-cb2d2d54bc98 · us-cia-malaysia-mohamed-khaled-nordin-minister-of-defense

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