The news article below is about Hj. Khalid's appointment as an Ambassador to Indonesia. The Straits Times, 5 June 1963 Khalid named envoy to Jakarta.
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. – The Federation Government today announced the appointment of the Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry, Haji Khalid bin Awang Osman, as the new Ambassador to Indonesia.
Haji Khalid will replace Dato Haji Kamaruddin bin Haji Idris as Ambassador and is expected to leave within a fortnight to take up his new post in Jakarta.
At 38 years, Haji Khalid is the youngest Malayan Ambassador.
He became Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry in October last year. Prior to that, for about three years he was Assistant Minister of Rural Development.
Haji Khalid has been with the Umno since its inception and was returned in the Federal elections in 1955 as an Alliance candidate in Kelantan Selatan.
He is the brother of the former Kedah Mentri Besar, Haji Mohamed Sheriff bin Osman, and is a father of four children.
Haji Khalid was an agriculture student and has worked in the Rubber Research Institute and a rubber inspector and as a labour officer.
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