Jamaludin Malik was born on 1 May 1989 in Jepara Regency, Central Java, as the eldest of three siblings.

After completing high school in 2007, he worked as a laborer at Bitingan Market in Kudus Regency, until he stopped in 2011 due to a leg injury.

[1] In the 2024 legislative election, Malik ran for a seat in the House of Representatives as a Golkar candidate for Central Java's 2nd district [id] which included Jepara, Demak, and Kudus.

[7] According to Malik, he ran as part of Golkar after being offered a vacant slot after a party member had resigned.

[1] He received 118,402 votes,[5] the second highest for Golkar candidates in the district (behind incumbent legislator Nusron Wahid), and won a seat.