Khairuddin Razali

Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali
محمد خيرالدين بن أمان غزالي
Religious Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister
Assumed office
25 March 2023
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
Deputy Prime MinisterAhmad Zahid Hamidi
Preceded byPosition established
Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyWee Jeck Seng
Willie Mongin
Preceded byTeresa Kok Suh Sim
(Minister of Primary Industries)
Succeeded byZuraida Kamaruddin
ConstituencyKuala Nerus
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kuala Nerus
In office
5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byMohd Nasir Ibrahim Fikri
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byAlias Razak
(PNPAS)
Majority610 (2013)
8,447 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Mohd Khairuddin bin Aman Razali

(1973-12-09) 9 December 1973 (age 50)
Seberang Takir, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
(1989–2022)
Independent
(2022)
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU)
(1990–1996)
Barisan Alternatif
(1999–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)
(2016–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(2020–2022)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
(since 2019)
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(since 2022, aligned:since 2020–2022)
Alma materUniversity of Jordan
Al al-Bayt University
National University of Malaysia
OccupationPolitician

Mohd Khairuddin bin Aman Razali (Jawi محمد خيرالدين بن أمان غزالي; born 9 December 1973) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Religious Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi since March 2023.[1] He served as the Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Nerus from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and was an independent as well as member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition. On 14 March 2022, Khairuddin left PAS effective immediately and later joined UMNO. He is also the Executive Secretary of the Ulama Council of UMNO.[2]

  1. ^ "DPM appoints Khairuddin as religious adviser". Malaysiakini. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ Adam, Ashman (14 March 2022). "PAS heavyweight Khairuddin quits, will be independent MP in Parliament". www.malaymail.com.