Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan

Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan
خير الفردوس أكبر خان
Deputy Minister of Human Resources
Assumed office
17 December 2025
MonarchIbrahim Iskandar
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterRamanan Ramakrishnan
Preceded byAbdul Rahman Mohamad
ConstituencyBatu Sapi
Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
In office
10 December 2022 – 17 December 2025
MonarchsAbdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterTiong King Sing
Preceded byEdmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu
Succeeded byChiew Choon Man
ConstituencyBatu Sapi
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Batu Sapi
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byLiew Vui Keong (WARISAN)
Majority4,821 (2022)
Personal details
BornKhairul Firdaus bin Akbar Khan
(1983-07-26) 26 July 1983
CitizenshipMalaysian
PartyUnited Malays National Organisation of Sabah
(Sabah UMNO) (until 2018)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU)
(2019–2022)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(until 2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(2020–2022)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
(since 2020)
Alma materDeakin University (BCom)
OccupationPolitician
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Khairul Firdaus bin Akbar Khan (born 26 July 1983) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Tiong King Sing since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu Sapi since November 2022. He is a direct member of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition. His proposal of turning Langkawi into a preferred tourism destination for Muslims has been controversial.