| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Tuan |
| Native Name: | خير الفردوس أكبر خان |
| Honorific-Suffix: | ASDK MP |
| Office: | Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture |
| Primeminister: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Term Start: | 10 December 2022 |
| Minister: | Tiong King Sing |
| Predecessor: | Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu |
| Constituency: | Batu Sapi |
| Constituency Mp2: | Batu Sapi |
| Parliament2: | Malaysian |
| Term Start2: | 19 November 2022 |
| Predecessor2: | Liew Vui Keong (WARISAN) |
| Majority2: | 4,821 (2022) |
| Birth Name: | Khairul Firdaus bin Akbar Khan |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Nationality: | Malaysia |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Pakatan Harapan (PH) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Khairul Firdaus bin Akbar Khan (born 26 July 1983)[1] 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.[2]
On 24 June 2024, Khairul Firdaus made a speech in Parliament, proposing and claiming that his ministry would possibly turn and position Langkawi as a preferred tourism destination for Muslims, the adherents of the Islam religion who make up of the religious majority in the state of Kedah and nation of Malaysia. The following day, Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in charge of Tourism, Culture and Entrepreneurship Mohd Salleh Saidin praised the proposal and stressing that it is in line with the plan of the '2025 Kedah Tourism Year'. It was however criticised by Zaid Ibrahim and controversial in the non-Muslim community. On 29 June 2024, Minister Tiong King Sing apologised to Malaysians for the statement by Khairul Firdaus, highlighting that no tourism destinations should be made to satisfy the needs of the followers of a single religion and that inclusivity was the key of cultural tourism strategy that must be upheld.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P185 Batu Sapi | (BERSATU) | 12,152 | 44.95% | Liau Fui Fui (DAP) | 7,331 | 27.11% | 27,608 | 4,821 | 61.57% | |||
| Alias Sani (WARISAN) | 7,218 | 26.70% | |||||||||||
| Boni Yusuf Abdullah @ Narseso P Juanico (PEJUANG) | 176 | 0.65% | |||||||||||
| Othman Ahmad (IND) | 160 | 0.59% | |||||||||||