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.
But the heart is bound to enter the flow of Thanawi which is fully Arabic in Sultan Zainal Abidin Religious Secondary School in Kuala Terengganu.
However, his education in the Thanawi stream could not be completed because after obtaining a successful SPM which he took privately in 1990, he was more than willing to go abroad to seek knowledge.
His undergraduate degree continued and earned a Bachelor of Arabic Language and Literature at Aal al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan in 2000.
Master's thesis title he was "Significant and Genetic Participatory Particles on the Syntax" (Signifikan Partikel Setara dan Genetif di sisi Sarjana Sintaksis) and "Scholar of Fiqh Proposals and their Influence on Syariah Text Understanding" (Sarjana Usul Fiqh serta pengaruhnya terhadap Kefahaman Teks Syarak) He then obtained a PhD in Islamic Studies (2011) at the Department of Arabic & Islamic Civilization, FPI, UKM with the thesis entitled: "Waw Particle Rhetoric in the Qur'an and Its Influence on Translating the Meaning of the Qur'an into Malay (Retorik Partikel Waw Dalam al-Qur'an Dan Pengaruhnya Terhadap Penterjemahan Makna al-Qur'an ke Dalam Bahasa Melayu) . "
Likewise active in lectures, discussions, seminars throughout the country in mosques, suraus and government departments and ministries.
Member of working committee of Malaysian Scholars Association (2007–2011) He first became active in PAS after leaving his educational career.
However, he was defeated by PN and PAS candidate Alias Razak by a great majority of 29,765 votes and lost the seat after holding it for two terms.
On 21 August 2021, Barisan Nasional (BN) administration was reestablished with the appointment Ismail Sabri Yaakob as Prime Minister.
He has been associated with claims by a fellow Member of Parliament that he facilitated RM82 billion worth of investments for Malaysia during a trip to Turkey, which was partly personal.
The sitting Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, maintained a slim two-seat majority in Parliament,[12] and a heavier fine exceeding RM2,000 (US$500) could have resulted in Dato' Dr. Mohd Khairuddin's disqualification as an MP.