Ramanan Ramakrishnan | |
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ரமணன் ராமகிருஷ்ணன் | |
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development | |
Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
Monarchs |
Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister | Ewon Benedick |
Preceded by | Saraswathy Kandasami |
Constituency | Sungai Buloh |
Chairman of the Special Committee of the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit | |
In office 18 April 2023 – 7 February 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister |
Armizan Mohd Ali (April–December 2023) Aaron Ago Dagang (December 2023–2024) |
Director-General | Raveendran Nair |
Succeeded by | Prabakaran Parameswaran |
Member of the
Malaysian Parliament for Sungai Buloh | |
Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
Preceded by |
Sivarasa Rasiah ( PH– PKR) |
Majority | 2,693 ( 2022) |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 February Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Political party |
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) (–2014) People's Justice Party (PKR) (since 2020) |
Other political affiliations |
Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2014) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2020) |
Relations | Devaki Krishnan (grandmother) |
Alma mater | Queensland University of Technology |
Occupation | Politician |
Dato' Ramanan Ramakrishnan is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Ewon Benedick since December 2023, [1] and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Buloh since November 2022. [2] He served as the Chairman of the Special Committee of the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (MITRA) from April 2023 [3] to February 2024. [4] He is a member and Deputy Information Chief of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was also the eldest grandson of the late Devaki Krishnan, the first woman elected to public office in the Malaysian history. [5] [6]
Under Ramanan's leadership, MITRA disbursed over RM62 million to the Malaysian Indian community. [7] MITRA received a rating of "low risk" by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. [8]
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2022 | P107 Sungai Buloh | Ramanan Ramakrishnan ( PKR) | 50,943 | 39.30% | Khairy Jamaluddin ( UMNO) | 48,250 | 37.22% | 130,846 | 2,693 | 82.00% | ||
Mohd Ghazali Md Hamin ( PAS) | 29,060 | 22.42% | ||||||||||
Mohd Akmal Mohd Yusoff ( PEJUANG) | 829 | 0.64% | ||||||||||
Ahmad Zuhri Faisal ( PRM) | 279 | 0.22% | ||||||||||
Syed Razak Alsagoff ( IND) | 165 | 0.13% | ||||||||||
Nurhaslinda Basri ( IND) | 113 | 0.09% |
Ramanan Ramakrishnan | |
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ரமணன் ராமகிருஷ்ணன் | |
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development | |
Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
Monarchs |
Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister | Ewon Benedick |
Preceded by | Saraswathy Kandasami |
Constituency | Sungai Buloh |
Chairman of the Special Committee of the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit | |
In office 18 April 2023 – 7 February 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister |
Armizan Mohd Ali (April–December 2023) Aaron Ago Dagang (December 2023–2024) |
Director-General | Raveendran Nair |
Succeeded by | Prabakaran Parameswaran |
Member of the
Malaysian Parliament for Sungai Buloh | |
Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
Preceded by |
Sivarasa Rasiah ( PH– PKR) |
Majority | 2,693 ( 2022) |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 February Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Political party |
Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) (–2014) People's Justice Party (PKR) (since 2020) |
Other political affiliations |
Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2014) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2020) |
Relations | Devaki Krishnan (grandmother) |
Alma mater | Queensland University of Technology |
Occupation | Politician |
Dato' Ramanan Ramakrishnan is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Ewon Benedick since December 2023, [1] and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Buloh since November 2022. [2] He served as the Chairman of the Special Committee of the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (MITRA) from April 2023 [3] to February 2024. [4] He is a member and Deputy Information Chief of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was also the eldest grandson of the late Devaki Krishnan, the first woman elected to public office in the Malaysian history. [5] [6]
Under Ramanan's leadership, MITRA disbursed over RM62 million to the Malaysian Indian community. [7] MITRA received a rating of "low risk" by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. [8]
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | P107 Sungai Buloh | Ramanan Ramakrishnan ( PKR) | 50,943 | 39.30% | Khairy Jamaluddin ( UMNO) | 48,250 | 37.22% | 130,846 | 2,693 | 82.00% | ||
Mohd Ghazali Md Hamin ( PAS) | 29,060 | 22.42% | ||||||||||
Mohd Akmal Mohd Yusoff ( PEJUANG) | 829 | 0.64% | ||||||||||
Ahmad Zuhri Faisal ( PRM) | 279 | 0.22% | ||||||||||
Syed Razak Alsagoff ( IND) | 165 | 0.13% | ||||||||||
Nurhaslinda Basri ( IND) | 113 | 0.09% |