Yang Berhormat Dato'
Ramanan Ramakrishnan
DIMP MP
ரமணன் ராமகிருஷ்ணன்
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives
Assumed office
12 December 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterEwon Benedick
Preceded bySaraswathy Kandasami
ConstituencySungai Buloh
Chairman of the Special Committee of the
Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit
Assumed office
18 April 2023
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterArmizan Mohd Ali
(April–December 2023)
Aaron Ago Dagang
(since December 2023)
Director-GeneralRaveendran Nair
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Sungai Buloh
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded bySivarasa Rasiah
(PH–PKR)
Majority2,693 (2022)
Personal details
BornKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
(–2014)
People's Justice Party (PKR)
(since 2020)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2014)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2020)
RelationsDevaki Krishnan (grandmother)
Alma materQueensland University of Technology
OccupationPolitician

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] Chairman of the Special Committee of the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (MITRA) since April 2023[2] and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Buloh since November 2022.[3] 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. She is also the eldest grandson of Devaki Krishnan, the first women elected to public office in the Malaysian history.[4]

Under Ramanan's leadership, MITRA disbursed over RM62 million to the Malaysian Indian community.[5] MITRA received a rating of "low risk" by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.[6]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency 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 (Independent) 165 0.13%
Nurhaslinda Basri (Independent) 113 0.09%

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Ramanan continues grandma's legacy with new appointment". www.thestar.com.my. 13 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Ramanan Ramakrishnan appointed new Mitra chief". The Star. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ Calon PRU Ramanan Ramakrishnan
  4. ^ BERNAMA (2023-12-12). "RAMANAN CONTINUES GRANDMOTHER'S LEGACY WITH APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY MINISTER". BERNAMA. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  5. ^ "Mitra chairman: RM62m distributed to over 100,000 recipients in Indian community nationwide". Malay Mail. 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  6. ^ Bernama (2023-11-25). "Mitra gets 'low risk' rating from MACC, says Ramanan". Scoop. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  7. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang Dan Pingat".
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