Ramanan Ramakrishnan | |
|---|---|
| ரமணன் ராமகிருஷ்ணன் | |
 Ramanan Ramakrishnan in 2024 | |
| 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 1981 |
| 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 |
Ramanan s/o 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]
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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 RM100 million to the Malaysian Indian community. Marking the first time in Malaysia history to fully utilities the fund for the Indian communities benefit. [7] MITRA received a rating of "low risk" by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. [8]
PKKI 2024 [9] is the first indian cooperatives conference to be held in over 100 years since the cooperative movement began in Malaysia. "I intend to hear directly about the issues raised by Indian community cooperatives and Kuskop will make every effort to help resolve the issues raised," he said in emphasising the ministry's commitment to support the community. The importance of the cooperative movement was also highlighted. "It cannot be denied that the cooperative movement has become one of the key contributors in benefiting the socio-economic welfare of the community," he said. [10]
