Ramanan Ramakrishnan | |
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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) |
Vice President of the People's Justice Party | |
Assumed office 25 May 2025 Servingwith | |
President | Anwar Ibrahim |
Preceded by | Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad |
Personal details | |
Born | Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia | 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 (born 11 February 1981) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives in the administration of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Ewon Benedick since 2023. [1] He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Buloh since 2022. [2]
A member of the People's Justice Party (PKR) since 2020,he holds the position of Deputy Information Chief within the party. A member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) until 2014,he held several leadership roles including treasurer-general when he left the party. [3]
He is also the chairman of the Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (MITRA)'s Special Committee. [3]
Born Ramanan s/o Ramakrishnan,he was the eldest grandson of Devaki Krishnan,the first woman elected to public office in Malaysia. [4] [5]
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% |