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) |
| 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 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | ||||||||||