S. Samy Vellu | |
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ச. சாமிவேலு | |
Minister of Works [lower-alpha 1] | |
In office 8 May 1995 –18 March 2008 | |
Monarchs | Ja'afar Salahuddin Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Deputy | Railey Jeffrey (1995–1999) Mohamed Khaled Nordin (1999–2004) Mohd Zin Mohamed (2004–2008) |
Preceded by | Leo Moggie Irok |
Succeeded by | Mohd Zin Mohamed |
Constituency | Sungai Siput |
In office 15 September 1979 –15 June 1989 | |
Monarchs | Ahmad Shah Iskandar Azlan Shah |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Deputy | Clarence E. Mansul (1979–1981) Nik Hussein Wan Abdul Rahman (1981–1983) Zainal Abidin Zin (1983–1986) Mustaffa Mohammad (1986–1987) Luhat Wan (1987–1989) |
Preceded by | Lee San Choon |
Succeeded by | Leo Moggie Irok |
Constituency | Sungai Siput |
Minister of Energy,Telecommunications and Posts | |
In office 15 June 1989 –7 May 1995 | |
Monarchs | Azlan Shah Ja'afar |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Deputy | Abdul Ghani Othman (1989–1990) Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali (1990–1995) |
Preceded by | Leo Moggie Irok |
Succeeded by | Leo Moggie Irok as Minister of Energy,Communications and Multimedia |
Constituency | Sungai Siput |
7th President of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) | |
In office 12 October 1979 –6 December 2010 | |
Deputy | Subramaniam Sinniah (1979-2006) G. Palanivel (2006-2010) |
Preceded by | V. Manickavasagam |
Succeeded by | G. Palanivel |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sungai Siput | |
In office 16 September 1974 –8 March 2008 | |
Preceded by | V. T. Sambanthan (MIC) |
Succeeded by | Michael Jeyakumar (PSM) |
Majority | 644 (1974) 5,141 (1978) 7,897 (1982) 4,436 (1986) 1,763 (1990) 15,610 (1995) 5,259 (1999) 10,349 (2004) |
Personal details | |
Born | Samy Vellu s/o Sangalimuthu 8 March 1936 Kluang,Johor,British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Died | 15 September 2022 86) Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia | (aged
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
Spouse | Indrani Samy Vellu |
Children | 1 |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Architect |
Tun Samy Vellu s/o Sangalimuthu (Tamil :சாமிவேலுசங்கிலிமுத்து,romanized: Cāmivēlu Caṅkilimuttu;8 March 1936 –15 September 2022) [1] was a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Works from June 1983 to June 1989 and again from May 1995 to March 2008,Minister of Energy,Telecommunications and Posts from June 1989 to May 1995,Minister of Works and Public Amenities from September 1979 to June 1983 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Siput from September 1974 to March 2008. He was a member and served as 7th President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC),a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition,from October 1979 to December 2010. He is the longest-serving MIC president having held the position for 31 years and one of the longest-serving Cabinet ministers at 29 years. In December 2010,he announced his retirement from politics,paving the way for then MIC Deputy President G. Palanivel to succeed him as the new party president. [2]
Former MCA president Ling Liong Sik described Samy Vellu as a man of many talents and with a great sense of humour. [3]
Samy Vellu's political career began at the age of 23,in 1959,when he and Govindaraj joined the Batu Caves MIC branch. After five years,he was elected Selangor MIC committee member and the head of the party. He made headline news by climbing up the Indonesian embassy's flag pole,pulling down the flag and burning it. He was charged in court and fined RM2. He was called Hero Malaysia on the front pages.
He was a Member of Parliament for Sungai Siput constituency for eight terms from September 1974 to March 2008. During this time,from 1978 to 1979 he was Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing. Then from 1979 to 1989 he was Minister of Works. He then served as Minister of Energy,Telecommunications and Posts from 1989 to 1995. From 1995 to March 2008 he was the Minister of Works until he lost his parliamentary seat to Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) who contested on the ticket of the People's Justice Party (PKR) in the March 2008 general election. [4] [5]
He was the second longest serving minister in the country during his time,after Rafidah Aziz.
Samy Vellu was appointed Malaysia's Special Envoy of Infrastructure to India and Southern Asia,with ministerial rank,since 1 January 2011. [6] The appointment was terminated by the new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government in 2018. [7]
Vellu was born in Kluang,Johor,and was of Indian descent. He was married to Indrani Samy Vellu and had one son. [8] He was a chartered architect and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and of the Malaysian Institute of Architects.[ citation needed ]
A Life. A Legend. A Legacy written by Bernice Narayanan reveals Samy Vellu's achievements and setbacks as well as "behind-the-scenes" events in his almost 50 years of active politics. [9]
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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1974 | P048 Sungei Siput,Perak | Samy Vellu (MIC) | 9,045 | 49.09% | Patto Perumal (DAP) | 8,401 | 45.59% | 18,529 | 644 | 77.87% | ||
Thang Pang Fay (PEKEMAS) | 877 | 4.76% | ||||||||||
RC Manavarayan (IND) | 103 | 0.56% | ||||||||||
1978 | Samy Vellu (MIC) | 12,930 | 62.41% | Ngan Siong Hing @ Ngan Siong Eng (DAP) | 7,789 | 37.59% | N/A | 5,141 | N/A | |||
1982 | Samy Vellu (MIC) | 14,930 | 64.56% | T. Sellapan (DAP) | 7,033 | 30.41% | 23,827 | 7,897 | 73.63% | |||
Ahmad Zawawi Ibrahim (PAS) | 1,164 | 5.03% | ||||||||||
1986 | P056 Sungai Siput,Perak | Samy Vellu (MIC) | 13,148 | 56.05% | Liew Sam Fong (DAP) | 8,712 | 37.14% | 24,566 | 4,436 | 69.32% | ||
Wan Hassan Wan Mahmud (SDP) | 1,597 | 6.81% | ||||||||||
1990 | Samy Vellu (MIC) | 14,427 | 53.25% | Patto Perumal (DAP) | 12,664 | 46.75% | 28,028 | 1,763 | 69.21% | |||
1995 | P059 Sungai Siput,Perak | Samy Vellu (MIC) | 21,283 | 71.86% | Lim Ah Guan @ Lim Soon Guan (DAP) | 5,673 | 19.15% | 30,552 | 15,610 | 67.66% | ||
Mohamed Hashim Salim (PAS) | 2,663 | 8.99% | ||||||||||
1999 | Samy Vellu (MIC) | 17,480 | 57.75% | Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (DAP)1 | 12,221 | 40.38% | 31,165 | 5,259 | 63.62% | |||
Mohamad Asri Othman (MDP) | 565 | 1.87% | ||||||||||
2004 | P062 Sungai Siput,Perak | Samy Vellu (MIC) | 19,029 | 62.19% | Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (PKR)2 | 8,680 | 28.37% | 31,583 | 10,349 | 67.51% | ||
Sanmugam Ponmugam Ponnan (DAP) | 2,890 | 9.44% | ||||||||||
2008 | Samy Vellu (MIC) | 14,637 | 44.15% | Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (PKR)2 | 16,458 | 49.64% | 33,154 | 1,821 | 69.91% | |||
Nor Rizan Oon (IND) | 864 | 2.61% |
Note:1 &2 Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj amid contesting under the tickets of DAP in the 1999 election and PKR in the 2004 and 2008 elections,is a member of PSM.
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