In this Indian name, the name Kumar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Santhara.
Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Dr.
Edmund Santhara
SMW SSAP DIMP PGDK JP
Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch
Abdullah
Prime Minister
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister
Nancy Shukri
Preceded by
Guan Dee Koh Hoi
Succeeded by
Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan
Constituency
Segamat
Deputy Minister of Federal Territories
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch
Abdullah
Prime Minister
Muhyiddin Yassin
Minister
Annuar Musa
Preceded by
Shahruddin Md Salleh
Succeeded by
Jalaluddin Alias
Constituency
Segamat
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Segamat
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by
Subramaniam Sathasivam (BN–MIC)
Succeeded by
Yuneswaran Ramaraj (PH–PKR)
Majority
5,476 (2018)
1st Deputy President of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia
In office 8 October 2022 – 14 February 2023
Serving with Haniza Mohamed Talha & Wong Judat
President
Larry Sng Wei Shien
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2020
Pakatan Harapan
2020
Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022
Perikatan Nasional
2022
Parti Bangsa Malaysia
Personal details
Born
Santhara Kumar s/o Ramanaidu
(1971-04-03) 3 April 1971 (age 53) Layang-Layang, Simpang Renggam, Johor, Malaysia
Political party
People's Justice Party (PKR) (–2020) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2020–2022) Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) (since 2022)
Other political affiliations
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) Barisan Nasional (BN) (aligned: 2020-2022)
Spouse
Carline d/o Johnson D'Cruz
Alma mater
National University of Malaysia University of Strathclyde Newcastle University
Profession
Businessman
Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu on Facebook Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu on Parliament of Malaysia
Datuk Seri Dr. Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu (Tamil: சந்தார்த்த குமார், romanized: Cantārtta kumār) is a Malaysian politician, businessman and entrepreneur who served as Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Nancy Shukri from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Deputy Minister of Federal Territories in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Annuar Musa from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Segamat from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) and was[1] an associate member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and he created history of becoming the first non-indigenous politician to join BERSATU as an associate member. Previously was a member, National Integration Bureau chairman and Coordinator of Segamat of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition.[2] He resigned from PKR and joined BERSATU in February 2020 Sheraton Move. He served as the 1st Deputy President of PBM from October 2022 to February 2023. In the November 2022 Malaysian general elections, he chose not to seek reelection as an MP and defend the Segamat seat that he had won in the previous election as a PKR candidate for personal reasons.[3]
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^"PKR president announces party's new lineup". Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^Elill Easwaran (5 November 2022). "Santhara pulls out of GE15 citing personal reasons". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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