Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sungai Siput, Perak
In office 8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by
Samy Vellu (MIC-BN)
Succeeded by
Kesavan Subramaniam (PKR-PH)
Majority
1,821 (2008) 2,793 (2013)
Chairman of Socialist Party of Malaysia
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 2019 [1]
Preceded by
Mohd Nasir Hashim
Personal details
Born
(1955-03-28) 28 March 1955 (age 69) Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship
Malaysian
Political party
Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM)
Occupation
Politician
Profession
Medical doctor
Dr. Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (Tamil: மைக்கல் ஜெயகுமார்) (born 28 March 1955) is a Malaysian politician who is currently the chairperson of Socialist Party of Malaysia. He served in the Parliament of Malaysia as Member of Parliament for the Sungai Siput constituency in Perak from 2008 to 2018.[2]
While a prominent member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) he was elected to Parliament on the ticket of the People's Justice Party (PKR) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition.[3] His win in the 2008 general election unseated Samy Vellu; the long-serving President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC).[4] At that point he was only the third MP to win Sungai Siput since independence, his two predecessors being MIC presidents VT Sambanthan and Samy Vellu.[5]Samy Vellu had previously defeated Jeyakumar in Sungai Siput in the 1999 and 2004 general elections.[3] Jeyakumar successfully retained his seat in the 2013 general election.[6] However, he contested under PSM's own ticket and lost his seat in the 2018 general election, garnering just 3.52% of the votes cast and losing his deposit.
^"Jeyakumar is new PSM chairperson". Malaysiakini. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^"Micheal Jeyakumar Devaraj, Y.B. Dr" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
^ abLooi, Elizabeth (2 December 2008). "Sungai Siput is a PKR seat". The Nut Graph. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
^"Not so happy birthday for Samy". The Star. Star Publications. 9 March 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
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