Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by
Sivarasa Rasiah (PH–PKR)
Majority
2,693 (2022)
Personal details
Born
11 February Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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
Dato' Ramanan Ramakrishnan is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Ewon Benedick since December 2023,[1] and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Buloh since November 2022.[2] He served as the Chairman of the Special Committee of the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (MITRA) from April 2023[3] to February 2024.[4] He is a member and Deputy Information Chief of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was also the eldest grandson of the late Devaki Krishnan, the first woman elected to public office in the Malaysian history.[5][6]
Under Ramanan's leadership, MITRA disbursed over RM62 million to the Malaysian Indian community.[7] MITRA received a rating of "low risk" by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.[8]
^"Ramanan continues grandma's legacy with new appointment". www.thestar.com.my. 13 December 2023.
^Calon PRU Ramanan Ramakrishnan
^"Ramanan Ramakrishnan appointed new Mitra chief". The Star. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^"Batu MP Prabakaran appointed new Mitra chairman". The Star. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^BERNAMA (2023-12-12). "RAMANAN CONTINUES GRANDMOTHER'S LEGACY WITH APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY MINISTER". BERNAMA. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
^Vengadesan, Martin (2024-01-21). "Pioneering politician Devaki Krishnan dies aged 100". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
^"Mitra chairman: RM62m distributed to over 100,000 recipients in Indian community nationwide". Malay Mail. 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
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