Ramanan Ramakrishnan
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, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Buloh since November 2022. He served as the Chairman of the Special Committee of the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (MITRA) from April 2023 to February 2024. 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.
Ramanan Ramakrishnan | |
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| ரமணன் ராமகிருஷ்ணன் | |
| Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives | |
| 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) |
| 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 |
Under Ramanan's leadership, MITRA disbursed over RM62 million to the Malaysian Indian community. MITRA received a rating of "low risk" by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.