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List Of Malaysian Politicians Of Indian Origin
This is a list of notable Malaysian politicians of Tamil origin, including original immigrants who obtained Malaysian citizenship and their Malaysian descendants. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Indian origin, whose ethnic origin lie in India. This list also includes emigrant Malaysian politicians of Indian origin and could be taken as a list of famous Malaysian politicians of Indian origin. List * Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim * Dr. Ali Hamsa * Ananthan Somasundaram * Andrew David * Arul Kumar Jambunathan * Charles Anthony Santiago * D. R. Seenivasagam * D. S. Ramanathan * Danyal Balagopal Abdullah * Devaki Krishnan * Devamany S. Krishnasamy * Devan Nair * G. Saminathan * G. Vadiveloo * Ganabathy Rao @ Ganabatirau Veraman * Ganga Nayar * Gladwin Kotelawala * Gobind Singh Deo * Gopalakrishnan Subramaniam * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunarajah George
Gunarajah s/o George is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sentosa since May 2018. He is member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. Election results , , Telaiamblam Mariappan ( PRM) , align=79 , align=0.18% , - , rowspan=3, 2023 , rowspan=3 , , rowspan=3, Gunarajah George ( PKR) , rowspan=3 align=54,601 , rowspan=3, 83.53% , bgcolor= , , Parameswaran Ganason ( GERAKAN) , align=8,252 , 12.62% , rowspan=3, 65,873 , rowspan=3, 46,349 , rowspan=3, 72.97% , - , bgcolor= , , Thanusha Ramanieswaran (MUDA Muda or MUDA or MuDA may refer to: People * Sultan Muda (1579–1579), nominal Sultan of Aceh * Tycho Muda (born 1988), Dutch rower * Vincent Muda (born 1988), Dutch rower Places * Muda, Estonia, a village * Mudá, Spain *Muda River, Malaysi ...) , align=2,357 , align=3.61% , - , bgcolor=} , , Jeichandran Wadivelu ( PRM) , align=156 , al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulasegaran Murugeson
M. Kula Segaran s/o V. Murugeson ( ta, மு.குலசேகரன், Mu.Kulacēkaraṉ; born 10 August 1957), commonly referred to as Kula, is a Malaysian politician and barrister who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipoh Barat since March 2004. He served as the Minister of Human Resources in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the MP for Teluk Intan from May 1997 to November 1999. He is a member and National Vice Chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. Early life and education M. Kula Segaran was born to a rubber tapper father in an estate in Sitiawan, Perak. Growing up, he and his brother had to look after cows, goats and also clean up the containers used to gather latex after school. In 1982, he was admitted as barrister at Lincoln's Inn in London. Political career Kula Segaran, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishnamoorthy Rajannaidu
Dr. Krishnamoorthy Rajannaidu (Tamil: கிருஷ்ணா மூர்த்தி) is a Malaysian politician. He is the elected representatives the seat of Bukit Selambau in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly The Kedah State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kedah. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 36 lawmakers representing single-member constituencies thro .... Krishnamoorty is a Doctor in professional. Election results References Living people Malaysian politicians of Indian descent Members of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Malaysia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesavan Subramaniam
Kesavan s/o Subramaniam ( ta, கேசவன் சுப்ரமணியம், Kēcavaṉ cupramaṇiyam) is a Malaysian politician of Indian origin from the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He currently is a Member of Parliament represents the parliamentary seat of Sungai Siput in Perak. He is also formerly the Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Hutan Melintang Hutan Melintang ( Jawi: هوتن ملينتڠ; ) is a mukim in Bagan Datuk District, Perak, Malaysia. The town is located next to the Strait of Malacca The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 500 mi (800 km) long and from 40 to ... for two terms from 2008 to 2018. Controversy In May 2019, Kesavan was accused of sexual harassment by a woman who claimed to be his former aide in a police report she had lodged. However, Kesavan had denied the accusation and her allegation of being his former assistant. Kesavan had counter filed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasthuriraani Patto
Kasthuriraani d/o Patto ( ta, கஸ்தூரி பட்டு, Kastūri paṭṭu; born 9 August 1979) is a Malaysian politician from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu Kawan from May 2013 to November 2022. She has served as the Assistant International Secretary of DAP since March 2022 and President of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) since December 2021 as well as Member of the Steering Group for the International Panel of Parliamentarians for the Freedom of Religion and Belief. Personal life Kasthuriraani is the daughter of Mary Patto and the late Patto Perumal; a former senior DAP politician and Member of Parliament. She has one sister, named Shaalini Anne Patto. She was engaged with her French boyfriend on 4 May 2022 and got married on 6 May. Politics In the 2013 general election, Kasthuriraani Patto was elected as Malaysian member of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karuppaiya Muthusamy
Karupaiya s/o Muthusami ( ta, கருப்பையா முத்துசாமி, Karuppaiyā muttucāmi, 1953 – 16 November 2022) was a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Padang Serai from May 2018 to his death in November 2022. He was a member and Division Chief of Padang Serai of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. He was also patron of both the Malaysian Indian Armed Forces (PERIM) and the Former Malaysian Armed Forces as well as member of the board of the Institute of Postgraduate Studies (IPS) of the Bukit Mertajam Tamil School. Personal life and death On 16 November 2022, Karupaiya died from a heart attack while campaigning for the 2022 general election. He was seeking the second term as the Padang Serai MP by contesting in the election representing PH and PKR after serving the first from 2018 to his death in 2022 for four years. Later the same day, the Election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karpal Singh
Dato' Seri Utama Karpal Singh s/o Ram Singh Deo ( pa, ਕਰਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ, Karpāl Siṅgh; 28 June 1940 – 17 April 2014) was an Indian Malaysian politician and lawyer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bukit Gelugor in the state of Penang from 2004 to 2014. During that time, he was also the National Chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP). Born in Penang to Sikh Punjabi Indian immigrant parents, Karpal studied law at the National University of Singapore. He was one of Malaysia's most prominent lawyers and took a number of high-profile cases, including drug-trafficking charges against foreign nationals and sodomy accusations against former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. Karpal was an opponent of the death penalty, especially for drug trafficking. In the courtroom and Parliament, he was a controversial figure. Karpal was suspended from Parliament several times, charged with sedition and detained under Malaysia's internal-secu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thivy
John Aloysius Thivy (Tamil language, Tamil: ஜான் திவி)(1904–1959) was a Malaysian Indian, Malayan Indian politician and former lawyer who was the founding president of the Malayan Indian Congress. Thivy finished schooling at St. Michael's Institution in Ipoh, Perak. He studied law in London, before returning to practise in British Malaya, Malaya. In London, Thivy had a chance to meet Mohandas Gandhi and came to be interested in the Indian independence movement. On his return to Malaya, after getting his law degree in 1932, he became involved with the Indian nationalist movements. Later, after the Battle of Malaya, fall of Malaya to the Japanese, Thivy's interest was rekindled by a speech given by Subhas Chandra Bose at one of his rallies in 1943. Thivy joined the Indian National Army in 1943 and served in the Burma campaign, Burma Front. He also served in a ministerial cabinet post under Bose' Provisional Government of Free India, the Azad Hind.Pettibone, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fernandez (Malaysian Politician)
John Fernandez (Tamil: ஜொஹ்ன் பெர்னாண்டஸ்) (born 9 December 1941) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Seremban constituency in the state of Negeri Sembilan from 2008 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) in the formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition. He was first elected to Parliament in the 2008 election winning the seat of Seremban from the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Ahead of the 2013 election, he quit the DAP, protesting the lack of Indians being fielded as party election candidates, and recontested Seremban as an independent candidate. He lost to the candidate of his former party, Loke Siew Fook Anthony Loke Siew Fook (; born 28 April 1977) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Transport (Malaysia), Minister of Transport for the second term in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime ..., after obtaining only 221 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janil Puthucheary
Janil Arusha Puthucheary ( ta, ஜனில் புதுச்சேரி; born 1972) is a Malaysian-born Singaporean politician and paediatrician who has been serving as Minister of State for Communications and Information since 2018 and Minister of State for Health since 2020. He has also been serving as Party Whip of the People's Action Party since 2019. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Punggol Coast division of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC since 2015. Born in Malaysia, Puthucheary had worked as a paediatrician at hospitals in the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore before he became a Singapore citizen in 2008. He made his political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a six-member PAP team contesting in Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC, and won 64.79% of the vote. Puthucheary was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Punggol West ward of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. Since then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
