Ramkarpal Singh | |
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ਰਾਮਕਰਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ | |
| Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) | |
| In office 10 December 2022 – 12 December 2023 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Azalina Othman Said |
| Preceded by | Mas Ermieyati Samsudin (Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law)) |
| Succeeded by | M. Kulasegaran |
| Constituency | Bukit Gelugor |
| State Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Action Party of Penang | |
| Assumed office 22 September 2024 | |
| Secretary-General | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| State Chairman | Steven Sim Chee Keong |
| Preceded by | Jagdeep Singh Deo |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Gelugor | |
| Assumed office 25 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Karpal Singh (PR–DAP) |
| Majority | 37,659 (2014) 55,951 (2018) 63,112 (2022) |
| Other roles | |
| 2019–2020 | Chairman of the Consideration of Bills Select Committee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ramkarpal Singh s/o Karpal Singh 9 April 1976 Penang, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Relations | Jagdeep Singh Deo (brother) Gobind Singh Deo (brother) |
| Parent(s) | Karpal Singh (father) Gurmit Kaur (mother) |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Ramkarpal Singh s/o Karpal Singh (Punjabi: ਰਾਮਕਰਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ, romanized: Rāmkarpāl Siṅgh; born 9 April 1976) commonly referred to as Ramkarpal Singh, is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Gelugor since May 2014. He served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Law and Institutional Reforms in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Azalina Othman Said from December 2022 to his resignation in December 2023 and Chairman of the Consideration of Bills Select Committee from July 2019 to 2020. He is a member of Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has also served as the State Deputy Chairman of DAP of Penang since September 2024.[1] He is presently the youngest Cabinet minister at the age of 42. He is the son of Karpal Singh and younger brother of Gobind Singh Deo, the Minister of Digital and the MP for Damansara as well as Jagdeep Singh Deo, the Deputy Chief Minister of Penang II and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Datok Keramat.