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Saravanan Murugan | |
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முருகன் சரவணன் | |
.jpg) Saravanan in 2020 | |
| Minister of Human Resources | |
| In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Deputy | Awang Hashim |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | V. Sivakumar |
| Constituency | Tapah |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Deputy | Awang Hashim |
| Preceded by | M. Kulasegaran |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Constituency | Tapah |
| Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports | |
| In office 16 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Abdul Halim (2013–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018) |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Minister | Khairy Jamaluddin |
| Preceded by | Razali Ibrahim Gan Ping Sieu |
| Succeeded by | Steven Sim Chee Keong |
| Constituency | Tapah |
| Deputy Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing | |
| In office 9 April 2009 – 15 May 2013 | |
| Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin (2009–2011) Abdul Halim (2011–2013) |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Minister | Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin |
| Preceded by | Himself (Federal Territories) |
| Succeeded by | Loga Bala Mohan Jaganathan (Federal Territories) Halimah Mohamed Sadique (Urban Wellbeing) |
| Constituency | Tapah |
| Deputy Minister of Federal Territories | |
| In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 | |
| Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2008–2009) Najib Razak (2009) |
| Minister | Zulhasnan Rafique |
| Preceded by | Abu Seman Yusop |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Deputy Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing) |
| Constituency | Tapah |
| Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2018 | |
| President | Vigneswaran Sanasee |
| Preceded by | Devamany Krishnasamy |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tapah | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Veerasingam Suppiah (BN–MIC) |
| Majority | 3,020 (2008) 7,927 (2013) 614 (2018) 5,064 (2022) |
| Senator Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |
| In office 6 December 2000 – 5 December 2003 | |
| Monarchs | Salahuddin (2000–2001) Syed Sirajuddin (2001–2003) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad (2000–2003) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2003) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2008– | Barisan Nasional |
| Faction represented in Dewan Negara | |
| 2000–2003 | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Saravanan s/o Murugan 4 February 1968 Sentul, Kuala Lumpur (then located in Selangor, now Federal Territory), Malaysia |
| Political party | Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Spouse | Kavitha Vivekanandan[1] |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | msaravanan68 |
Datuk Seri Saravanan s/o Murugan (Tamil: முருகன் சரவணன், romanized: Murukaṉ Caravaṇaṉ; born 4 February 1968) commonly referred to as M. Saravanan (Tamil: மு. சரவணன், romanized: Mu. Caravaṇaṉ) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tapah since March 2008. He served as the Minister of Human Resources for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018, Deputy Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing from April 2009 to May 2013 and Deputy Minister of Federal Territories from March 2008 to April 2009. He is a member and Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the BN coalition. From March 2020 to November 2022, he was the sole minister of the Indian ethnicity and MIC and one of the only two MIC candidates to be elected in the 2018 general election as well as the sole MIC candidate elected in the 2022 general election.[2]
Saravanan began his political career in 1994 as a secretary in MIC for the district of Titiwangsa. Prior to his active participation in Malaysian politics, Saravanan worked several jobs as an office clerk, a member of the Royal Malaysian Police force (PDRM), and a marketing executive. He possesses a bachelor's degree in business administration from Hammersmith & West London College in England. In 2018, he pursued his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of the West of Scotland and successfully completed in the year 2022.
Saravanan was a Senator prior to his election to the Dewan Rakyat (the lower house of Malaysia's Parliament). In the 2008 General Election, he contested for the seat of Tapah and won, defeating a candidate from the People's Justice Party (PKR). However, the MIC suffered widespread losses at the election, which left Saravanan as one of only three MIC members in the Dewan Rakyat. Despite his party's reduced presence in Parliament and the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, Saravanan was appointed as a Deputy Minister from 2008 until 2013.
Within the MIC, Saravanan is seen as an ally of its then-president Samy Vellu, being elected as a Vice President of the MIC on Vellu's ticket[3] and defending Vellu from opposition attacks.[4] However he lost in the party re-election close fight for the position of Deputy President in 2015 to another MIC Vice President, S. K. Devamany.[5][6][7]
- ^ "Court Allows Saravanan To Strike Out Former Business Partner's Application". Bernama. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ "M. Saravanan, Y.B. Datuk" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ "Vote for the President's Men, Says Samy Vellu". Bernama. 10 September 2009. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ Retna, S. (27 December 2008). "Saravanan Slams Karpal, Defends Samy Vellu". Bernama. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ "Saravanan loses race for MIC No 2". Malaysiakini. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ KHOO, SIMON (6 November 2015). "Devamany is new MIC deputy president". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ "Devamany beats Saravanan in race for MIC deputy president". The Malay Mail. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.