Rajiv Rishyakaran | |
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ரஜிவ் ரிஷ்யகரன் راجيۏ ريسهياقرن | |
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| Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Bukit Gasing | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Lee Poh Lin (PR–DAP) |
| Majority | 15,842 (2013) 25,835 (2018) 24,972 (2023) |
| Faction represented in Selangor State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2013–2018 | Democratic Action Party |
| 2018– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rajiv s/o Rishyakaran 12 October 1981 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Spouse | Ana Gella Rajiv (nee Opong) (divorced 2022) |
| Children | Julia Alexandria Elisha Jael Noah Ezekiel |
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| Alma mater | Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (now known as Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia), Johor |
| Website | http://www.rajiv4malaysia.com/ |
Rajiv s/o Rishyakaran (Jawi: راجيۏ ريسهياقرن; Tamil: ரஜிவ் ரிஷ்யகரன்) (born 12 October 1981) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Gasing since May 2013.[1] He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition. His predecessor as Bukit Gasing MLA is the late Edward Lee Poh Lin whose untimely death in 2011 left the seat vacant for two years before the 2013 Selangor state election.