Ramanan Ramakrishnan

In this Indian name, the name Ramakrishnan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ramanan. The abbreviation "s/o" or "d/o", if used, means "son of" or "daughter of" respectively.
Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Panglima Dr.
Ramanan Ramakrishnan
DJMK SSAP DIMP MP PNBS SPDK
ரமணன் ராமகிருஷ்ணன்
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 December 2023
MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterEwon Benedick
Preceded bySaraswathy Kandasami
ConstituencySungai Buloh
Chairman of the Special Committee of the
Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit
In office
18 April 2023 – 7 February 2024
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterArmizan Mohd Ali
(April–December 2023)
Aaron Ago Dagang
(December 2023–2024)
Director-GeneralRaveendran Nair
Succeeded byPrabakaran Parameswaran
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Sungai Buloh
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded bySivarasa Rasiah
(PH–PKR)
Majority2,693 (2022)
Personal details
Born (1981-02-11) 11 February 1981 (age 43)
Tanah Merah, Kelantan, Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
(–2014)
People's Justice Party (PKR)
(since 2020)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2014)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2020)
RelationsDevaki Krishnan (grandmother)
Alma materQueensland University of Technology
OccupationPolitician

Dato Seri' 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,[1] and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Buloh since November 2022.[2] He served as the Chairman of the Special Committee of the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (MITRA) from April 2023[3] to February 2024.[4] 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.[5][6]

Under Ramanan's leadership, MITRA disbursed over RM62 million to the Malaysian Indian community.[7] MITRA received a rating of "low risk" by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.[8]

  1. ^ "Ramanan continues grandma's legacy with new appointment". www.thestar.com.my. 13 December 2023.
  2. ^ Calon PRU Ramanan Ramakrishnan
  3. ^ "Ramanan Ramakrishnan appointed new Mitra chief". The Star. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Batu MP Prabakaran appointed new Mitra chairman". The Star. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. ^ BERNAMA (12 December 2023). "RAMANAN CONTINUES GRANDMOTHER'S LEGACY WITH APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY MINISTER". BERNAMA. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  6. ^ Vengadesan, Martin (21 January 2024). "Pioneering politician Devaki Krishnan dies aged 100". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Mitra chairman: RM62m distributed to over 100,000 recipients in Indian community nationwide". Malay Mail. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  8. ^ Bernama (25 November 2023). "Mitra gets 'low risk' rating from MACC, says Ramanan". Scoop. Retrieved 12 December 2023.