Sivanesan Achalingam

Sivanesan Achalingam
சிவனேசன் அச்சலிங்கம்
Member of the
Perak State Executive Council
(Health, Environment & Human Resources : 28 March 2008 – 10 February 2009)
(Health, Consumer Affairs, Civil Community, National Integration & Human Resources : 19 May 2018 – 10 March 2020)
(Health, Human Resources & Indian Community Affairs : since 23 November 2022)[note 1]
Assumed office
22 November 2022
MonarchNazrin Shah
Menteri BesarSaarani Mohamad
Preceded byMohd Akmal Kamaruddin (Health)
Ahmad Saidi Mohamad Daud (Human Resources)
Portfolio established (Indian Community Affairs)
ConstituencySungkai
In office
19 May 2018 – 10 March 2020
MonarchNazrin Shah
Menteri BesarAhmad Faizal Azumu
Preceded byMah Hang Soon (Health & National Integration)
Samsudin Abu Hassan (Consumer Affairs & Civil Community)
Shahrul Zaman Yahya (Human Resources)
Succeeded byAhmad Saidi Mohamad Daud (Health)
Saarani Mohammad (Consumer Affairs)
Razman Zakaria (Civil Community)
Ahmad Faizal Azumu (National Integration & Human Resources)
ConstituencySungkai
In office
28 March 2008 – 10 February 2009
MonarchAzlan Shah
Menteri BesarMohammad Nizar Jamaluddin
Preceded byTan Chin Meng
Succeeded byMah Hang Soon
ConstituencySungkai
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Sungkai
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded byGanesan Retanam
(BNMIC)
Majority1,454 (2008)
3,511 (2013)
6,493 (2018)
5,238 (2022)
Faction represented in Perak State Legislative Assembly
2008–2018Democratic Action Party
2018–Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born
Sivanesan a/l Achalingam

(1956-03-15) 15 March 1956 (age 68)
Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
OccupationPolitician

Sivanesan a/l Achalingam (born 15 March 1956) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR), Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) state administrations under Menteris Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, Ahmad Faizal Azumu and Saarani Mohamad from March 2008 to the collapse of the PR state administration in February 2009, from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in March 2020 and again since November 2022. He has also served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungkai since March 2008. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition.[citation needed]
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