Ramanan Ramakrishnan

Malaysian politician

ரமணன் ராமகிருஷ்ணன்Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development

Incumbent

Assumed office
12 December 2023MonarchsAbdullah
(2023–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)Prime MinisterAnwar IbrahimMinisterEwon BenedickPreceded bySaraswathy KandasamiConstituencySungai BulohChairman of the Special Committee of the
Malaysian Indian Community Transformation UnitIn office
18 April 2023 – 7 February 2024Prime MinisterAnwar IbrahimMinisterArmizan Mohd Ali
(April–December 2023)
Aaron Ago Dagang
(December 2023–2024)Director-GeneralRaveendran NairSucceeded byPrabakaran ParameswaranMember of the Malaysian Parliament
for Sungai Buloh

Incumbent

Assumed office
19 November 2022Preceded bySivarasa Rasiah
(PH–PKR)Majority2,693 (2022) Personal detailsBorn11 February
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaPolitical partyMalaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
(–2014)
People's Justice Party (PKR)
(since 2020)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (BN)
(–2014)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2020)RelationsDevaki Krishnan (grandmother)Alma mater Queensland University of TechnologyOccupationPolitician

Dato' 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]

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P107 Sungai Buloh	Ramanan Ramakrishnan (PKR)	50,943	39.30%	Khairy Jamaluddin (UMNO)	48,250	37.22%	130,846	2,693	82.00%
					Mohd Ghazali Md Hamin (PAS)	29,060	22.42%
					Mohd Akmal Mohd Yusoff (PEJUANG)	829	0.64%
					Ahmad Zuhri Faisal (PRM)	279	0.22%
					Syed Razak Alsagoff (IND)	165	0.13%
					Nurhaslinda Basri (IND)	113	0.09%

Honours

Pahang :
- Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2008)^[9]

References

^ "Ramanan continues grandma's legacy with new appointment". www.thestar.com.my. 13 December 2023.
^ Calon PRU Ramanan Ramakrishnan
^ "Ramanan Ramakrishnan appointed new Mitra chief". The Star. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ "Batu MP Prabakaran appointed new Mitra chairman". The Star. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^ BERNAMA (2023-12-12). "RAMANAN CONTINUES GRANDMOTHER'S LEGACY WITH APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY MINISTER". BERNAMA. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
^ Vengadesan, Martin (2024-01-21). "Pioneering politician Devaki Krishnan dies aged 100". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
^ "Mitra chairman: RM62m distributed to over 100,000 recipients in Indian community nationwide". Malay Mail. 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
^ Bernama (2023-11-25). "Mitra gets 'low risk' rating from MACC, says Ramanan". Scoop. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang Dan Pingat".