Ethnic Indians in the Cabinet of Malaysia

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Malaysian Indians have served in the Cabinet of Malaysia since independence and continue to do so.

Tun Samy Vellu is one of the longest serving ministers in the Cabinet of Malaysia. He held the post of Minister of Public Works and Utilities from 1979 to 2008. Following his departure from the cabinet, he was appointed Special Envoy of Infrastructure to India and South Asia.[1]

Gobind Singh Deo is the first Malaysian Sikh cabinet minister.[2][3][4]

List of ministers[edit]

This is a complete list of ethnic Indians who have served as Ministers in the Cabinet of Malaysia, ordered by seniority. This list includes ethnic Indians who served in the past and who continue to serve in the present.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Party Name Cabinet Portfolio Year elected Year left Constituency
Alliance(MIC) V. T. Sambanthan First Rahman Cabinet Minister of Labour 1955 1957 Kinta Utara
First Rahman Cabinet Minister of Health 1957 1959
Second Rahman Cabinet Minister of Works, Post and Telecommunications 1959 1964 Sungei Siput
Third Rahman Cabinet 1964 1969
Fourth Rahman Cabinet 1969 1969
BN-MIC First Razak Cabinet 1970
First Razak Cabinet Minister of National Unity 1974
V. Manickavasagam Third Rahman Cabinet Minister of Labour 1964 1969 Klang
Fourth Rahman Cabinet Minister of Transport 1969
First Razak Cabinet Minister of Labour and Manpower 1970 1974
Second Razak Cabinet Minister of Communications 1974 1976 Pelabohan Kelang
First Hussein Cabinet 1976 1978
Second Hussein Cabinet Minister of Transport 1978
Samy Vellu Second Hussein Cabinet Minister of Works and Public Amenities 1981 Sungei Siput
First Mahathir Cabinet 1981 1982
Second Mahathir Cabinet 1982
Minister of Works 1986
Third Mahathir Cabinet 1986 1989
Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts 1989 1990
Fourth Mahathir Cabinet 1990 1995
Fifth Mahathir Cabinet Minister of Works 1995 1999
Sixth Mahathir Cabinet 1999 2003
First Abdullah Cabinet 2003 2004
Second Abdullah Cabinet 2004 2008
Subramaniam Sathasivam Third Abdullah Cabinet Minister of Human Resources 2008 2009 Segamat
First Najib Cabinet 2009 2013
Second Najib Cabinet Minister of Health 2013 2018
Palanivel Govindasamy First Najib Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister's Department 2011 2013 Senator
Second Najib Cabinet Minister of Natural Resources and Environment 2013 2015
PH-DAP Kulasegaran Murugeson Seventh Mahathir Cabinet Minister of Human Resources 2018 2020 Ipoh Barat
Gobind Singh Deo Seventh Mahathir Cabinet Minister of Communications and Multimedia 2018 2020 Puchong
PH-PKR Xavier Jayakumar Seventh Mahathir Cabinet Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources 2018 2020 Kuala Langat
HINDRAF Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy Seventh Mahathir Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (National Unity and Social Wellbeing) 2018 2020 Senator
BN-MIC Saravanan Murugan Muhyiddin Cabinet Minister of Human Resources 2020 2021 Tapah
Ismail Sabri Cabinet 2021 2022
PH-DAP Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet Minister of Human Resources 2022 2023 Batu Gajah
PH-DAP Gobind Singh Deo Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet Minister of Digital 2023 Serving Damansara

List of Deputy Ministers[edit]

Party Name Cabinet Portfolio Year elected Year left Constituency
Alliance(MIC) V. Manickavasagam Second Rahman Cabinet Assistant Minister of Labour 1961 1962 Klang
Assistant Minister of Labour and Social Welfare 1962 1962
BN-MIC Athi Nahappan First Hussein Cabinet Deputy Minister of Law Senator
Subramaniam Sinniah First Hussein Cabinet Deputy Minister of Local Government and Federal Territories 1978 Damansara
Second Mahathir Cabinet Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government 1982 1986 Segamat
Third Mahathir Cabinet 1986 1990
Fifth Mahathir Cabinet Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism 1995 1999
Sixth Mahathir Cabinet 1999 2003
First Abdullah Cabinet Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism
K. Pathmanaban First Hussein Cabinet Deputy Minister of Labour and Manpower Telok Kemang
Second Hussein Cabinet 1978 1981
First Mahathir Cabinet Deputy Minister of Health 1981 1981
Second Mahathir Cabinet 1982 1986
Third Mahathir Cabinet 1986
Deputy Minister of Human Resources 1990
Samy Vellu Second Hussein Cabinet Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government 1978 Sungei Siput
Prof Dr T. Marimuthu Fourth Mahathir Cabinet Deputy Minister of Agriculture 1993 1995 Telok Kemang
M. Mahalingam Fourth Mahathir Cabinet Deputy Minister of Human Resources 1993 1995 Kapar
K Kumaran Fifth Mahathir Cabinet Deputy Minister of Rural Development 1995 1999 Tapah
BN-PPP M. Kayveas First Abdullah Cabinet Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department 2003 2004 Senator
Second Abdullah Cabinet 2004 2008 Taiping
BN-MIC Palanivel Govindasamy First Abdullah Cabinet Deputy Minister of Rural Development 2003 2004 Hulu Selangor
Second Abdullah Cabinet Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development 2004 2008
First Najib Cabinet Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities 2010 2011 Senator
S. Veerasingam Second Abdullah Cabinet Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism 2004 2008 Tapah
S. Sothinathan Second Abdullah Cabinet Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Environment 2004 2008 Telok Kemang
Saravanan Murugan Third Abdullah Cabinet Deputy Minister of Federal Territories 2008 2009 Tapah
First Najib Cabinet Deputy Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing 2009 2013
Second Najib Cabinet Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports 2013 2018
Devamany S. Krishnasamy Third Abdullah Cabinet Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department 2008 2009 Cameron Highlands
First Najib Cabinet 2009 2013
Second Najib Cabinet 2016 2018 Senator
BN-PPP Murugiah Thopasamy Third Abdullah Cabinet Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department 2008 2009 Senator
First Najib Cabinet 2009 2013
BN-GERAKAN A. Kohilan Pillay Third Abdullah Cabinet Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities 2008 2009 Senator
First Najib Cabinet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 2009 2013
BN-PPP Maglin Dennis d' Cruz First Najib Cabinet Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture 2010 2013 Senator
BN-HINDRAF Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy Second Najib Cabinet Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department 2013 2014 Senator
BN-MIC Kamalanathan Panchanathan Second Najib Cabinet Deputy Minister of Education 2013 2015 Hulu Selangor
BN-myPPP Loga Bala Mohan Jaganathan Second Najib Cabinet Deputy Minister of Federal Territories 2013 2018 Senator
PH-PKR Sivarasa Rasiah Seventh Mahathir Cabinet Deputy Minister of Rural Development 2018 2020 Sungai Buloh
PN-PPBM Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu Muhyiddin Cabinet Depity Minister of Federal Territories 2020 2021 Segamat
Ismail Sabri Cabinet Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture 2021 2022
PH-DAP Ramkarpal Singh Karpal Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) 2022 2023 Bukit Gelugor
Kulasegaran Murugeson 2023 Serving Ipoh Barat
PH-PKR Saraswathy Kandasami Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives 2022 2023 Senator
Ramanan Ramakrishnan 2023 Serving Sungai Buloh
Saraswathy Kandasami Deputy Minister of National Unity 2023 Serving Senator

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Raus Sharif, Samy Vellu, Michael Chen receive 'Tun' title". Free Malaysia Today. 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  2. ^ "Indian-origin Sikh man becomes Malaysia's first cabinet minister - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  3. ^ "Gobind Singh Deo is Malaysia's first Sikh minister". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  4. ^ Maria Thomas (22 May 2018). "Malaysia has appointed its first Sikh minister: the "little lion of Puchong"". Quartz India.
  5. ^ "Representatives List of Members". Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  6. ^ "Senate List of Senators". Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  7. ^ "Representatives Archive List of Members". Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  8. ^ "Senate Archive List of Senators". Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  9. ^ "Pembentukan Kabinet Pertama Persekutuan Tanah Melayu". Archived from the original on 2008-03-03.
  10. ^ "Arkib Negara". Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  11. ^ "Arkib Negara".
  12. ^ "Seven ministers from Sarawak". BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News. 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  13. ^ Chu, Mei Mei (2014-06-10). "Najib Announces New Cabinet Lineup With Larger Chinese Representation". SAYS.com. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  14. ^ "Cabinet Members - Office of The Prime Minister of Malaysia". googleweblight.com. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
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