Ethnic Indians in the Cabinet of Malaysia

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.

Gobind Singh Deo is the first Malaysian Sikh cabinet minister.

List of ministers 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. PartyNameCabinetPortfolioYear electedYear leftConstituencyAlliance(MIC)V. T. SambanthanFirst Rahman CabinetMinister of Labour19551957Kinta UtaraFirst Rahman CabinetMinister of Health19571959Second Rahman CabinetMinister of Works, Post and Telecommunications19591964Sungei SiputThird Rahman Cabinet19641969Fourth Rahman Cabinet19691969BN-MICFirst Razak Cabinet1970First Razak CabinetMinister of National Unity1974V. ManickavasagamThird Rahman CabinetMinister of Labour19641969KlangFourth Rahman CabinetMinister of Transport1969First Razak CabinetMinister of Labour and Manpower19701974Second Razak CabinetMinister of Communications19741976Pelabohan KelangFirst Hussein Cabinet19761978Second Hussein CabinetMinister of Transport1978Samy VelluSecond Hussein CabinetMinister of Works and Public Amenities1981Sungei SiputFirst Mahathir Cabinet19811982Second Mahathir Cabinet1982Minister of Works1986Third Mahathir Cabinet19861989Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts19891990Fourth Mahathir Cabinet19901995Fifth Mahathir CabinetMinister of Works19951999Sixth Mahathir Cabinet19992003First Abdullah Cabinet20032004Second Abdullah Cabinet20042008Subramaniam SathasivamThird Abdullah CabinetMinister of Human Resources20082009SegamatFirst Najib Cabinet20092013Second Najib CabinetMinister of Health20132018Palanivel GovindasamyFirst Najib CabinetMinister in the Prime Minister's Department20112013SenatorSecond Najib CabinetMinister of Natural Resources and Environment20132015PH-DAPKulasegaran MurugesonSeventh Mahathir CabinetMinister of Human Resources20182020Ipoh BaratGobind Singh DeoSeventh Mahathir CabinetMinister of Communications and Multimedia20182020PuchongPH-PKRXavier JayakumarSeventh Mahathir CabinetMinister of Water, Land and Natural Resources20182020Kuala LangatHINDRAFWaytha Moorthy PonnusamySeventh Mahathir CabinetMinister in the Prime Minister's Department (National Unity and Social Wellbeing)20182020SenatorBN-MICSaravanan MuruganMuhyiddin CabinetMinister of Human Resources 20202021TapahIsmail Sabri Cabinet20212022 PH-DAPSivakumar Varatharaju NaiduAnwar Ibrahim CabinetMinister of Human Resources20222023Batu GajahPH-DAPGobind Singh DeoAnwar Ibrahim CabinetMinister of Digital2023ServingDamansara PH-PKRRamanan RamakrishnanAnwar Ibrahim CabinetMinister of Human Resources2025ServingSungai Buloh

List of Deputy Ministers PartyNameCabinetPortfolioYear electedYear leftConstituencyAlliance(MIC)V. ManickavasagamSecond Rahman CabinetAssistant Minister of Labour19611962KlangAssistant Minister of Labour and Social Welfare19621962BN-MICAthi NahappanFirst Hussein CabinetDeputy Minister of LawSenatorSubramaniam SinniahFirst Hussein CabinetDeputy Minister of Local Government and Federal Territories1978DamansaraSecond Mahathir CabinetDeputy Minister of Housing and Local Government19821986SegamatThird Mahathir Cabinet19861990Fifth Mahathir CabinetDeputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism19951999Sixth Mahathir Cabinet19992003First Abdullah CabinetDeputy Minister of Domestic Trade and ConsumerismK. PathmanabanFirst Hussein CabinetDeputy Minister of Labour and ManpowerTelok KemangSecond Hussein Cabinet19781981First Mahathir CabinetDeputy Minister of Health19811981Second Mahathir Cabinet19821986Third Mahathir Cabinet1986Deputy Minister of Human Resources1990Samy VelluSecond Hussein CabinetDeputy Minister of Housing and Local Government1978Sungei SiputProf Dr T. MarimuthuFourth Mahathir CabinetDeputy Minister of Agriculture19931995Telok KemangM. MahalingamFourth Mahathir CabinetDeputy Minister of Human Resources19931995KaparK KumaranFifth Mahathir CabinetDeputy Minister of Rural Development19951999TapahBN-PPPM. KayveasFirst Abdullah CabinetDeputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department20032004SenatorSecond Abdullah Cabinet20042008TaipingBN-MICPalanivel GovindasamyFirst Abdullah CabinetDeputy Minister of Rural Development20032004Hulu SelangorSecond Abdullah CabinetDeputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development20042008First Najib CabinetDeputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities20102011SenatorS. VeerasingamSecond Abdullah CabinetDeputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism20042008TapahS. SothinathanSecond Abdullah CabinetDeputy Minister for Natural Resources and Environment20042008Telok KemangSaravanan MuruganThird Abdullah CabinetDeputy Minister of Federal Territories20082009TapahFirst Najib CabinetDeputy Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing20092013Second Najib CabinetDeputy Minister of Youth and Sports20132018Devamany S. KrishnasamyThird Abdullah CabinetDeputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department20082009Cameron HighlandsFirst Najib Cabinet20092013Second Najib Cabinet20162018SenatorBN-PPPMurugiah ThopasamyThird Abdullah CabinetDeputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department20082009SenatorFirst Najib Cabinet20092013BN-GERAKANA. Kohilan PillayThird Abdullah CabinetDeputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities20082009SenatorFirst Najib CabinetDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs20092013BN-PPPMaglin Dennis d' CruzFirst Najib CabinetDeputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture20102013SenatorBN-HINDRAFWaytha Moorthy PonnusamySecond Najib CabinetDeputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department20132014SenatorBN-MICKamalanathan PanchanathanSecond Najib CabinetDeputy Minister of Education20132015Hulu SelangorBN-myPPPLoga Bala Mohan JaganathanSecond Najib CabinetDeputy Minister of Federal Territories20132018SenatorPH-PKRSivarasa RasiahSeventh Mahathir CabinetDeputy Minister of Rural Development20182020Sungai BulohPN-PPBMEdmund Santhara Kumar RamanaiduMuhyiddin CabinetDepity Minister of Federal Territories20202021SegamatIsmail Sabri CabinetDeputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture20212022PH-DAPRamkarpal Singh KarpalAnwar Ibrahim CabinetDeputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform)20222023Bukit GelugorKulasegaran Murugeson2023ServingIpoh BaratPH-PKRSaraswathy KandasamiDeputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives20222023SenatorRamanan Ramakrishnan20232025Sungai BulohSaraswathy KandasamiDeputy Minister of National Unity20232025Senator

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