Ramanan Ramakrishnan (Tamil: ரமணன் ராமகிருஷ்ணன்; born 11 February 1981) is a Malaysian politician of Indian descent. He has served as the Minister of Human Resources as part of the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet since December 2025. He became the first Malaysian of Tamil origin to hold a full ministerial portfolio after a hiatus of two years. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Buloh since November 2022, and is also a Vice President of People's Justice Party, having secured the second-highest number of votes in the 2025 party election.
Early life Born Ramanan s/o Ramakrishnan, he was the eldest grandson of Devaki Krishnan, the first woman elected to public office in Malaysia.
Election results + Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2022P107 Sungai Buloh (PKR) 50,943 39.30% Khairy Jamaluddin (UMNO)48,250 37.22%130,8462,69382.00% Mohd Ghazali Md Hamin (PAS)29,06022.42% Mohd Akmal Mohd Yusoff (PEJUANG) 8290.64% Ahmad Zuhri Faisal (PRM) 2790.22% Syed Razak Alsagoff (IND)1650.13% Nurhaslinda Basri (IND)1130.09%
Honours Honours of Malaysia
Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (SJMK) – Dato' (2026) Justice of the Peace (JP) (2025)
Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2024) Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2008)
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