Ramanan Ramakrishnan


Ramanan Ramakrishnan 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 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.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia