Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Ramanan Ramakrishnan (born 11 February 1981) 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.
He was also the eldest grandson of the late Devaki Krishnan, the first woman elected to public office in the Malaysian history.
Marking the first time in Malaysia history to fully utilities the fund for the Indian communities benefit.
"It cannot be denied that the cooperative movement has become one of the key contributors in benefiting the socio-economic welfare of the community," he said.