Devamany S. Krishnasamy

Devamany S. Krishnasamy
தேவமணி கிருஷ்ணசாமி
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
In office
27 June 2016 – 9 May 2018
(Economic Planning Unit)
MonarchsAbdul Halim
Muhammad V
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterAbdul Rahman Dahlan
Preceded byWaytha Moorthy Ponnusamy
Succeeded byMohd Radzi Md Jidin as Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs
ConstituencySenator
In office
19 March 2008 – 15 May 2013
(Unity and Performance Management)
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterBernard Giluk Dompok (2008–2009)
Koh Tsu Koon (2008–2013)
Idris Jala (2009–2015)
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
ConstituencyCameron Highlands
Speaker of the
Perak State Legislative Assembly
In office
28 June 2013 – 30 June 2016
MonarchsAzlan Shah
Nazrin Shah
DeputyNasarudin Hashim
Menteri BesarZambry Abdul Kadir
Preceded byGanesan Retanam
Succeeded byThangasvari Suppiah
Constituencynon–MP (Barisan Nasional)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Cameron Highlands, Pahang
In office
21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byPalanivel Govindasamy
(BNMIC)
Majority6,260 (2004)
3,117 (2008)
Personal details
Born
Devamany s/o S. Krishnasamy

(1958-09-10) 10 September 1958 (age 65)
Semanggol, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
SpouseSaraswathy Nallaiah
Children3 daughters
Alma materUniversity of Malaya (UM)
OccupationPolitician

Devamany s/o. S. Krishnasamy (Tamil: தேவமணி கிருஷ்ணசாமி, romanized: Tēvamaṇi kiruṣṇacāmi; born 10 September 1958), also known as S. K. Devamany, is a Malaysian politician. He is the incumbent Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a major component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was a Senator in Dewan Negara; the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia and served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (EPU) (2016-2018) in previous government.[1]

Previously he was also the Perak State Legislative Assembly Speaker from 28 June 2013 to 30 June 2016. He formerly served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department under the Barisan Nasional government while being member of the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Cameron Highlands constituency in Pahang for two terms from 21 March 2004 to 5 May 2013.

  1. ^ YAP TZU GING (7 June 2016). "Newly sworn in, Devamany says yet to know duties as deputy minister". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

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