Dato' Sri 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]
Devamany S. Krishnasamy | |
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தேவமணி கிருஷ்ணசாமி | |
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economic Planning Unit : 27 June 2016–10 May 2018) | |
In office 27 June 2016 – 9 May 2018 | |
Monarchs | Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Minister | Abdul Rahman Dahlan |
Preceded by | Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy |
Succeeded by | Mohd Radzi Md Jidin as Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs |
Constituency | Senator |
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Unity and Performance Management : 19 March 2008–15 May 2013) | |
In office 19 March 2008 – 15 May 2013 | |
Monarchs | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Minister | Bernard Giluk Dompok (2008–2009) Koh Tsu Koon (2008–2013) Idris Jala (2009–2015) |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
Constituency | Cameron Highlands |
Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly | |
In office 28 June 2013 – 30 June 2016 | |
Monarchs | Azlan Shah Nazrin Shah |
Deputy | Nasarudin Hashim |
Menteri Besar | Zambry Abdul Kadir |
Preceded by | Ganesan Retanam |
Succeeded by | S. Thangasvari |
Constituency | non–MP (Barisan Nasional) |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Cameron Highlands, Pahang | |
In office 21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | G. Palanivel (MIC–BN) |
Majority | 6,260 (2004) 3,117 (2008) |
Personal details | |
Born | Devamany s/o S. Krishnasamy 10 September 1958 Semanggol, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
Spouse | Saraswathy Nallaiah |
Children | 3 daughters |
Alma mater | University of Malaya (UM) |
Occupation | Politician |
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.
Devamany was born on 10 September 1958 in Semanggol, Perak and received his early education at King Edward VII School in Taiping.[2] In 1978, he qualified as a teacher from the Special Education Teachers' Institute in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. He then furthered his studies and graduated with a degree in Malay Literature from University Malaya in 1983.[3]
Dewamany is married to Saraswathy Nallaiah and the couple has three daughters.
Devamany was picked to be the treasurer general of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) replacing Tan Sri Mahalingam in 2008.[4] He becomes MIC current Deputy President after winning the party re-election in 2015[5][6] when ROS nullified the 1 December 2012 party triennial elections, in which he failed to retain the Vice-President position he previously held since 2009.[7][8]
Devamany was first elected to the Parliament of Malaysia in the 2004 election for the seat of Cameron Highlands, Pahang.[4] He held his seat in the 2008 election despite widespread losses by the MIC, leaving him as one of only three MIC members of the Dewan Rakyat. After the 2008 election, Devamany was appointed a Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department.[9][10]
For the 2013 Malaysian General Election, Devamany was selected to contest the Sungai Siput, Perak parliamentary constituency. However, he was defeated by incumbent Michael Jeyakumar from Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) who had contested under the tickets of People's Justice Party (PKR).
On 28 June 2013, he was voted in as the new Perak State Legislative Assembly Speaker, receiving 31 votes to his opponent's 28.[11] He served as the Perak State Legislative Assembly Speaker from June 2013 to June 2016.
Devamany was appointed as Senator and once again as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (EPU) in the federal government on 27 June 2016.[1]
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2004 | P078 Cameron Highlands, Pahang | S.K. Devamany (MIC) | 10,226 | 67.27% | Apalasamy Jataliah (DAP) | 3,966 | 26.09% | 15,202 | 6,260 | 65.92% | ||
2008 | S.K. Devamany (MIC) | 9,164 | 55.69% | Apalasamy Jataliah (DAP) | 6,047 | 37% | 16,456 | 3,117 | 70.14% | |||
2013 | P062 Sungai Siput, Perak | S.K. Devamany (MIC) | 18,800 | 45.17% | Michael Jeyakumar (PKR) | 21,593 | 51.89% | 41,617 | 2,793 | 80.70% | ||
Nagalingam Singaravelloo (IND) | 197 | 0.47% | ||||||||||
2018 | S.K. Devamany (MIC) | 15,210 | 35.60% | Kesavan Subramaniam (PKR) | 20,817 | 48.72% | 42,726 | 5,607 | 77.68% | |||
Ishak Ibrahim (PAS) | 5,194 | 13.84% | ||||||||||
Michael Jeyakumar (PSM) | 1,505 | 3.52% |