Raven Kumar Krishnasamy
Malaysian politician
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Raven Kumar s/o Krishnasamy is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi since March 2022 and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tenggaroh since May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the BN coalition. He has served as the Youth Chief of MIC from October 2021 until June 2024. His father is Krishnasamy Shiman, the Tenggaroh MLA from 1990 to his assassination in an MIC building in 2008.[1][2]
MonarchIbrahim Iskandar
Menteri BesarOnn Hafiz Ghazi
Preceded byHimself
(Culture and Heritage)
Ling Tian Soon
(Unity)
(Culture and Heritage)
Ling Tian Soon
(Unity)
ConstituencyTenggaroh
Raven Kumar Krishnasamy | |
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| ராவன் குமார் கிருஷ்ணாசம் | |
| Member of the Johor State Executive Council | |
| Assumed office 13 February 2024 (Unity, Culture and Heritage) | |
| Monarch | Ibrahim Iskandar |
| Menteri Besar | Onn Hafiz Ghazi |
| Preceded by | Himself (Culture and Heritage) Ling Tian Soon (Unity) |
| Constituency | Tenggaroh |
| In office 26 March 2022 – 13 February 2024 (Tourism, Environment, Culture and Heritage) | |
| Monarch | Ibrahim Iskandar |
| Menteri Besar | Onn Hafiz Ghazi |
| Preceded by | Onn Hafiz Ghazi (Tourism) Vidyananthan Ramanadhan (Environment) Mazlan Bujang (Culture & Heritage) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Culture and Heritage) Onn Hafiz Ghazi (Tourism) Ling Tian Soon (Environment) |
| Constituency | Tenggaroh |
| Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Tenggaroh | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Murukasvary Thanarajan (BN–MIC) |
| Majority | 1,356 (2022) |
| Youth Chief of the Malaysian Indian Congress | |
| In office 22 October 2021 – 9 June 2024 | |
| President | Vigneswaran Sanasee |
| Preceded by | Thinalan T Rajagopalu |
| Succeeded by | Arvind Krishnan |
| Faction represented in Johor State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2013– | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Party | Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
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| Occupation | Politician |
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | N33 Tenggaroh | Raven Kumar Krishnasamy (MIC) | 17,054 | 80.85% | Murugan Muthu Samy (PKR) | 4,040 | 19.15% | 21,768 | 13,014 | 85.50% | ||
| 2018 | Raven Kumar Krishnasamy (MIC) | 12,309 | 54.96% | Rohamizon Abdul Ghani (PKR) | 6,544 | 29.22% | 23,025 | 5,765 | 80.40% | |||
| A. Rahman A. Hamid (PAS) | 3,543 | 15.82% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Raven Kumar Krishnasamy (MIC) | 10,528 | 49.10% | Roslan Nikmat (PAS) | 9,172 | 42.78% | 21,442 | 1,356 | 55.83% | |||
| Zulinah A Johari (PKR) | 1,529 | 7.13% | ||||||||||
| Mohd Firdaus Abd Rahman (PEJUANG) | 213 | 0.99% | ||||||||||
Honours
Malaysia
Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2017)[7]
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