Saravanan Murugan

Saravanan Murugan (; born 4 February 1968) commonly referred to as M. Saravanan is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tapah since March 2008.

He served as the Minister of Human Resources in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to November 2022, and in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021. He also served as Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports from May 2013 to May 2013 and Deputy Minister of Federal Territories from March 2008 to April 2009.

He is a member and Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the BN coalition. From March 2020 to November 2022, he was the sole minister of the Indian ethnicity and from MIC, and the sole MIC candidate elected in the 2022 general election.

Biography Within the MIC, Saravanan was seen as an ally of its then-president Samy Vellu, being elected as a Vice President of the MIC on Vellu's ticket and defending Vellu from opposition attacks. However he lost in the party re-election close fight for the position of Deputy President in 2015 to another MIC Vice President, S. K. Devamany.

In the 2008 election, Saravanan contested for a Parliament seat for Tapah and won against a candidate from People's Justice Party (PKR). Under the Barisan Nasional coalition and then-Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Saravanan was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing from 2008 until 2013.

In the 2013 election, Saravanan also won a seat in the Parliament and was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports from 2013 until 2018. From 2020 to 2022, Saravanan served as the Minister of Human Resource under prime ministers Muhyiddin Yassin and later Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

In 2024, Saravanan retained his post as MIC deputy president for the 2024–2027 term after he was returned unopposed

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