Raven Kumar Krishnasamy

In this Indian name, the name Krishnasamy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Raven Kumar. The abbreviation "s/o" or "d/o", if used, means "son of" or "daughter of" respectively.

Yang Berhormat Tuan Raven Kumar Krishnasamy KMN MLA
ராவன் குமார் கிருஷ்ணாசம்
Member of the Johor State Executive Council
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
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	Johor, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Parent	Krishnasamy Shiman (father)
Occupation	Politician

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]

Election results

Johor State Legislative Assembly[3][4][5][6]

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)

References

1. "Ketua Pemuda, Putera dan Puteri MIC menang tanpa bertanding, persaingan bagi Ketua Wanita". Bernama (in Malay). 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
2. "MIC Youth, Putera and Puteri Chief posts won uncontested". The Star. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
3. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.Results only available for the 2013 election.
4. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
5. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
6. "Dashboard SPR". dashboard.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 13 March 2022.