17 Facts About Ramasamy Palanisamy

Ramasamy Palanisamy served as the Member of Parliament for Batu Kawan from March 2008 to May 2013.

Ramasamy Palanisamy is a member of the United for the Rights of Malaysians Party.

Ramasamy Palanisamy has served as the founding Chairman of URIMAI since September 2023.

Ramasamy Palanisamy was a member of the Democratic Action Party, a component party of the PH and formerly PR coalitions.

Ramasamy Palanisamy became Deputy Chief Minister of Penang after the election, serving under the new Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, making him the first person of Indian origin to hold the post of deputy chief minister in any Malaysian state.

In 2023, Ramasamy Palanisamy left DAP over dissatisfaction of not being nominated by the party to contest in the Penang state election and differences with party leaders and founded the Indian-focused URIMAI.

Ramasamy Palanisamy later took up teaching positions in Germany and Singapore.

Ramasamy Palanisamy attended the Anglo-China Primary School in the late 1950s.

Ramasamy Palanisamy earned his early education in Teluk Intan, Perak, then obtained a First Degree in Journalism in New Zealand then continued his studies in Political Science at Indian University United States and at master's degree in McGill University, Canada then obtained a PhD at University of Malaya in 1991.

Ramasamy Palanisamy served as a lecturer from 1981 to 2005 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Political Science.

Ramasamy Palanisamy has served as the University of Singapore's Visiting Professor in Southeast Asian Political Education.

Ramasamy Palanisamy has had 25 years of experience as a political science lecturer, who has served as a counselor and security consultant to several international peace efforts such as Acheh, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Colombia.

Ramasamy Palanisamy served as an advisor to the Global Labor University International Labour Organization 2004.

Ramasamy Palanisamy is active as an activist who fights for the fate of minorities in Sri Lanka and Acheh Merdeka.

Ramasamy Palanisamy defeated former Chief Minister of Penang Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon for the Batu Kawan parliamentary constituency in the 2008 general election.

Ramasamy Palanisamy was appointed Deputy Chief Minister II of Penang and was the first Indian to be elected to the post.

On 2 November 2023, the High Court has ordered P Ramasamy Palanisamy to pay RM 1.5 Million in libel to Zakir Naik as the judgement for the same case.