Ramkarpal Singh served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Law and Institutional Reforms in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Azalina Othman Said from December 2022 to his resignation in December 2023 and Chairman of the Consideration of Bills Select Committee from July 2019 to 2020.
12 Facts About Ramkarpal Singh
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Ramkarpal Singh is a member of Democratic Action Party, a component party of the PH coalition.
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Ramkarpal Singh has served as the Deputy Secretary-General of DAP since March 2025 and State Deputy Chairman of DAP of Penang since September 2024.
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Ramkarpal Singh is the son of Karpal Singh and younger brother of Gobind Singh Deo, the Minister of Digital and the MP for Damansara as well as Jagdeep Singh Deo, the Deputy Chief Minister of Penang II and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Datok Keramat.
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Ramkarpal Singh earned his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Bristol in the UK and was called to the bar by Gray's Inn.
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Ramkarpal Singh was the only Pakatan Rakyat's candidate for the 2014 Bukit Gelugor by-election.
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Ramkarpal Singh won the Bukit Gelugor by-election with 37,659 votes majority.
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Ramkarpal Singh retained his Bukit Gelugor seat by an even larger 55,951-vote majority in the 2018 General Elections, when his coalition, Pakatan Harapan, defeated the incumbent Barisan Nasional to form the government.
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On 18 July 2019, Ramkarpal Singh was selected as chair of the Consideration of Bills Select Committee, replacing Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar.
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Ramkarpal Singh was admitted to the Malaysian bar in 2000.
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Ramkarpal Singh is the legal representative for the family of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu.
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Ramkarpal Singh was travelling with his father from his Pudu office to Penang when the accident happened.