Datuk Dr. Subramaniam s/o. K.V. Sathasivam (Tamil: சுப்ரமணியம்) is a Malaysian politician of Indian origin and the current Human Resource Minister in the Malaysian federal cabinet. He is the Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a major component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN). He is the sole full Minister from the party and the only minister representing the Malaysian Indian community.
Dr Subra, as he is known to many, is a dermatologist by training. He is the Member of Parliament representing Segamat. He was one of only three MIC candidates who managed to retain their parliamentary seats in the recent 2008 general elections.
Previously, he had been the parliamentary secretary to the Housing and Local Government Minister and is replacing MIC president Dato' Seri S. Samy Vellu, who lost his Sungai Siput parliamentary seat, in the Cabinet.
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