Wednesday, August 3, 2011

G. Palanivel

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Palanivel

Dato' Palanivel s/o. Govindasamy (Tamil: பழனிவேல் கோவிந்தசாமி, born 1949), commonly known as Dato' G. Palanivel.  On December 6th 2010, he became the President of the Malaysian Indian Congress, which is a member of the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional.

Palanivel obtained a Bachelor of Arts from University of Malaya in 1972, majoring in History. Initially he became a teacher at the Goon Institute in Kuala Lumpur, and then at Maktab Adabi in Kuantan. In the same year as his graduation, he was elected Secretary of Petaling Branch of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC).

He moved on to become a Research Assistant at the Muzium Negara (National Museum). In 1974, he went back to Penang to join the Consumer Association of Penang. There he rose to the position of Executive Director. His next career move was to join Bernama as a journalist in 1977. There he was elevated to become the Economic News Editor. It was during this period he was invited to become a Press Secretary to the Minister of Works who was (and is) also the President of MIC. That set the stage for the crucial take-off in his political carrier. He was chosen as a candidate in the country's general elections in 1990 and had won every single election as a Member of Parliament ever since until his loss in the March 8.

Palanivel also had a stint in the corporate circle as a Business Adviser to Sports Toto and as Director of Telecoms Malaysia, Usha Martin and the Maharaja Network of Sri Lanka.

Positions in the Government commenced with Palanivel being appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Unity. He rose further to become the Deputy Minister of Rural Development of Malaysia from 1999 until 2004 when he was made the Deputy Minister of Welfare and Family Development.  He was appointed as Senator in May 2010 and became the Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities.  and in recent press announcement he will be make full minister at prime minister department.




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