MIC President.
Datuk Seri G. Palanivel
Datuk
Seri G. Palanivel became the 8 th President of the Malaysian Indian
Congress on 6 December 2010. He rose through rank and file in MIC after
he had a long and eventful membership since 1968 while in Penang, his
hometown. He took over the helm of leadership from Dato Seri S Samy
Vellu in a smooth transition of power.
Profile
Datuk
Seri G. Palanivel became the 8 th President of the Malaysian Indian
Congress on 6 December 2010. He rose through rank and file in MIC after
he had a long and eventful membership since 1968 while in Penang, his
hometown. He took over the helm of leadership from Dato Seri S Samy
Vellu in a smooth transition of power.
He
was appointed as a Senator on May 2010.Currently he is the Minister of
Natural Resources and Environment. He is also the member of Parliament
for Cameron Highland.
Datuk
Seri G. Palanivel’s position in the government began when he was
appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Welfare and
National Unity in 1995.
Later,
he became the Deputy Minister of Rural Development of Malaysia from
1999 until 2004. In 2005 was made the Deputy Minister of Welfare and
Family Development. He continued as the Deputy Minister until March
2008.
His
involvement with MIC goes back to the time when he was 19 years old,
when he first became a member in the Jelutong MIC branch in Penang in
1968. He has, through his track record, shown his enormous capacity and
passion to work relentlessly for the people, particularly the Indians.
He has at every stage devised new programmes to reach out to the people
which have benefited them directly or has created awareness on the role
and avenues, both of the private sector and the government, that can be
exploited for the benefit of the people.
Datuk
Seri G. Palanivel obtained a Bachelor of Arts from University of Malaya
in 1972, majoring in History. He was at first a teacher at the Goon
Institute in Kuala Lumpur, and then a lecturer at Maktab Adabi in
Kuantan. It was also during this time that he was elected as the
Secretary of Petaling Branch of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC).
In
1987, Datuk Seri G. Palanivel was appointed as Press Secretary to the
then Minister of Works, Dato Seri S Samy Vellu, who was also the
President of MIC. The stage was set for the take-off of Datuk Seri G.
Palanivel’s career in mainstream politics. He was chosen as a candidate
in the country’s general elections in 1990 and since that historic win,
he has not looked back. He is the new dynamic leader of the MIC and has
promised to take it into a direction that will bring better support from
the people of Malaysia, particularly the Indians.
Datuk
Seri G. Palanivel is married to Datin Kanagam Ramanujam and they have 4
sons. Their eldest son, who is married, has given them three grandsons.
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Political Career
| 1990 – 2008: | Member of Parliament, Hulu Selangor. (During the political tsunami of March 2008 General Elections, I was defeated by a narrow margin of 198 votes – less than 0.05% of the total votes cast) | ||||
| 1995 – 1999: | Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of National Unity and Community Development | ||||
| 1999 – 2004: | Deputy Minister, Ministry of Rural Development | ||||
| 2004 – 2008: | Deputy Minister, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development | ||||
| 2009 August – Present: | Appointed by Prime Minister as Parliamentary Coordinator of Hulu Selangor | ||||
| 2010 May – 2013 May: | Senator | ||||
| 2010 June – 2013: | Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Modernisation and Management, Public Administration, Public Complaints | ||||
| 2013 – Present: | Minister of Natural Resources and Environment | ||||
| 2013 – Present: | Member of Parliament, Cameron Highland |
| 1968: | Youth member, MIC Jelutong Branch, Penang. | ||||
| 1972: | Secretary , MIC Petaling Branch, Wilayah Persekutuan | ||||
| 1975: | Member MIC Tanjong East Branch, Penang | ||||
| 1987: | Committee Member, MIC Taman Melawati Branch. | ||||
| 1990 – Present: | MIC Bandar Bukit Beruntung (formerly known as Pekan KKB) Branch Chairman | ||||
| 1991 – 1994: | MIC Treasurer General | ||||
| 1995 – Present: | MIC Hulu Selangor Division Chairman | ||||
| 1994 – 2006: | MIC Vice President | ||||
| 1997 – Present: | Selangor State MIC Chief | ||||
| 2006 – 2010: | MIC Deputy President | ||||
| 2010 Dec – Present: | MIC President |
| 1970 – 1972: | Part time lecturer at Goon Institute, Kuala Lumpur |
| 1972: | Joined Maktab Kadir Adabi, Pahang as lecturer |
| 1973: | Research officer for the Bujang Valley Archaeological Project, Muzium Negara |
| 1974 – 1977: | Executive Director of Consumers Association Penang and Editor of its newsletter,Utusan Konsumer |
| 1977: | Helped Launch Sahabat Alam Malaysia in Penang (Friends of the Earth Malaysia) |
| 1977 April – 1987: | Journalist and News Editor at Domestic and Economic News Desk of BERNAMA (Malaysian National News Agency) |
| 1987: | Appointed Press Secretary to Works Minister |
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