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Kamalanathan s/o Panchanathan ( ta, பி.கமலநாதன், Pi.Kamalanātaṉ; born 18 October 1965) is a

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politician. He is a member of the

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(MIC) in the

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(BN) coalition. He was the former Member of the

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for the seat of

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and former Deputy Minister of Education I.

Political life

P. Kamalanathan was elected to Parliament in a

2010 Hulu Selangor by-election Hulu Selangor is a federal constituency in Hulu Selangor District, Selangor, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, th ...

after the death of the incumbent member Zainal Abidin Ahmad. The by-election saw the seat shift from Zainal's opposition

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(PKR) to the

. The MIC had sought to field veteran politician and defeated former Hulu Selangor Member of Parliament

G. Palanivel Datuk Seri Palanivel s/o K. Govindasamy ( ta, பழனிவேல் கோவிந்தசாமி, Paḻaṉivēl kōvintacāmi; born 1 March 1949), commonly known as G Palanivel is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Natu ...

, but Barisan Nasional's leaders wanted a lesser-known winnable candidate. On 16 May 2013, after winning the

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, P. Kamalanathan was appointed as Deputy Minister of Education and Higher Learning II under the new cabinet of Prime Minister

Najib Razak Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysi ...

. After a cabinet reshuffle by the Prime Minister Najib Razak on 28 July 2015, P Kamalanathan was promoted and appointed as the Deputy Minister of Education II. He is tri-lingual; English, Bahasa Melayu and Tamil. In the 2018 general election, P. Kamalanathan failed to be re-elected to the parliament.

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1965 births Living people Kuala Lumpur politicians Malaysian politicians of Indian descent Malaysian politicians of Tamil descent Malaysian Hindus Government ministers of Malaysia Members of the Dewan Rakyat Malaysian Indian Congress politicians 21st-century Malaysian politicians Officers of the Order of the Defender of the Realm {{Malaysia-politician-stub

Political life

Election results

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