Vijayaratnam Seevaratnam Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Dato' Dr.
S. Vijayaratnam
Honorific-Suffix: PJK
Office:Vice-President of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
Term Start:2005
Term End:2008
Office1:Ministerial roles
Subterm1:2005–2008
Suboffice1:Parliamentary Secretary of Plantation Industries and Commodities
Office9:Faction represented in Dewan Negara
Subterm9:2005–2008
Suboffice9:Barisan Nasional
Birth Date:11 June 1950
Birth Place:Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Federation of Malaya
Death Place:Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Spouse:Anusha Tharumaratnam
Children:4
Father:S.Seeveratnam
Mother:Vijayalakshimi
Brother:S Jothiratnam
Profession:Medical doctor

Vijayaratnam s/o Seevaratnam (11 June 1950 – 3 November 2008) was a Malaysian politician of Ceylonese-Indian descent and one of the vice-presidents of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (PGRM) from 2005 to 2008.[1]

Biography

His father, S. Seeveratnam was Seremban Barat Member of Parliament (DAP) whilst his uncle, S. Rajaratnam served as Minister for Culture, Minister for Labour, Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Senior Minister of Singapore. Vijayaratnam studied in Saint Paul's Institution, a prominent school and was married to Datin Anusha Tharumaratnam in which the couple are blessed with four children (three daughters and a son) namely Ashta (born 1984), Ayra (born 1986), Seeralan (born 1994) and Ahalya (born 1996), all who were aged 12, 14, 22 and 24 when he passed away (as of 2024, they are now grown adults aged 28, 30, 38 and 40 years old respectively).

From 1997 to 1999, he was a member of the Seremban Municipal Council. In 2002, he became a Malaysian senator and later in 2005, he became Parliamentary Secretary for the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry. Besides political offices, he was also an involved with a number of professional and social bodies in lieu of his lifetime profession outside politics as a medical doctor. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health in London, England. In 1999, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Indian College of General Practitioners of New Delhi and eight years later in 2007, he was made a Fellow of Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

He was a life member of the Malaysian Medical Association.[2]

He died accidentally after falling from the roof of his clinic building in Jalan Tunku Hassan, Seremban.[3]

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tribute to a True Malaysian. PGRM . 3 November 2008. 3 December 2008.
  2. Web site: Kah Lin. Khoo. Press Statement on the demise of Dr.S.Vijayaratnam. Dr.Khoo Kah Lin. 17 February 2013.
  3. Web site: Gerakan V–P Vijayaratnam falls from rooftop. SARBAN SINGH. C.S. NATHAN . LESTER KONG. 4 November 2008. The Star Online. 31 January 2024.
  4. Web site: CARIAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN / BINTANG / PINGAT TAHUN 1981 - 2010. ipingatns.ns.gov.my.