| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Hormat Dato' Sri |
| Devamany Krishnasamy | |
| Office: | Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department |
| Constituency: | Senator |
| Primeminister: | Najib Razak |
| Term Start: | 27 June 2016 |
| Term End: | 9 May 2018 |
| Minister: | Abdul Rahman Dahlan |
| Predecessor: | Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy |
| Monarch1: | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
| Primeminister1: | Najib Razak |
| Term Start1: | 19 March 2008 |
| Term End1: | 15 May 2013 |
| Minister1: | Bernard Giluk Dompok (2008–2009) Koh Tsu Koon (2008–2013) Idris Jala (2009–2015) |
| Predecessor1: | Position Established |
| Successor1: | Position Abolished |
| Constituency1: | Cameron Highlands |
| Constituency Mp3: | Cameron Highlands, Pahang |
| Parliament3: | Malaysian |
| Term Start3: | 21 March 2004 |
| Term End3: | 5 May 2013 |
| Majority3: | 6,260 (2004) 3,117 (2008) |
| Predecessor3: | New constituency |
| Successor3: | Palanivel Govindasamy (BN–MIC) |
| Office2: | Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 28 June 2013 |
| Term End2: | 30 June 2016 |
| 2Blankname2: | Menteri Besar |
| 2Namedata2: | Zambry Abdul Kadir |
| Deputy2: | Nasarudin Hashim |
| Predecessor2: | Ganesan Retanam |
| Successor2: | Thangasvari Suppiah |
| Constituency2: | non–MP (Barisan Nasional) |
| Birth Name: | Devamany s/o S. Krishnasamy |
| Birth Date: | 1958 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Semanggol, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Spouse: | Saraswathy Nallaiah |
| Children: | 3 daughters |
| Alma Mater: | University of Malaya (UM) |
| Native Name Lang: | Tamil |
Devamany s/o S. Krishnasamy (ta|தேவமணி கிருஷ்ணசாமி|Tēvamaṇi kiruṣṇacāmi; born 10 September 1958), also known as S. K. Devamany, is a Malaysian politician. He is the incumbent Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a major component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was a Senator in Dewan Negara; the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia and served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (EPU) (2016-2018) in previous government.[1]
Previously he was also the Perak State Legislative Assembly Speaker from 28 June 2013 to 30 June 2016. He formerly served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department under the Barisan Nasional government while being member of the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Cameron Highlands constituency in Pahang for two terms from 21 March 2004 to 5 May 2013.
Devamany was born on 10 September 1957 in Semanggol, Perak and received his early education at King Edward VII School in Taiping.[2] In 1978, he qualified as a teacher from the Special Education Teachers' Institute in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. He then furthered his studies and graduated with a degree in Malay Literature from University Malaya in 1982.[3]
Dewamany is married to Saraswathy Nallaiah and the couple has three daughters.
Devamany was picked to be the treasurer general of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) replacing Tan Sri Mahalingam in 2008.[4] He becomes MIC current Deputy President after winning the party re-election in 2015[5] [6] when ROS nullified the 1 December 2013 party's earlier election in which he failed to retain the Vice-President position he previously held since 2009.[7] [8]
Devamany was first elected to the Parliament of Malaysia in the 2004 election for the seat of Cameron Highlands, Pahang.[4] He held his seat in the 2008 election despite widespread losses by the MIC, leaving him as one of only three MIC members of the Dewan Rakyat. After the 2008 election, Devamany was appointed a Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department.[9] [10]
For the 2013 Malaysian General Election, Devamany was selected to contest the Sungai Siput, Perak parliamentary constituency. However, he was defeated by incumbent Michael Jeyakumar from Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) who had contested under the tickets of People's Justice Party (PKR).
On 28 June 2013, he was voted in as the new Perak State Legislative Assembly Speaker, receiving 31 votes to his opponent's 28.[11] He served as the Perak State Legislative Assembly Speaker from June 2013 to June 2016.
Devamany was appointed as Senator and once again as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (EPU) in the federal government on 27 June 2016.[1]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P078 Cameron Highlands | (MIC) | 10,226 | 72.05% | Apalasamy Jataliah (DAP) | 3,966 | 27.95% | 15,202 | 6,260 | 65.92% | ||||
| 2008 | (MIC) | 9,164 | 60.25% | Apalasamy Jataliah (DAP) | 6,047 | 39.75% | 16,456 | 3,117 | 70.14% | |||||
| 2013 | P062 Sungai Siput | Devamany Krishnasamy (MIC) | 18,800 | 45.17% | (PKR) | 21,593 | 51.89% | 41,617 | 2,793 | 80.70% | ||||
| (IND) | 197 | 0.47% | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Devamany Krishnasamy (MIC) | 15,210 | 35.60% | Kesavan Subramaniam (PKR) | 20,817 | 48.72% | 42,726 | 5,607 | 77.68% | |||||
| Ishak Ibrahim (PAS) | 5,194 | 13.84% | ||||||||||||
| bgcolor= | Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (PSM) | 1,505 | 3.52% | |||||||||||