Education
National University of Singapore.
National University of Singapore.
Datuk Seri Doctor Subramaniam s/o. He served as Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (Ministry of Information and Communication), a major component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) until he sacked by the party President. He is the one of the two full Ministers representing the Malaysian Indian community.
Doctor Subra, as he is known to many, is a dermatologist by training.
He served as Parliament Secretary of Ministry of Housing and Local Government from 2004 till 2008. He was one of only three Ministry of Information and Communication candidates who managed to retain their parliamentary seats in the 2008 general elections.
Previously, he had been the parliamentary secretary to the Housing and Local Government Minister. In 2008 he was appointed Minister for Human Resources.
He said his appointment would benefit low-income groups, especially Indians.
He also said issues related to Indians and employment was one of the reasons the Ministry of Information and Communication had been given the human resources portfolio in the Cabinet and he would seek solutions. He said:
The Prime Minister (Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) is hopeful that issues related to unemployment, low numbers enrolled in skills" training institutes and the plight of estate workers among the Indian community can be effectively addressed through the ministry
He served as Human Resource Minister from 18 March 2008 until 5 May 2013. After the 2013 electiong, he became the Minister for Health, nominating preventive health and public awareness of health issues as priorities.
He has been the Member of Parliament representing Segamat since 2004.