Subramaniam Sinniah
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Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' S. Subramaniam |
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| Member of Parliament for Segamat |
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In office 1990–2004 |
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| Preceded by | unknown |
| Succeeded by | Subramaniam Sathasivam |
| Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress | |
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In office 12 October 1979 – June 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu |
| Succeeded by | G. Palanivel |
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| Born | 26 October 1944 |
| Political party | MIC (1964-now) |
| Religion | Hindu |
S. Subramaniam here refers to the former deputy president of the Malaysian Indian Congress. For the government cabinet minister of the same name, see Subramaniam Sathasivam
Tan Sri Dato' Subramaniam Sinniah (Tamil: சி. சுப்ரமணியம்; born 26 October 1944), or S. Subramaniam as he is known to his supporters, is a Malaysian politician of Indian origin who was deputy president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a major component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN), from 1979 to 2006. He was also Member of Parliament for Segamat and served as Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs.
When V. Manickavasagam became president of the Malaysian Indian Congress, he decided to introduce new faces to the party in leadership positions. This was the time when Subramaniam, K. Pathmanaban, a Harvard MBA holder, and several others entered the political arena to infuse new blood into MIC, and Manickavasagam gave them preference. They were young, well-educated and ambitious but lacked grassroots experience.
This made Samy Vellu bitter as he was one of the five leaders who dared defy former president V.T. Sambanthan and propel Manickavasagam to the presidency of the party.
Subramaniam, then the Secretary General of MIC, was hand-picked by Manickavasagam to succeed him; however, Samy Vellu fought back, literally, and in 1977 party elections edged over Subramaniam by a mere 26 votes to become the Deputy President of MIC.
When Manickavasagam died suddenly on 12 October 1979, Samy Vellu became the Acting President. But it was a divided party that Samy Vellu took over, with the rank and file on his side, and much of the Indian intelligentsia backing Subramaniam. In the ensuing years, Samy Vellu worked hard to remake MIC in his image. In 1981, Samy Vellu almost moved to sack Subramaniam, but following a 20-minute private talk with the latter, both came to some form of understanding, and peace prevailed in the party for the next five years.
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