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Place of Birth: Kluang, Johor, Malaysia
About Samy Vellu
- Tun Samy Vellu s/o Sangalimuthu, (Tamil: ?.
- ???? ????, romanized: Ca.
- Cami velu; born 8 March 1936); is a Malaysian Indian politician.
- He is the seventh president and the longest-serving President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, holding the position from 1979 to 2010, for 11 consecutive terms.
- Beginning in 1979, he held a succession of ministerial portfolios in the Cabinet of Malaysia, including two long stints as Minister of Works, until he lost his parliamentary seat in the 2008 general election; by that time he was the longest-serving minister in the Cabinet.
- He subsequently announced his intended retirement in December 2010, paving the way for his deputy G.
- Palanivel to succeed him as party leader.
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