Raven Kumar Krishnasamy

{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Indian name|Raven Kumar|Krishnasamy|note=on}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan

| name = Raven Kumar Krishnasamy

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|KMN|MLA (Johor)}}

| native_name = {{nobold|ராவன் குமார் கிருஷ்ணாசம்}}

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| birth_place = Johor, Malaysia

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| office = Member of the
Johor State Executive Council

| monarch = Ibrahim Iskandar

| 1blankname = Menteri Besar

| 1namedata = Onn Hafiz Ghazi

| term_start = 13 February 2024
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| term_end =

| predecessor = Himself
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Ling Tian Soon
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| successor =

| constituency = Tenggaroh

| monarch1 = Ibrahim Iskandar

| 1blankname1 = Menteri Besar

| 1namedata1 = Onn Hafiz Ghazi

| term_start1 = 26 March 2022

| term_end1 = 13 February 2024
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| predecessor1 = Onn Hafiz Ghazi
{{small|(Tourism)}}
Vidyananthan Ramanadhan
{{small|(Environment)}}
Mazlan Bujang
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| successor1 = Himself
{{small|(Culture and Heritage)}}
Onn Hafiz Ghazi
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Ling Tian Soon
{{small|(Environment)}}

| constituency1 = Tenggaroh

| constituency_AM2 = Tenggaroh

| assembly2 = Johor State Legislative

| term_start2 = 5 May 2013

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| predecessor2 = Murukasvary Thanarajan
(BN–MIC)

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| majority2 = 1,356 (2022)

| office3 = Youth Chief of the
Malaysian Indian Congress

| president3 = Vigneswaran Sanasee

| term_start3 = 22 October 2021

| term_end3 = 9 June 2024

| predecessor3 = Thinalan T Rajagopalu

| successor3 = Arvind Krishnan

| office4 = Faction represented in Johor State Legislative Assembly

| subterm4 = 2013–

| suboffice4 = Barisan Nasional

| citizenship = Malaysian

| party = Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)

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| occupation = Politician

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| father = Krishnasamy Shiman

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Raven Kumar s/o Krishnasamy is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi since March 2022 and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tenggaroh since May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the BN coalition. He has served as the Youth Chief of MIC from October 2021 until June 2024. His father is Krishnasamy Shiman, the Tenggaroh MLA from 1990 to his assassination in an MIC building in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.bernama.com/bm/news.php?id=2015889|title=Ketua Pemuda, Putera dan Puteri MIC menang tanpa bertanding, persaingan bagi Ketua Wanita|website=Bernama|date=22 October 2021|accessdate=15 March 2022|language=Ms}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/10/22/mic-youth-putera-puteri-chief-posts-won-uncontested|title=MIC Youth, Putera and Puteri Chief posts won uncontested|work=The Star|date=22 October 2021|accessdate=15 March 2022}}