What is Samy Vellu?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[Malay titles|Yang Amat Berbahagia]] [[Malay styles and titles#Tun|Tun]] | name = S. Samy Vellu | native_name = {{nobold|ச. சாமிவேலு}} | native_name_lang = Tamil | honorific-suffix = [[Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia|SSM]] [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Malaysian states and federal territories#Federal Territories|SUMW]] [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Pahang|SSAP]] [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Perak|SPMP]] [[Order of the Crown of Johor|SPMJ]] [[Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak|PNBS]] [[Order of the Crown of Selangor|DPMS]] [[List of post-nominal letters (Perak)|PCM]] [[Order of the Defender of the Realm#Member|AMN]] [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] | image = Samy Vellu 2004.jpg | caption = Samy Vellu in 2004 | office = [[Minister of Works (Malaysia)|Minister of Works]]{{efn|Minister of Works and Public Amenities (1979&ndash;1983)}} | monarch = [[Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan|Ja'afar]] <br/> [[Salahuddin of Selangor|Salahuddin]] <br/> [[Sirajuddin of Perlis|Sirajuddin]] <br/> [[Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu|Mizan Zainal Abidin]] | term_start = 8 May 1995 | term_end = 18 March 2008 | primeminister = [[Mahathir Mohamad]] <br/> [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]] | deputy = [[Railey Jeffrey]] (1995–1999) <br/> [[Mohamed Khaled Nordin]] (1999–2004) <br/> [[Mohd Zin Mohamed]] (2004–2008) | predecessor = Leo Moggie Irok | successor = [[Mohd Zin Mohamed]] | constituency = [[Sungai Siput (federal constituency)|Sungai Siput]] | monarch1 = [[Ahmad Shah of Pahang|Ahmad Shah]] <br/> [[Iskandar of Johor|Iskandar]] <br/> [[Azlan Shah of Perak|Azlan Shah]] | term_start1 = 15 September 1979 | term_end1 = 15 June 1989 | primeminister1 = [[Mahathir Mohamad]] | deputy1 = Clarence E. Mansul (1979–1981) <br/> Nik Hussein Wan Abdul Rahman (1981–1983) <br/>