Saraswathy Kandasami
Saraswathy Kandasami is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Ewon Benedick as well as Senator since December 2022. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. She has served as the Vice President of PKR since July 2022. Political career

Vice President of the People's Justice Party (since 2022)
After the 2022 PKR party election on 20 July 2022, President of PKR Anwar appointed Saraswathy as the Vice President of PKR, serving alongside four elected vice presidents Amirudin Shari, Aminuddin Harun, Chang Lih Kang and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad as well as two appointed vice presidents Nurul Izzah Anwar and Awang Husaini Sahari. Candidate for the Member of Parliament (2022)
In the 2022 general election, Saraswathy made her electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Tapah federal seat. She lost to defending MP Saravanan Murugan of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a minority of 5,064 votes. Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives & Senator (since 2022)
On 10 December 2022, Prime Minister Anwar appointed Saraswathy as Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives, deputising for Minister Ewon. As she was not an MP, Sarawasthy was also appointed as Senator for her to hold the deputy ministerial position. Election results

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Living people
21st-century Malaysian women politicians
People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians
Women government ministers of Malaysia
Malaysian lawyers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women members of the Dewan Negara
Malaysian politicians of Indian descent