Kesavadas Achyuthan Nair Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Senator Dato'
Kesavadas Achyuthan Nair
Monarch2:Abdullah
Primeminister2:Mahathir Mohamad

Muhyiddin Yassin

Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Term Start2:20 March 2019
Term End2:19 March 2022
Predecessor2:Chong Sin Woon
Successor2:Himself
Birth Name:Kesavadas a/l A. Achyuthan Nair
Birth Date:11 June 1959
Birth Place:Klang, Selangor, Federation of Malaya
Party: Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Otherparty: Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Occupation:Politician
Office3:State Vice Chairman of the
Democratic Action Party of Negeri Sembilan
Term Start3:2021
Term End3:29 September 2024
Alongside3:Teo Kok Seong
Successor3:Arul Kumar Jambunathan
1Blankname3:Secretary-General
1Namedata3:Lim Guan Eng

Anthony Loke Siew Fook
2Blankname3:State chairman
2Namedata3:Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Office1:Senator
Monarch1:Abdullah

Ibrahim
Primeminister1:Ismail Sabri Yaakob

Anwar Ibrahim
Predecessor1:Himself
Alongside2:Ahmad Azam Hamzah
Alongside1:Ahmad Azam Hamzah
Termstart1:25 April 2022

Dato' Kesavadas s/o A. Achyuthan Nair[1] is a Malaysian politician who has served as a Senator representing Negeri Sembilan from May 2019 to May 2022 and again since April 2022. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

Career

At the party level, Kesavadas was a state vice chairman of DAP of the Negeri Sembilan alongside with Teo Kok Seong from 2021 until 2024.[2]

On 20 March 2019, Kesavadas was elected to the Parliament as the senator representing Negeri Sembilan for the first term after being nominated and approved by the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.[3] On 19 March 2022, his first 3-year term ended. On 25 April 2022, he was reelected as the senator for the second term after being renominated and reapproved by the assembly.

Kesavadas also discussed the establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry regarding the cartel of non-halal imported meat that was detected in 2020 and the government has agreed to set up the commission.[4]

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kesavadas a/l A. Achyuthan Nair, YB Senator Dato'. www.parlimen.gov.my.
  2. Web site: Negeri Sembilan state committee 2021–2024. dapmalaysia.org.
  3. Web site: Kesavadas Nair of DAP sworn in as senator. www.malaymail.com. 20 March 2019.
  4. Web site: Isu kartel daging: Kerajaan setuju tubuh RCI. www.sinarharian.com.my.
  5. Web site: Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang Dan Pingat. www.istiadat.gov.my.