# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samy-vellu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:49:21.827Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samy-vellu"
name: "Samy Vellu"
slug: "samy-vellu"
description: "Samy Vellu s/o Sangalimuthu was a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Works from June 1983 to June 1989 and again from May 1995 to March 2008, Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts from June 1989 to May 1995, Minister of Works and Public Amenities from September 1979 to June 1983 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Siput from September 1974 to March 2008. He was a member and served as 7th President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, from October 1979 to December 2010. He is the longest-serving MIC president having held the position for 31 years and one of the longest-serving Cabinet ministers at 29 years. In December 2010, he announced his retirement from politics, paving the way for then MIC Deputy President Palanivel Govindasamy to succeed him as the new party president."
tagline: "Malaysian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samy_Vellu_2004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-03-08"
deathDate: "2022-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.36
  momentum:             0.9968253968253968
  historical:           8.195685333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "سامي فيلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سامى ڤيلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Samy Vellu"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samy_Vellu"
    title: "Samy Vellu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samy_Vellu"
    title: "Samy Vellu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samy_Vellu"
    title: "Samy Vellu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A._%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81"
    title: "ச. சாமிவேலு"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E7%BE%8E%E5%A8%81%E9%AD%AF"
    title: "三美威魯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E7%BE%8E%E5%A8%81%E9%AD%AF"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump