# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waytha-moorthy-ponnusamy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:58:21.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waytha-moorthy-ponnusamy"
name: "Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy"
slug: "waytha-moorthy-ponnusamy"
description: "Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy, sometimes spelled Waythamoorthy, is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of National Unity and Social Wellbeing in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department from May 2013 to his resignation in February 2014 and Senator from June 2013 to his resignation in February 2014 and again from his appointment to the Cabinet in July 2018 to July 2021. He has served as the 1st and founding President of the Malaysian Advancement Party (MAP) since July 2019. He is also known as a former key leader of the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF)."
tagline: "Malaysian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Profile_picture_of_YB_Waytha_Moorthy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1966-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.415336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/waytha"
    handle:    "waytha"
sources:
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    title: "وايثا مورثى پونوسامى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waytha_Moorthy_Ponnusamy"
    title: "Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "வேதமூர்த்தி பொன்னுசாமி"
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    title: "瓦塔慕迪"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump