M. Kayveas
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 Dr. M. Kayveas is a Malaysian politician and president of the People's Progressive Party
People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)
The People's Progressive Party is a political party in Malaysia.The party is one of the constituent members of the ruling National Front and is a multiracial party.-History:...

 (PPP). He was formerly a Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department.

He was the Member of Parliament for Taiping
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 constituency, losing in the 2008 Malaysian General Election
Malaysian general election, 2008
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 to a candidate from the opposition Democratic Action Party
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. Previously, he was a senator in the Malaysian bicameral parliament. Kayveas was conferred the title of 'Datuk' by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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 on June 1, 1996.

Background

Kayveas was born on April 29, 1954, in Benta Estate, Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia. He is married to Datin Blanche Olbery.

He became president of PPP People's Progressive Party
People's Progressive Party (Malaysia)
The People's Progressive Party is a political party in Malaysia.The party is one of the constituent members of the ruling National Front and is a multiracial party.-History:...

, a component member of the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional
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, in 1993. He was credited for putting the PPP on a strong footing after many years of internal strife within the party. Membership of the PPP in the coalition was suspended from 1988 until 1993. When Kayveas started restructuring the party and brought it back to the coalition in 1994, many old timers who caused the party's internal squables wanted to take back the helm and push Kayveas out.
However, he emerged victorious and worked on growing the party and regaining its past glory. Today, the PPP is 574,000 strong with a network of over 3700 branches throughout the country. The restructure started with Kayveas himself having a membership card signed by the secretary-general as #000001 and all subsequent cards are personally signed by Kayveas as President himself. It is also understood that the Malaysian Book of Records is notified and it would be registered as the most number of signatue of sorts.

Former deputy minister

Kayveas was a Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, which is a ministry by itself. Kayveas previous responsibilities as a deputy minister includes:
  • Pardon's Board
  • Attorney General's Chambers
  • Legal Affairs Division
  • Legal Aid Bureau
  • Public Trustees (Amanah Raya Berhad)
  • KL Regional Centre for Arbitration
  • Department of Insovency Malaysia
  • Office of the Chief Registrar of the Federal Court

Controversy

In July 2007, Kayveas was alleged to have mentioned an ultimatum to leave the Barisan Nasional coalition if the ISA is not amended and his party is not given any allocation of seats in the next general election. He later clarified that there was no such thing as an ultimatum but simply stating the PPP's stand and made a 'friendly request' on the seats .

Murugiah & ROS Issue

The Registrar of Societies (ROS) has affirmed that Kayveas, and not former Youth chief Datuk T. Murugiah, is the rightful president of PPP. ROS has also stated that the extraordinary general meeting called by Murugiah, and which elected him as the president, was invalid. Further the ROS also ruled that the Murugiah's sacking from the party by the committee headed by Kayveas was valid and effective.These findings were revealed by Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein
Hishammuddin Hussein
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 at a press conference in Putrajaya
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