M. Kulasegaran
M. Kulasegaran | |
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மு.குலசேகரன் | |
| Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Azalina Othman Said |
| Preceded by | Ramkarpal Singh |
| Constituency | Ipoh Barat |
| Minister of Human Resources | |
| In office 21 May 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Deputy | Mahfuz Omar |
| Preceded by | Richard Riot Jaem |
| Succeeded by | Saravanan Murugan |
| Constituency | Ipoh Barat |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Ipoh Barat | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Ho Cheong Sing (BN–MCA) |
| Majority | 598 (2004) 15,534 (2008) 29,038 (2013) 45,724 (2018) 56,667 (2022) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Telok Intan | |
| In office 17 May 1997 – 29 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Ong Tin Kim (BN–GERAKAN) |
| Succeeded by | Mah Siew Keong (BN–GERAKAN) |
| Majority | 2,916 (1997) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | M. Kula Segaran s/o V. Murugeson 10 August 1957 |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Spouse |
Kodi Krishnan
(m. 1986; div. 1997)Jayalachimi Kanapathy
(m. 1999) |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Website | ipohbaratvoice |
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M. Kula Segaran s/o V. Murugeson (Tamil: மு. குலசேகரன், romanized: Mu. Kulacēkaraṉ; born 10 August 1957), commonly known as Kula, is a Malaysian politician and lawyer. He has served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Laws and Institutional Reforms in the Unity Government under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Azalina Othman Said since December 2023. He has represented Ipoh Barat in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.
Kula previously served as Minister of Human Resources in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from 2018 to 2020, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Teluk Intan from 1997 to 1999. He was formerly the National Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component of the PH coalition and formerly of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Alternatif (BA).
His appointment as deputy minister in 2023 was notable, as few former cabinet ministers have returned to serve in subordinate roles; he was among three such appointees alongside Shamsul Anuar Nasarah and Noraini Ahmad. In February 2025, Kula announced that he would not contest in the DAP’s internal elections, saying he wished to support leadership renewal and make way for younger members.