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Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Dr.
M Kayveas
PSM SMW PJN JP
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Dr. M Kayveas PSM SMW PJN JP
எம் கேவியஸ்
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Taiping
	In office; 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Kerk Choo Ting ; (BN–Gerakan)
Succeeded by	Nga Kor Ming ; (PR–DAP)
Majority	2,172 (2004)
President of People's Progressive Party
	In office; 1993–2018
Preceded by	S. I. Rajah
Succeeded by	Maglin Dennis D'Cruz
Personal details
Born	29 April 1954 (age 70); Benta Estate, Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	MyPPP
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (until 2018)
Spouse	Blanche Olbery
Children	Marsella Kayveas, Yasheena Kayveas, Mikhaerl Kayveas and Mikhryan Kayveas
Residence	Kuala Lumpur
Alma mater	University of Buckingham
Occupation	Politician, flight attendant
Website	www.kayveas.com

Tan Sri Datuk Seri M. Kayveas (Tamil: எம் கேவியஸ், romanized: Em kēviyas; born 29 April 1954) is a Malaysian politician. He was also the President of the People's Progressive Party (MyPPP) and formerly a Special Advisor to the former Minister of Transport Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He was formerly a Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department.

He was the Member of Parliament for Taiping constituency, until losing in the 2008 Malaysian General Election to Nga Kor Ming a candidate from the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP). Previously, he was a senator in the Malaysian bicameral parliament and a Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government.

Background

Kayveas was born on 29 April 1954, in Benta Estate, Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia. He is married to Blanche Olbery, formerly a Malaysian Ambassador to Republic of Finland, and has four children, Marsella Kayveas, Yasheena Kayveas, Mikhaerl Kayveas and Mikhryan Kayveas.

Kayveas was a Flight Attendant with Malaysia Airlines.

In 1993, Kayveas became president of People's Progressive Party (PPP), a component member of the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional, and is the longest serving PPP president to date. 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 squabbles 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 signature of sorts.

Personal life

Kayveas who was formerly known as K.V.S ( K.V. Supramaniam ) was a born Hindu. Kayveas is a graduate from University of Buckingham,^{[citation needed]} Buckingham, England.

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
AmanahRaya
KL Regional Centre for Arbitration
Department of Insolvency 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 .^[1]

Election results

**Perak State Legislative Assembly**^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N55 Pasir Bedamar		M. Kayveas (PPP)	5,823	23.26%		Terence Naidu (DAP)	18,860	75.35%	25,031	13,037	79.70%

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[6]^[2] ^[7]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	P060 Taiping	M. Kayveas (PPP)	20,129	47.41%	Ong Chee Keng (DAP)	17,957	42.29%	44,821	2,172	68.91%
2004		M. Kayveas (PPP)	20,129	47.41%	Annah Dorai Pakiri (PKR)	4,371	10.30%	44,821	2,172	68.91%
2008		M. Kayveas (PPP)	16,800	35.65%	Nga Kor Ming (DAP)	28,098	59.63%	47,123	11,298	71.52%
2022	P065 Ipoh Barat	M. Kayveas (IND)	378	0.48%	M. Kulasegaran (DAP)	63,915	81.57%	78,356	56,667	68.34%
					Low Guo Nan (MCA)	7,248	9.25%
					Chek Kwong Weng (GERAKAN)	6,815	8.70%