Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu


Edmund Santhara @ Santhara Kumar s/o Ramanaidu is a Malaysian politician, businessman and entrepreneur. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament for Segamat in the state of Johor and was the People's Justice Party national integration bureau chairman. He was also PKR coordinator for Segamat. He is the first non-indigenous Malaysian politician to be an allied member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party, a component party of the Perikatan Nasional ruling coalition in Malaysia.

Career prior to politics

Santhara joined Masterskill in October 2004 as the director of Business Development, where he was tasked with improving the company's growth opportunities. In January 2005, he was appointed as the chief operating officer, responsible for overall management. In September of the same year, Santhara was promoted to chief executive officer. According to the group's website, Masterskill is the largest nursing and allied health sciences education group in Malaysia and one of the largest in the Asia Pacific region.
In 2017, Santhara announced his decision to quit as the CEO of Masterskill Education Group Bhd to concentrate on his political career.

Political career

Santhara contested the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat as an independent in the 2013 general election but gained only 999 votes. He stood in the 2018 general election in the Segamat seat, representing PH-PKR, and was elected with 52.11% of the vote.

Election results

Orders, awards and recognition

Public awards