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Tan Sri G.K. Rama Iyer (Tamil: ஜி. ராமா ஐயர்) (13 March 1932 – 17 March 2020)[1] was a Malaysian civil servant, who served as Secretary-General of the Primary Industries Ministry and chairman of Malaysian Airlines. He did much for the civil service in the years following independence.[2]
He was born in 1932 in Penang. His father was V.K. Ganapathy Iyer, a teacher at Penang Free School. Rama himself was educated in Penang Free School.[citation needed]
Rama was the older brother to lawyer Sulaiman Abdullah.[3] Another brother, G. Krishna Iyer, served as headmaster of Penang Free School from 1983 to 1988.[4][5][6] A third brother is Australia-based doctor Dr Lakshmanasamy Iyer.[6]
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edit- ^ Vengadesan, Martin (19 March 2020). "Farewell to Rama Iyer, an eminent servant of old Malaysia". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "MAS first chairman dies | New Straits Times".
- ^ "Former Bar Council president Sulaiman dies". Malaysiakini. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "In tandem with the nation". thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ https://m.malaysiakini.com/columns/654192
- ^ a b Vengadesan, Martin (7 February 2023). "COMMENT | You did it your way, Uncle Krish". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- In tandem with the nation, The Star, 5 August 2007.
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