Samy Vellu

Tun **Samy Vellu s/o Sangalimuthu** (; 8 March 1936 – 15 September 2022) was a Malaysian politician. He was the Minister of Works from June 1983 to June 1989 and again from May 1995 to March 2008. He was also the Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts from June 1989 to May 1995 and Minister of Works and Public Amenities from September 1979 to June 1983.

He was a Member of Parliament from September 1974 to March 2008. In December 2010, he announced his retirement from politics.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: Malay titles, Yang Amat Berbahagia Malay styles and titles#Tun, Tun
- **name**: S. Samy Vellu
- **native name lang**: Tamil
- **honorific-suffix**: Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia, SSM Orders, decorations, and medals of the Malaysian states and federal territories#Federal Territories, SUMW Orders, decorations, and medals of Pahang, SSAP Orders, decorations, and medals of Perak, SPMP Order of the Crown of Johor, SPMJ Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak, PNBS Order of the Crown of Selangor, DPMS List of post-nominal letters (Perak), PCM Order of the Defender of the Realm#Member, AMN Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA
- **image**: Samy Vellu 2004.jpg
- **caption**: Samy Vellu in 2004
- **office**: Minister of Works (Malaysia), Minister of Works
- **monarch**: Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Ja'afar
 Salahuddin of Selangor, Salahuddin
 Sirajuddin of Perlis, Sirajuddin
 Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Mizan Zainal Abidin
- **term start**: 8 May 1995
- **term end**: 18 March 2008
- **primeminister**: Mahathir Mohamad
 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **deputy**: Railey Jeffrey (1995–1999)
 Mohamed Khaled Nordin (1999–2004)
 Mohd Zin Mohamed (2004–2008)
- **predecessor**: Leo Moggie Irok
- **successor**: Mohd Zin Mohamed
- **constituency**: Sungai Siput (federal constituency), Sungai Siput
- **monarch1**: Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Ahmad Shah
 Iskandar of Johor, Iskandar
 Azlan Shah of Perak, Azlan Shah
- **term start1**: 15 September 1979
- **term end1**: 15 June 1989
- **primeminister1**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **deputy1**: Clarence E. Mansul (1979–1981)
 Nik Hussein Wan Abdul Rahman (1981–1983)
 Zainal Abidin Zin (1983–1986)
 Mustaffa Mohammad (1986–1987)
 Luhat Wan (1987–1989)
- **predecessor1**: Lee San Choon
- **successor1**: Leo Moggie Irok
- **constituency1**: Sungai Siput (federal constituency), Sungai Siput
- **office2**: Minister of Energy and Natural Resources (Malaysia), Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts
- **monarch2**: Azlan Shah of Perak, Azlan Shah
 Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Ja'afar
- **term start2**: 15 June 1989
- **term end2**: 7 May 1995
- **primeminister2**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **deputy2**: Abdul Ghani Othman (1989–1990)
 Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali (1990–1995)
- **predecessor2**: Leo Moggie Irok
- **successor2**: Leo Moggie Irok as Minister of Energy, Communications and Multimedia
- **constituency2**: Sungai Siput (federal constituency), Sungai Siput
- **office3**: 7th President of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
- **term start3**: 12 October 1979
- **term end3**: 6 December 2010
- **deputy3**: S. Subramaniam, Subramaniam Sinniah (1979-2006)
G. Palanivel (2006-2010)
- **predecessor3**: V. Manickavasagam
- **successor3**: G. Palanivel
- **constituency mp4**: Sungai Siput (federal constituency), Sungai Siput
- **parliament4**: Malaysian
- **term start4**: 16 September 1974
- **term end4**: 8 March 2008
- **majority4**: 644 (1974 Malaysian general election, 1974)
 5,141 (1978 Malaysian general election, 1978)
 7,897 (1982 Malaysian general election, 1982)
 4,436 (1986 Malaysian general election, 1986)
 1,763 (1990 Malaysian general election, 1990)
 15,610 	(1995 Malaysian general election, 1995)
 5,259 (1999 Malaysian general election, 1999)
 10,349 (2004 Malaysian general election, 2004)
- **predecessor4**: V. T. Sambanthan (Malaysian Indian Congress, MIC)
- **successor4**: Michael Jeyakumar (Socialist Party of Malaysia, PSM)
- **birth name**: Samy Vellu s/o Sangalimuthu
- **birth place**: Kluang, Johor, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
- **death place**: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- **citizenship**: Malaysian people, Malaysian
- **party**: Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
- **otherparty**: Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
- **occupation**: Politician
- **profession**: Architect
- **spouse**: Indrani Samy Vellu
- **children**: 1