G._Rama_Iyer
G. Rama Iyer
Malaysian civil servant (1932–2020)
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]
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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.
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]