Arumugam Vengatarakoo

Arumugam Vengatarakoo
Member of the
Kedah State Executive Council
In office
2008–2009
MonarchAbdul Halim
Menteri BesarAzizan Abdul Razak
Succeeded byManikumar Subramaniam
ConstituencyBukit Selambau
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
for Bukit Selambau
In office
8 March 2008  2009
Preceded bySaravanan Velia Udayar
(BNMIC)
Succeeded byManikumar Subramanian
(PRPKR)
Majority2,362 (2008)
Personal details
Born (1954-11-10) 10 November 1954
Sungai Petani, Kedah, Federation of Malaya
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR) (2008–present)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–present)
OccupationPolitician

Arumugam s/o Vengatarakoo is a Malaysian politician and was a member of the State Assembly of Kedah for the seat of Bukit Selambau from 2008 to 2009.

Arumugam was elected in the 2008 election as an independent, but immediately joined the People's Justice Party in the new Pakatan Rakyat coalition government of Kedah. He was appointed to the Executive Council to represent Kedah's Indian community in the state government. However, in February 2009, Arumugam resigned from the Executive Council and the State Assembly, triggering a by-election.

Before entering politics, Arumugam was a member of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Arumugam has served as Merbok PKR Branch Chief from 2022 to 2025.