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Ambiga Sreenevasan

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Ambiga Sreenevasan (Tamil: அம்பிகா சீனிவாசன், romanized: Ampikā cīṉivācaṉ; born 1956) is a Malaysian lawyer and human rights advocate, and one of eight recipients of the US International Women of Courage Award in 2009. She was the president of the Malaysian Bar Council from 2007 to 2009, and co-chairperson of Bersih, an NGO coalition advocating for free and fair elections. She previously served in the executive committee of the Women's Aid Organisation as well as in the Bar Council Special Committee on the rights of the indigenous Orang Asli people. She is a director of the Securities Industry Dispute Resolution Centre, and has been involved in the preparation and presentation of papers and memoranda on issues relating to the rule of law, the judiciary, the administration of justice, legal aid, religious conversion, and other human rights issues. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Ambiga Sreenevasan is the 119th most popular lawyer (up from 128th in 2024), the 57th most popular biography from Malaysia (up from 67th in 2019) and the most popular Malaysian Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Ambiga Sreenevasan ranks 119 out of 136. Before her are Dario Franceschini, Kash Patel, William O. Douglas, Thelma Aldana, Philippe Sands, and Bryan Stevenson. After her are Robert Bork, Seyran Ateş, Marilyn Quayle, Alberto Nisman, Alexei Gorinov, and Carla Anderson Hills.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Ambiga Sreenevasan ranks 643. Before her are Roland Wieser, Shane Gould, Jerry Doyle, Álvaro Pino, Steve Denton, and Yordan Mitkov. After her are Soraya Post, Manuel Jiménez, Nick Fry, Robby Benson, Adrian Dantley, and Jeff Merkley.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Ambiga Sreenevasan ranks 57 out of 90. Before her are Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (1966), Tony Fernandes (1964), Simon Russell Beale (1961), Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (1972), Mazlan Othman (1951), and Joe Simpson (1960). After her are Michael Wong (1970), Mukhriz Mahathir (1964), Noordin Mohammad Top (1968), Penny Wong (1968), Rashid Sidek (1968), and Fish Leong (1978).

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Among LAWYERS In Malaysia

Among lawyers born in Malaysia, Ambiga Sreenevasan ranks 1. 

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