Charles Santiago

Charles Santiago
Charles Santiago
சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோ
	YB Tuan Charles Santiago
Chairman of the National Water Services Commission
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 March 2023
Minister	Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
	In office; 1 November 2018 – 10 April 2020
Minister	Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam ; (2018–2020) ; Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man ; (2020)
Chairman of the Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee
	In office; 4 December 2019 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Klang
	In office; 8 March 2008 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Tan Yee Kew ; (BN–MCA)
Succeeded by	Ganabatirau Veraman ; (PH–DAP)
Majority	17,701 (2008); 24,685 (2013); 78,773 (2018)
Personal details
Born	Charles Anthony s/o R. Santiago; 1 November 1960; Selangor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political; affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) ; (2008–2015) ; Pakatan Harapan (PH) ; (since 2015)
Alma mater	The New School
Occupation	Politician

Charles Anthony s/o R. Santiago (Tamil: சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோ, romanized: Cārls Cantiyākō; born 1 November 1960) is a Malaysian politician from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition who has served as Chairman of the National Water Services Commission (SPAN) for the second term since March 2023 and for the first term from November 2018 to his removal from the position in April 2020. He is also Chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR). He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Klang from March 2008 to November 2022, Chairman of the Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee from December 2019 to November 2022.

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