G. Rama Iyer

Tan Sri G.K. Rama Iyer (Tamil: ஜி. ராமா ஐயர்) (13 March 1932 – 17 March 2020) 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.

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. Another brother, G. Krishna Iyer, served as headmaster of Penang Free School from 1983 to 1988. A third brother is Australia-based doctor Dr Lakshmanasamy Iyer.