G. Gunaseelan | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine and Probation and Childcare Services, Northern Province | |
| Assumed office 23 August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | P. Sathiyalingam |
| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Mannar District | |
| Assumed office 14 October 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
| Profession | Physician |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Gnanaseelan Gunaseelan is a Sri Lankan Tamil physician, politician and provincial minister.
Gunaseelan was Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for Manthai West and Madhu.[1]
Gunaseelan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Mannar District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[2][3] After the election he was appointed to assist the Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine on food supply.[4] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at his residence in Colombo on 14 October 2013.[5]
Sarveswaran was sworn in as Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine and Probation and Childcare Services in front of Governor Reginald Cooray on 23 August 2017.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ "Contact Directory Northern Province" (PDF). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 18 September 2013. p. 94. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013.
- ^ "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Northern Province". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors" (PDF). TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Two more TNA Councilors took oaths in Colombo". Asian Tribune. 15 October 2013.
- ^ "PART IV (A) - PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors NORTHERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Appointments made by the Governor of Northern Province" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2033/48. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 24 August 2017.
- ^ "New Northern Province Ministers appointed". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Dias, Keshala (23 August 2017). "Two Northern Provincial Councillors sworn in as NPC ministers". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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