K. Sarveswaran | |
|---|---|
க. சர்வேஸ்வரன் | |
| Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs and Cultural Affairs, Northern Province | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | C. V. Vigneswaran |
| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Arumugam Kandiah Sarveswaran (Tamil: ஆறுமுகம் கந்தையா சர்வேஸ்வரன், romanized: Āṟumukam Kantaiyā Carvēsvaraṉ) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial minister.
Sarveswaran is the brother of Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front leader Suresh Premachandran.[1][2]
Sarveswaran contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[3][4] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on economic planning.[5] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of attorney-at-law K. Thayaparan at Vavuniya on 16 October 2013.[6][7]
Sarveswaran was sworn in as Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs and Cultural Affairs in front of Governor Reginald Cooray on 29 June 2017.[8][9][10]
References
- ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (13 July 2013). "Northern Province Chief Ministerial Candidate Stakes in the TNA". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ Wamanan, Arthur (13 October 2013). "Wigneswaran to grill TNA dissidents". The Nation. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "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. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 1829/33. 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.
- ^ "Three more TNA elected councilors took oaths in Vavuniya". Asian Tribune. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "More TNA members elected to NPC take oaths today". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
- ^ Madushanka, Romesh (29 June 2017). "Two ministers appointed to NPC". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Two new Northern Provincial Council Ministers". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "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. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2029/17. 25 July 2017.
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