Jeevan Thondaman Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Jeevan Thondaman
Native Name:Tamil: ஜீவன் தொண்டமான்
ජීවන් තොණ්ඩමන්
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure
President1:Ranil Wickremesinghe
Term Start1:19 January 2023
Predecessor1:Keheliya Rambukwella
Office2:Minister of State for Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure
Term Start2:12 August 2020
Term End2:3 April 2022
Office3:Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituency3:Nuwara Eliya District
Term Start3:20 August 2020
Birth Date:9 November 1994
Party:Ceylon Workers' Congress
Otherparty:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma Mater:Northumbria University

Jeevan Thondaman (Tamil: ஜீவன் தொண்டமான்; born 9 November 1994) is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister.[1]

Thondaman was born on 9 November 1994.[1] [2] He is the son of Arumugam Thondaman and great-grandson of Savumiamoorthy Thondaman, former leaders of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) and government ministers.[3] He was educated at Gateway Primary School, Colombo, Lady Andal, Chennai and Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore.[2] After school he joined Northumbria University, graduating in 2017 with a LLB degree.[2] [4]

Thondaman interned at a law firm in London.[2] He then returned to Sri Lanka to assist his father in his political and trade union work.[2] In December 2017 a court order was issued to arrest him in connection with an assault on a National Union of Workers supporter at a funeral in Maskeliya.[5] [6]

In June 2020, following the death of his father, Thondaman was appointed general-secretary of the CWC.[7] [8] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[9] [10] [11] [12] After the election he was appointed State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure.[13] [14] [15]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Jeevan Thondaman . . 11 August 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
  2. News: Jeyaraj . D. B. S. . CWC, Jeevan Thondaman and Nuwara- Eliya Tamils . 9 August 2020 . . 18 July 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  3. News: Padmasiri . Ranjith . Politics runs in their blood . 9 August 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  4. News: Ramiah Mohan . Sulochana . My father was not a saviour, but a strong leader - Jeevan Thondaman . 9 August 2020 . . 6 June 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka . 15 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200715163110/https://ceylontoday.lk/news/my-father-was-not-a-saviour-but-a-strong-leader-jeevan-thondaman . dead .
  5. News: Rajapakse . Ranjith . Alleged attack on NUW supporter: Court orders arrest of Thondaman’s son . 14 August 2020 . . 12 December 2017 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  6. News: Court orders to arrest Thondaman's son . 14 August 2020 . Hiru News . 11 December 2017 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  7. News: Jeevan Thondaman appointed as CWC’s General Secretary . 9 August 2020 . . 17 June 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  8. News: Rajapaksa . Ranjith . Jeevan Thondaman appointed as General Secretary of CWC . 9 August 2020 . . 17 June 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  9. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 8 August 2020 . 2187/26 . 4A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  10. News: General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Nuwara Eliya District . 14 August 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka . 27 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027094554/https://ceylontoday.lk/news/general-election-2020-preferential-votes-of-nuwara-eliya-district . dead .
  11. News: Parasuraman . Lakshme . Over 60 new faces in Parliament . 14 August 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  12. News: Srinivasan . Meera . An alliance of Malayaha Tamil MPs that stood out . 9 August 2020 . . 8 August 2020 . Chennai, India.
  13. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Appointments & C., by the President . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 13 August 2020 . 2188/43 . 3A . 14 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  14. News: Bandara . Kelum . newly sworn Cabinet: New MPs receive more executive authority in new government . 14 August 2020 . . 13 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  15. News: New Cabinet sworn in . 12 August 2020 . . 12 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.