K. Sarveswaran Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable
K. Sarveswaran
Native Name:க. சர்வேஸ்வரன்
Native Name Lang:ta
Honorific-Suffix:MPC
Office1:Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs and Cultural Affairs, Northern Province
Term Start1:29 June 2017
Predecessor1:C. V. Vigneswaran
Office2:Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District
Term Start2:16 October 2013
Party:Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
Otherparty:Tamil National Alliance
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Sri Lankan Tamil

Arumugam Kandiah Sarveswaran 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jeyaraj. D. B. S.. Northern Province Chief Ministerial Candidate Stakes in the TNA. 1 July 2017. The Daily Mirror. 13 July 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  2. News: Wamanan. Arthur. Wigneswaran to grill TNA dissidents. 1 July 2017. The Nation. 13 October 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  3. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council. 25 September 2013. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  4. News: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Northern Province. The Daily Mirror. 26 September 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002221205/http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/infographics/36078-provincial-council-elections-2013--results-and-preferential-votes-northern-province.html. 2 October 2013. dead.
  5. News: Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors. TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
  6. News: Three more TNA elected councilors took oaths in Vavuniya. 1 July 2017. Asian Tribune. 17 October 2013.
  7. News: More TNA members elected to NPC take oaths today. News First. 16 October 2013. Colombo, Sri Lanka. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019090542/http://newsfirst.lk/english/node/29965. 19 October 2013. dead.
  8. News: Madushanka. Romesh. Two ministers appointed to NPC. 1 July 2017. The Daily Mirror. 29 June 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  9. News: Two new Northern Provincial Council Ministers. 1 July 2017. Daily News. 29 June 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  10. PART IV (A) - PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors NORTHERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Appointments made by the Governor of Northern Province. 25 July 2017. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2029/17. Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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