Kandiah Sivanesan Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable
Kandiah Sivanesan
Native Name:க. சிவநேசன்
Native Name Lang:ta
Honorific-Suffix:MPC
Office1:Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Services, Animal Husbandry, Irrigation, Fisheries, Water Supply and Environment, Northern Province
Term Start1:23 August 2017
Predecessor1:C. V. Vigneswaran
Office2:Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Mullaitivu District
Term Start2:30 April 2015
Predecessor2:K. Swami Veerabahu
Party:People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam
Otherparty:Tamil National Alliance
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Sri Lankan Tamil

Kandiah Sivanesan (Tamil: கந்தையா சிவநேசன்|translit=Kantaiyā Civanēcaṉ) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial minister.

Career

Sivanesan, also known by the Bavan, is a member of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam and has been linked to the murder of journalist Taraki Sivaram, a charge he has denied.[1] [2] [3]

Sivanesan was one of the Democratic People's Liberation Front's (DPLF) (the political wing of PLOTE) candidates in Vanni District at the 2004 parliamentary election but the DPLF failed to win any seats in Parliament.[4] [5] [6] He contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the DPLF's candidates in Vanni but again the DPLF failed to win any seats in Parliament.[7] [8] He was one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Vanni District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming seventh amongst the TNA candidates.[9]

Sivanesan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the TNA's candidates in Mullaitivu District but failed to get elected.[10] [11] However, following the death of K. Swami Veerabahu in February 2015 he was appointed to the Northern Provincial Council in April 2015.[12] [13]

Sivanesan was sworn in as Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Services, Animal Husbandry, Irrigation, Fisheries, Water Supply and Environment in front of Governor Reginald Cooray on 23 August 2017.[14] [15] [16]

Electoral history

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ayub. M. S. M.. War Within: Ceasefire breached. 3 September 2017. The Daily Mirror. 7 July 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  2. News: Ayub. M. S. M.. Wigneswaran's ever opened can of worms. 3 September 2017. The Daily Mirror. 1 September 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  3. News: Rajasingham. K. T.. Two New Ministers Sworn In, Despite Deniswaran Threat Of Legal Action Against The Governor. 3 September 2017. Asian Tribune. 23 August 2017.
  4. News: Ten groups compete in elections for Vanni district. 3 September 2017. TamilNet. 23 February 2004.
  5. Web site: Parliamentary General Election 2004 Districts Results by Polling Division and All Island Results. 3 September 2017. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 169.
  6. Web site: General Election 2004 Preferences . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  7. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981 Notice Under Section 24(1). 2 March 2010. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1643/7. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 227A.
  8. Web site: Parliamentary General Election 2010 Districts Results by Polling Division and All Island Results. 3 September 2017. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 200.
  9. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo. 3 September 2017. The Daily Mirror. 19 August 2015. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  10. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 22(1). 6 August 2013. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1822/6. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  11. News: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Northern Province. The Daily Mirror. 26 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116012528/http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/infographics/36078-provincial-council-elections-2013--results-and-preferential-votes-northern-province.html. 16 January 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  12. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Filling of a Vacancy in The Northern Province Provincial Council. 30 April 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1912/33. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  13. Web site: Performance Appraisal Report of the Department of Elections / Election Commission for the Year 2015. Parliament of Sri Lanka. 27 August 2017. 66.
  14. PART IV (A) - PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments & C., by the Governors NORTHERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Appointments made by the Governor of Northern Province. 24 August 2017. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2033/48. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  15. News: New Northern Province Ministers appointed. 27 August 2017. Daily FT. 24 August 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  16. News: Dias. Keshala. Two Northern Provincial Councillors sworn in as NPC ministers. 27 August 2017. News First. 23 August 2017. Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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