Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
K. Thurairetnasingam | |
Native Name: | கே. துரைரத்தினசிங்கம் |
Native Name Lang: | ta |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Constituency Mp1: | National List |
Parliament1: | Sri Lankan |
Term Start1: | 2015 |
Term End1: | 2020 |
Term Start2: | 2002 |
Term End2: | 2004 |
Predecessor2: | M. Sivasithamparam |
Constituency Mp3: | Trincomalee District |
Parliament3: | Sri Lankan |
Term Start3: | 2004 |
Term End3: | 2010 |
Birth Date: | 4 January 1941 |
Party: | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
Otherparty: | Tamil National Alliance |
Occupation: | Civil servant |
Blank1: | Ethnicity |
Data1: | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Kathirgamathamby Thurairetnasingam (Tamil: கதிர்காமத்தம்பி துரைரத்தினசிங்கம்; 4 January 1941 – 17 May 2021) was a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, politician and Member of Parliament.
Thurairetnasingam was born on 4 January 1941.[1]
Thurairetnasingam was a Divisional Director of Education.[1]
Thurairetnasingam was one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2001 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates.[2] However, in June 2002 he entered Parliament when he was appointed a National List Member of Parliament for the TNA, replacing M. Sivasithamparam who had died on 5 June 2002.[2] He was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[3] Thurairetnasingam did not contest the 2010 parliamentary election for personal reasons.[4]
Thurairetnasingam was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates.[5] However, after the election he was appointed a TNA National List MP in Parliament.[6] [7]
Thurairetnasingam died from COVID-19 on 17 May 2021, aged 80.[8]
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