K. Thurairetnasingam Explained

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.

Early life

Thurairetnasingam was born on 4 January 1941.[1]

Career

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]

Death

Thurairetnasingam died from COVID-19 on 17 May 2021, aged 80.[8]

Electoral history

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Elected
Not elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: K. Thurairetnasingam. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. News: New TNA national list MP from Muttur east. 23 June 2002. TamilNet.
  3. Web site: General Election 2004 Preferences . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015514/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Preference2004GE.pdf . dead . 2010-03-04 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  4. News: ITAK submits candidates' list to contest Trincomalee district. 24 February 2010. TamilNet. 12 April 2010.
  5. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  6. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — 2015 Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution. 24 August 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1929/04. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223737/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1929_04/1929_04%20E.pdf. 23 September 2015.
  7. News: TNA names its national List MPs. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 August 2015.
  8. Web site: Former MP K. Thurairethnasingham . 18 May 2021 . 18 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210518045616/https://www.nation.lk/online/former-mp-k-thurairethnasingham-passes-away-due-to-covid-83814.html . dead .