Sarojini Yogeswaran | |
Office: | 14th Mayor of Jaffna |
Successor: | Pon Sivapalan |
Term Start: | 1998 |
Term End: | 1998 |
Office2: | Member of Jaffna Municipal Council |
Term Start2: | 1998 |
Term End2: | 1998 |
Death Place: | Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
Spouse: | Vettivelu Yogeswaran |
Party: | Tamil United Liberation Front |
Alma Mater: | Vembadi Girls High School |
Birth Name: | Sarojini Ponnambalam |
Sarojini Yogeswaran (née Ponnambalam; died in 1998) was the first female mayor of Jaffna, a city in Sri Lanka. She served from 1997 until her assassination. Yogeswaran was a member of the Tamil United Liberation Front and was the first elected mayor in 14 years.
Yogeswaran was shot five times with a pistol near her Jaffna home on 17 May 1998. She died on the way to hospital. A LTTE front organization called the Sankiliyan Force claimed responsibility.[1]