Savumiamoorthy Thondaman Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman
Office:Leader of Ceylon Workers' Congress
Term Start:1939
Term End:1999
Constituency Mp3:Nuwara Eliya
Parliament3:Sri Lanka
Term Start3:1947
Term End3:1952
Constituency Mp4:Stateless Persons (Appointed)
Parliament4:Sri Lanka
Term Start4:1960
Term End4:1970
Constituency Mp5:Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya
Parliament5:Sri Lanka
Term Start5:21 July 1977
Term End5:20 December 1988
Constituency Mp6:National List
Parliament6:Sri Lanka
Term Start6:1989
Term End6:30 October 1999
Birth Date:1913 8, df=yes
Birth Place:M Pudhur, Madras State, India
Death Place:Sri Jayewardenapura Hospital, Sri Jayewardenapura, Sri Lanka
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Spouse:Kothai Thondaman
Party:Ceylon Workers' Congress
Relations:Arumugam Thondaman
Children:Ramanathan Thondaman
Occupation:Trade unionist

Savumiamoorthy Thondaman (30 August 1913 – 30 October 1999; also spelled Saumyamurthy Thondaman or Saumiyamoorthy Thondaman) was a Sri Lankan politician who represented the Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka of which he was a member. At the time of his death, he was both the oldest and the seniormost member of the Sri Lankan Cabinet where he had served continuously for 21 years from 1978, under four Sri Lankan Presidents and the leader of the political party Ceylon Workers' Congress.[1] He was succeeded by his grandson Arumugam Thondaman.

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  1. Web site: One Hundred Tamils of the 20th/21st Centuries . 2006-11-26 . D.B.S.Jeyaraj . 13 November 1999 . . https://archive.today/20210122111204/https://tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/thondaman.htm . 22 January 2021 . dead .