Shanthi Sriskantharajah Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Shanthi Sriskantharajah
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Mp1:National List
Parliament1:Sri Lankan
Term Start1:2015
Birth Date:28 October 1965
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Party:Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Otherparty:Tamil National Alliance
Occupation:Civil servant
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Sri Lankan Tamil

Shanthi Sriskantharajah (born 28 October 1965) is a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Sriskantharajah was born on 28 October 1965.[1]

Career

Sriskantharajah is a member of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service and a former Deputy Director of Planning.[2] She is a member of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK).[3]

She 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 fifth amongst the TNA candidates.[4] However, after the election she was appointed as a TNA National List MP in Parliament.[5] [6]

Electoral history

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Not elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Shanthi Sriskandarasa. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. News: TNA announces nominees on national list. Tamil Diplomat. 24 August 2015.
  3. News: TNA hands over nominations for all five districts of north and east. Tamil Diplomat. 10 July 2015.
  4. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  5. 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.
  6. News: TNA names its national List MPs. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 August 2015.