Mariyampillai Antony Jeyanathan ( ta, மரியம்பிள்ளை அன்ரனி ஜெகநாதன்; 11 May 1948 – 1 October 2016) was a

Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern Pr ...

teacher, politician and provincial councillor. Jeyanathan was born on 11 May 1948. He was the son of Mariyampillai and Mary Theresa. He was educated at Mullaitivu Maha Vidyalayam. Jeyanathan was a teacher and served as a school principal before becoming a director of education. Jeyanathan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the

Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance ( ta, தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு ISO 15919: ''tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu''; TNA) is a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Sri Lankan ...

's candidates in

Mullaitivu District Mullaitivu District ( ta, முல்லைத்தீவு மாவட்டம் ''Mullaittīvu Māvaṭṭam''; si, මුලතිවු දිස්ත්‍රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level ad ...

and was elected to the

Northern Provincial Council Northern Provincial Council ( ta, வட மாகாண சபை ''Vaṭa Mākāṇa Capai''; NPC) is the provincial council for the Northern Province in Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, NPC has legislative power over ...

. After the election he was appointed to assist the

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

on social services and rehabilitation. He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister

C. V. Vigneswaran Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran, President's Counsel, PC ( ta, கனகசபாபதி விசுவலிங்கம் விக்னேஸ்வரன், translit=Kaṉakacapāpati Vicuvaliṅkam Vikṉēsvaraṉ; si, ක� ...

Veerasingam Hall Co-operator Veerasingam Hall ( ta, கூட்டுறவாளர் வீரசிங்கம் மண்டபம், si, වීරසිංහම් ශාලාව; commonly known as Veerasingam Hall) is a public hall/office building in ...

on 11 October 2013. He was elected unopposed as Deputy Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council at its inaugural meeting on 25 October 2013. On the morning of 1 October 2016 Jeyanathan was riding a motorbike near

Mulliyawalai Mulliyawalai or Mulliyavalai ( ta, முள்ளியவளை, translit=Muḷḷiyavaḷai) is a town in the Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka. Vidyananda College is located in this town. Mulliyawalai is one of the important commercial center i ...

when he fell off the bike following a suspected heart attack. He was taken to Mullaitivu Hospital (Mancholai Base Hospital) but was pronounced

dead on arrival Dead on Scene ('' 'DOS' '') Found dead before first responders get on scene and no medical treatment was given. Dead on arrival (DOA), also dead in the field and brought in dead (BID), are terms which indicate that a patient was found to be ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeyanathan, Anton 1948 births 2016 deaths Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi politicians Members of the Northern Provincial Council People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamil civil servants Sri Lankan Tamil politicians Sri Lankan Tamil teachers Tamil National Alliance politicians