Veerasingam Ganeshasangari Yogasangari (died 19 June 1990) 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 ...

militant, politician and Member of Parliament. Yogasangari was the son of V. Ganeshasangaree, brother of Tamil United Liberation Front politician

V. Anandasangaree Veerasingham Anandasangaree ( ta, வீரசிங்கம் ஆனந்தசங்கரி) is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front. He is commonly known as San ...

. Yogasangari contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the

Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) is a series of Sri Lankan political parties and a former militant separatist group. Militant separatists The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K. Pathmanabha (Padmanaba), Douglas Devananda, Su ...

's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to Parliament. Yogasangari and other senior members of the EPRLF were

assassinated Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a ...

on 19 June 1990 in Kodambakam,

Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

, India. The assassination was blamed on the rival rebel

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...

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1990 deaths Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front militants Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front politicians Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka Assassinated Sri Lankan politicians People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka People killed during the Sri Lankan Civil War Sri Lankan Tamil politicians Sri Lankan Tamil rebels Year of birth missing Sri Lankan expatriates in India {{NorthernLK-politician-stub