Jeevan Thiagarajah ( ta, ஜீவன் தியாகராஜா) is 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 ...

civil servant, human rights activist, social activist who is also the current

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

of the Northern Province.

Career

He served as the chairman of the Institute for

Human Rights Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...

, a Sri Lankan

NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

and also worked as the Executive Director of the

Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies The Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (CHA) was established in Sri Lanka in April 1997 to serve a membership and has since become a national service provider in the non-profit sector. CHA's field offices are located in 12 districts in the North, ...

. Jeevan Thiagarajah has worked in the NGO sector in Sri Lanka since 1984, holding executive positions in several

humanitarian Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional ...

and human rights organizations. In December 2020, he was appointed as the member of the

Election Commission of Sri Lanka The Election Commission of Sri Lanka is the constitutional authority responsible for administering and overseeing all elections in Sri Lanka, including the Presidential, Parliamentary, Provincial and Local Authority elections. Sri Lanka has had ...

. In October 2021, he resigned from the role of being a member of the Election Commission in order to take up the post of Northern Province Governor. He was sworn in as

of the Northern Province on 11 October 2021.

References

External links

Evolving Role of the NGO Sector in the Post-Tsunami Recovery of Sri Lanka

voices of reconciliation

Fears for Sri Lanka human rights

European parliament Committee on Development
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