Kathirgamathamby Thurairetnasingam ( ta, கதிர்காமத்தம்பி துரைரத்தினசிங்கம்; 4 January 1941 – 17 May 2021) 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 ...

civil servant, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Thurairetnasingam was born on 4 January 1941.

Career

Thurairetnasingam was a Divisional Director of Education. Thurairetnasingam was one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2001 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates. However, in June 2002 he entered Parliament when he was appointed a

National List Member of Parliament A national list member of parliament (national list MP) is a nominated member of parliament who is appointed by a political party or an independent group to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The number of national list MPs allocated to a contesting par ...

for the TNA, replacing

M. Sivasithamparam Murugesu Sivasithamparam (20 July 1923 – 5 June 2002) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker. Early life Sivasithamparam was born 20 July 1923 in Karaveddy in northern province of Ceylon. He w ...

who had died on 5 June 2002. He was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament. Thurairetnasingam did not contest the 2010 parliamentary election for personal reasons. Thurairetnasingam was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates. However, after the election he was appointed a TNA National List MP in Parliament.

Death

Thurairetnasingam died from COVID-19 on 17 May 2021, aged 80.

Electoral history

References

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