Arumugam Sinnaththurai Thurairajah Raviharan is a
Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.
Raviharan 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 Lan ...
'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 ove ...
. After the election he was appointed to assist the
Minister of Fisheries, Transport, Trade and Rural Development on fisheries. He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of
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 ...
C. V. Vigneswaran
Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran, PC ( ta, கனகசபாபதி விசுவலிங்கம் விக்னேஸ்வரன், translit=Kaṉakacapāpati Vicuvaliṅkam Vikṉēsvaraṉ; si, කනකසභාපත ...
at his residence in
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...
on 14 October 2013.
References
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front politicians
Living people
Members of the Northern Provincial Council
Politicians from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Tamil politicians
Tamil National Alliance politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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