Thomas Thangathurai William 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 ...
politician and former
Member of Parliament.
He represented the
Ampara
Ampara ( si, අම්පාර, ta, அம்பாறை) is the main town of Ampara District, governed by an Urban Council.
It is located in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, about east of Colombo and approximately south of Batticaloa.
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multi-member electoral district
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for the
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in the
Sri Lankan Parliament
The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila ...
between June 2009 and February 2010, having taken over from
Kanagasabai Pathmanathan
Kanagasabai Pathmanathan was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Pathmanathan was one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Ampara District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament
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MP, who died in May 2009.
He was a TNA candidate for Ampara District at the
2010 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming third amongst the TNA candidates.
References
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1944 births
Living people
Tamil politicians
Sri Lankan Roman Catholics
Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Tamil National Alliance politicians