K._Thurairetnasingam

K. Thurairetnasingam

K. Thurairetnasingam

Sri Lankan politician (1941–2021)

Not to be confused with K. Thurairajasingam or K. Thurairatnam.

Kathirgamathamby Thurairetnasingam (Tamil: கதிர்காமத்தம்பி துரைரத்தினசிங்கம்; 4 January 1941 – 17 May 2021) was a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, politician and Member of Parliament.

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Early life

Thurairetnasingam was born on 4 January 1941.[1]

Career

Thurairetnasingam was a Divisional Director of Education.[1]

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.[2] However, in June 2002 he entered Parliament when he was appointed a National List Member of Parliament for the TNA, replacing M. Sivasithamparam who had died on 5 June 2002.[2] He was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[3] Thurairetnasingam did not contest the 2010 parliamentary election for personal reasons.[4]

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.[5] However, after the election he was appointed a TNA National List MP in Parliament.[6][7]

Death

Thurairetnasingam died from COVID-19 on 17 May 2021, aged 80.[8]

Electoral history

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References

  1. [1]
    "Directory of Members: K. Thurairetnasingam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. [2]
    "New TNA national list MP from Muttur east". TamilNet. 23 June 2002.
  3. [3]
    "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  4. [4]
    "ITAK submits candidates' list to contest Trincomalee district". TamilNet. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  6. [6]
    "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — 2015 Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1929/04. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  7. [7]
    "TNA names its national List MPs". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 August 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Former MP K. Thurairethnasingham". Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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