Al Shaikh Ayub Asmin is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.
Ayub Asmin | |
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Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Bonus Seat | |
Assumed office 11 October 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Tamil National Alliance |
Asmin is a member of the People's Movement for Good Governance.[1]
Asmin contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Mannar District but failed to get elected.[2][3] He was nevertheless appointed to the Northern Provincial Council through the two bonus seats of TNA.[4][5] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on the resettlement and rehabilitation of the province's Muslim population.[6] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[7][8]
References
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- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 22(1)" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1822/06. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ Bastians, Dharisha (30 September 2013). "TNA names councillors for bonus seats". Daily FT. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 61A(2)" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1830/13. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2014.
- ^ "TNA Spokesperson says selections made for bonus seats". News First. 29 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors" (PDF). TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
- ^ "NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes". TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.