Kanapathipillai Cathiravelpillai Logeswaran (Tamil: கணபதிப்பிள்ளை கதிரவேல்பிள்ளை லோகேசுவரன் Kaṇapatippiḷḷai Katiravēlpiḷḷai Lōkēcuvaraṉ) is a Sri Lankan civil servant. He was the 10th Governor of North Western Province having assumed office on 12 April 2018.
K. C. Logeswaran | |
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கே. சி. லோகேசுவரன் | |
| 10th Governor of North Western Province | |
| In office 12 April 2018 – 31 December 2018 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Preceded by | Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake |
| Succeeded by | Peshala Jayarathne |
| 6th Governor of Western Province | |
| In office 23 January 2015 – 11 April 2018 | |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Preceded by | Alavi Moulana |
| Succeeded by | Hemakumara Nanayakkara |
| Sri Lankan Ambassador to South Korea | |
| In office December 1999 – February 2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Ceylon |
| Profession | Civil servant |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Early life
editLogeswaran is from Suthumalai. Logeswaran was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna.[1][2] After school he joined the University of Ceylon from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[3]
Career
editLogeswaran is an officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS).[2] He was Divisional Revenue Officer (DRO) in several divisions in Vavuniya District from 1963 to 1968.[4] He was registrar of the University of Jaffna from April 1980 to September 1981.[3] In October 1981 he was appointed District Secretary (Government Agent) for Vavuniya District, serving until July 1988.[5] He then held senior positions at various government ministries: additional secretary at the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (August 1988 to March 1990); state secretary at the Ministry of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs (March 1990 to December 1990); secretary at the Project Ministry of Mineral Development (January 1991 to August 1994); additional secretary at the Ministry of Industrial Development (August 1994 to August 1995); and secretary at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and the Media (September 1995 to August 1999).[2][3][6] During the latter posting he was also chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission.[3]
Logeswaran was appointed ambassador to South Korea in December 1999 and served until February 2003.[3][7] He became an advisor to the Ministry of Finance in April 2003 and in December 2003 he joined the board of Sri Lanka Telecom.[2][3] He was appointed to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into serious human rights violations in November 2006 but resigned in April 2007.[8][9] He was later secretary to the National Police Commission.[10][11]
Newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena appointed Logeswaran Governor of Western Province on 23 January 2015.[12][13][14] On 12 April 2018, he was sworn in as Governor of the North Western Province.[15]
References
edit- ^ Sivathasan, S. (10 August 2013). "My Reminiscences Of St. John's College, Jaffna". Colombo Telegraph.
- ^ a b c d "SLT Lanka Bell merger off". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 29 February 2004. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2003". Sri Lanka Telecom.
- ^ Wijayadasa, K. H. J. (21 July 2013). "DRO (1939 – 1963) Man for All Seasons". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Former Government Agents, Vavuniya District". Vavuniya District Secretariat.
- ^ Hadjirin, Arshad M. (9 March 1997). "Postmasters hit by hike". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Welfare Benefits Board gets new Head". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 28 October 2003.
- ^ Abrahams, Fred (August 2007). Return to War: Human Rights under Siege. Human Rights Watch. pp. 214–215.
- ^ "Minister cites personal reasons for two members quitting commission probing HR abuses". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 8 April 2007.
- ^ Abeywickrema, Mandana Ismail (16 August 2009). "Millions busted on defunct NPC". The Sunday Leader.
- ^ "Second Commission". National Police Commission.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1900/09. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Three new governors appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 23 January 2015.
- ^ "New Governors". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015.
- ^ "New Governors take oaths before President Sirisena". sundaytimes.lk. The Sunday Times. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.