Kanagasundaram Swami Veerabahu (30 June 1948 – 17 February 2015) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.
K. Swami Veerabahu | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Mullaitivu District | |
| In office 11 October 2013 – 17 February 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1948 |
| Died | 17 February 2015 (aged 66) Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Tamil National Alliance |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Swami Veerabahu contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Mullaitivu District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[1][2] After the election he was appointed to assist the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Irrigation and Environment on protection of the environment.[3] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[4][5]
Swami Veerabahu was diagnosed with cancer and was being treated at a private hospital in Vavuniya.[6] His condition worsened on 17 February 2015 and he was transferred to Jaffna Teaching Hospital but died that evening.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013.
- ^ "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 ñ Results and preferential votes: Northern Province". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "TNA Mullaitivu NPC member V. Kanagasunthara Swami passed away". Tamil CNN. 18 February 2015.
- ^ "Funeral of NPC member Veerabahu Kanakasuntharaswami: Thousands of people participated". Tamil CNN. 20 February 2015.
- ^ Rubatheesan, S. (22 February 2015). "Been there, done that, say apathetic Mullaitivu voters". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
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