K. Thurairajasingam

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Hon. K. Thurairajasingam MPC

Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Eastern Province
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 March 2015
Member of Parliament for Batticaloa District
In office 1994–2000
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District
Incumbent
Assumed office 2012

Personal details
Born	(1956-07-28) 28 July 1956 (age 68)
Political party	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political affiliations	Tamil National Alliance
Residence(s)	Lake Road, Batticaloa
Profession	Lawyer

Krishnapillai Thurairajasingam (born 28 July 1956) is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician, provincial minister and former Member of Parliament.

Early life

Thurairajasingam was born on 28 July 1956.^[1]

Career

Thurairajasingam is an attorney at law.^[2]^[3]

Thurairajasingam contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to Parliament.^[4] He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).^[5] Thurairajasingam and the other newly elected TNA provincial councillors took their oaths on 28 September 2012 in front of TNA leader and Member of Parliament R. Sampanthan.^[6] During the election campaign Thurairajasingam house was padlocked from the outside in a futile attempt to prevent him submitting the TNA's nominations.^[7]^[8]

Thurairajasingam became the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (ITAK) general secretary in September 2014.^[9]^[10] Following the 2015 presidential election an all party provincial government was formed in the Eastern Province.^[11]^[12]^[13] Thurairajasingam took his oath as Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation in front of Governor Austin Fernando on 3 March 2015.^[14]^[15]

References

^ "Directory of Past Members: Thurairasasingham, Krishnapillai". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
^ Krishnaswamy, P. (16 September 2012). "Post elections assurances: Focus on development". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (7 March 2015). "Imperative Need to Support Tamil Moderates in the Struggle Against Extremists". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
^ "Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014.
^ "Eastern Province Chief Minister assumes duties". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 30 September 2012.
^ Kelum Bandara; Kelum Bandara (18 July 2012). "Two TNA candidates withdraw due to threats". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
^ "TNA Batti candidate locked inside house". Ceylon Today. 19 July 2012.
^ "Mavai replaces Sampanthan as ITAK leader". Tamil Guardian. 6 September 2014.
^ "Changes In ITAK Top Posts". Asian Mirror. 7 September 2014.
^ Somarathna, Rasika (5 March 2015). "'EPC power sharing similar to experimental unity govt'". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
^ Balachandran, P. K. (17 February 2015). "For The First Time in History, TNA Will Be in Eastern Province' Board of Ministers". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
^ Thambiah, Mirudhula (24 February 2015). "SLMC - TNA marriage in the East". Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ Panchalingam, Ariram (3 March 2015). "New Eastern Provincial Council Ministers sworn in". News First.
^ "Eastern PC Ministers sworn in". Hiru News. 3 March 2015.

v t e Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Batticaloa
Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989) Current District: Batticaloa Electoral District
One–member (1947 – 1960)	Ahamed Lebbe Sinnalebbe Robert Kadramer Chelliah Rajadurai
Two–member (1960 – 1989)	Seat A: Chelliah Rajadurai Seat B: Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe P. R. Selvanayagam M. L. Ahamed Fareeth Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe
Multi–member (1989 – Present)	(1989 – 1994): Govinthan Karunakaran Alathipody Gunaseelan Prince Casinader Sam Tambimuttu (Until 1990) Replaced by Joseph Pararajasingham M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (1994 – 2000): Joseph Pararajasingham Ponnambalam Selvarasa Krishnapillai Thurairajasingam M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (2000 – 2001): Abdul Cader Nimalan Soundaranayagam Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Joseph Pararajasingham S. Ganeshamoorthy (2001 – 2004): Thambirajah Thangavadivel Gnanamuttu Krishnapillai Joseph Pararajasingham M. L. A. M. Hizbullah M. B. Mohideen Abdul Cader (2004 – 2010): Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai Thangeswary Kathiraman Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy Kingsley Rasanayagam Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Ameer Ali Shihabdeen (2010 – 2015): M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Seeniththamby Yogeswaran Ponnambalam Selvarasa Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Basheer Segu Dawood (2015 – 2020): Gnanamuttu Sirinesan Sathasivam Viyalendiran Seeniththamby Yogeswaran Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Ameer Ali Shihabdeen (2020 – Present): Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam Govinthan Karunakaran Sathasivam Viyalendiran Naseer Ahamed

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