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Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran , PC Tamil : கனகசபாபதி விசுவலிங்கம் விக்னேஸ்வரன் , romanized: Kaṉakacapāpati Vicuvaliṅkam Vikṉēsvaraṉ Sinhala : කනකසභාපති විශ්වලිංගම් විග්නේෂ්වරන් ; born 23 October 1939) is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, judge, politician and Member of Parliament .[1] practising law for more than 15 years, Vigneswaran was a member of the judiciary for 25 years. He was a magistrate and a judge of the District Court , High Court , Court of Appeal and Supreme Court . He was Chief Minister of the Northern Province from October 2013 to October 2018. He was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in August 2020. Vigneswaran is leader of the Tamil People's Alliance and the Tamil People's National Alliance .
Early life and family [ edit ]
Vigneswaran was born on 23 October 1939 in Hulftsdorp , Colombo , the capital of Ceylon .[1] [2] Manipay in northern Ceylon and he had two sisters.[2] [3] [2] [3] P. Ramanathan and P. Arunachalam .[2]
Vigneswaran's father's work meant that the family moved often. Vigneswaran spent the first nine years of his life in Kurunegala and studied at Christchurch College.[2] Anuradhapura where Vigneswaran attended Holy Family Convent.[2] [3] Royal College, Colombo aged 11.[2] [4] [5] B.A. degree from the University of London and LL.B. degree from the University of Ceylon .[2] [3] Ceylon Law College , qualifying as a proctor and an advocate .[2] [3] [2] [3]
One of Vigneswaran's sons is married to the daughter of government minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara .[6] [7] [2]
Vigneswaran is also a follower of the controversial guru Swami Premananda whom he has compared to Jesus and has requested that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi release three jailed followers of Premananda.[8] [9]
Vigneswaran practised of law for more than fifteen years.[3] [10] [11] President's Counsel .[12] [13] Judicial Service on 7 May 1979.[5] [14] magistrate and District Judge in Batticaloa , Chavakachcheri and Mallakam .[5] [14] Colombo in January 1987.[5] [14] High Court in 1988, serving in Northern Province , Eastern , North Central , Uva and Western provinces .[5] Court of Appeal in 1995.[5] [10]
Vigneswaran was appointed to the Supreme Court in March 2001.[15] [16]
Politics [ edit ]
Vigneswaran meets U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power in November 2015
In April 2013 it was reported that Vigneswaran had been chosen by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to be its chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming election to Northern Provincial Council (NPC).[17] [18] [7] [19] [20] [21] Jaffna District and was elected to the NPC.[22] [23] Governor G. A. Chandrasiri on 1 October 2013.[24] [25] [26] President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on 7 October 2013.[27] [28] [29]
Vigneswaran's relationship with the TNA leadership deteriorated thereafter.[30] [31] Tamil People's Council (TPC), a forum to highlight issues affecting Sri Lankan Tamils.[32] [33] [34] [35] Tamil People's Alliance (TPA, Thamizh Makkal Kootani).[36] [37]
In February 2020 the TPA joined with three other political parties to form the Tamil People's National Alliance (TPNA, Thamizh Makkal Tesiya Kootani) electoral alliance to contest the parliamentary election .[38] [39] [40] [41] Jaffna District and was elected to the Parliament .[42] [43] [44]
Electoral history [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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