Suresh Premachandran
Suresh Premachandran | |
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சுரேஷ் பிரேமச்சந்திரன் | |
Member of Parliament for Jaffna District | |
In office 1989–1994 | |
In office 2004–2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jaffna, Dominion of Ceylon | 8 November 1957
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front |
Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
Arumugam Kandaiah Premachandran (Template:Lang-ta; born 8 November 1957; commonly known as Suresh Premachandran) is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician and former Member of Parliament. He is the current leader of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF), a member of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).
Early life
Premachandran was born on 8 November 1957, the son of a farmer.[1][2] He was educated at Uruthirapuram Maha Vidyalayam and Senguntha Hindu College.[2] He then joined Waterloo College, London and Madras Christian College where he studied political science.[2]
Premachandran got involved in the Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism movement whilst at school and in 1976, whilst in London, he joined the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS).[2] He received military training from the Palestinians in Lebanon.[2] In 1979 K. Pathmanabha left EROS to form the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) and Premachandran joined him.[2][3] He took on the nom de guerre Suresh and was a member of the EPRLF's central committee and politburo.[2] Premachandran took on the leadership of EPRLF following the assassination of Pathmanabha by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on 19 June 1990.
Career
Premachandran was one of the ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF alliance's candidates in Jaffna District at the 1989 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[4]
On 20 October 2001 the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, EPRLF, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization and Tamil United Liberation Front formed the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).[5][6] He contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Jaffna District but failed to get elected.[7]
Premachandran contested the 2004 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Jaffna District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[8] He was re-elected at the 2010 parliamentary election.[9] He failed to get re-elected at the 2015 parliamentary election after coming seventh amongst the TNA candidates.[10][11][12]
Electoral history
Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result |
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1989 parliamentary[4] | Jaffna District | EPRLF | 20,738 | Elected |
2001 parliamentary[7] | Jaffna District | TNA | 13,302 | Not elected |
2004 parliamentary[8] | Jaffna District | TNA | 45,786 | Elected |
2010 parliamentary[9] | Jaffna District | TNA | 16,425 | Elected |
2015 parliamentary[13] | Jaffna District | TNA | 29,906 | Not elected |
References
- ^ "Directory of Members: Kandaiah Premachandran". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ a b c d e f g de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 266. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "`Keep the military alternative intact'". Frontline. 21 (21). 9 October 2004.
- ^ a b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009.
- ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. "Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase - 1". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 4 April 2010.
- ^ "Tamil parties sign MOU". TamilNet. 20 October 2001.
- ^ a b "How they performed in the Jaffna District" (PDF). Tamil Times. XX (12): 5. 15 December 2001. ISSN 0266-4488.
- ^ a b "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Jaffna Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
- ^ "TNA secures 16 of 29 SL parliamentary seats in North-Eas". TamilNet. 18 August 2015.
- ^ Santiago, Melanie (18 August 2015). "General Election 2015: Several former MPs will not return to parliament". News First.
- ^ ""ரி.என்.ஏ", "ஈ.பி.டி.பி", "யு.என்.பி" போன்ற கட்சி முக்கியஸ்தர்களின் யாழ் மாவட்ட விருப்புவாக்கு விபரம்…!!". Athirady News (in Tamil). 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Preferential Votes" (PDF). srilankanelections.com.
External links
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- Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students militants
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- Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka
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