Mary Kamala Gunaseelan is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and provincial councillor.
Mary Kamala Gunaseelan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Bonus Seat | |
| Assumed office 11 October 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Tamil United Liberation Front |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Gunaseelan was vice-principal of Arasaratnam Vidyalayam.[1]
Gunaseelan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Mullaitivu District but failed to get elected.[2][3] She was nevertheless appointed to the Northern Provincial Council as one of the TNA's two bonus seats.[4][5] After the election she was appointed to assist the Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Sports on libraries, museums and cultural matters.[6] She took her oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (25 September 2013). "TNA Struggling to Finalise Selection of Four Provincial Ministers, Council Chairman and one bonus seat for North". dbsjeyaraj.com.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 22(1)" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1822/06. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ Bastians, Dharisha (30 September 2013). "TNA names councillors for bonus seats". Daily FT. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 61A(2)" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1830/13. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2014.
- ^ "TNA Spokesperson says selections made for bonus seats". News First. 29 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
- ^ "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.
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