Velupillai Sivayogan (Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை சிவயோகன்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil engineer, politician and provincial councillor.
V. Sivayogan | |
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Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District | |
Assumed office 11 October 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
Profession | Engineer |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Sivayogan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[1][2] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on housing, roads, bridges and ferries.[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]
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. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 ñ Results and preferential votes: Northern Province". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 26 September 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. Retrieved 13 October 2013.