K. Thurairajasingam | |
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Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Eastern Province | |
Assumed office 3 March 2015 | |
Member of Parliament for Batticaloa District | |
In office 1994–2000 | |
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District | |
Assumed office 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 July 1956 |
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.
Thurairajasingam was born on 28 July 1956. [1]
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]