Sri Lankan politician
Sathasivam Viyalendiran (Tamil : சதாசிவம் வியாழேந்திரன் , romanized: Catācivam Viyāḻēntiraṉ Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Member of Parliament and state minister .[ 1]
Early life
Viyalendiran was born on 15 November 1978.[ 1] [ 2] Eastern University, Sri Lanka , graduating with a B.A. degree.[ 2] M.A. degree from the Madurai Kamaraj University .[ 2]
Career
Viyalendiran was a member of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE).[ 3] 2015 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil National Alliance electoral alliance 's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Parliament .[ 4] [ 5]
During the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis Viyalendiran defected to the United People's Freedom Alliance government.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Viyalendiran contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance candidate in Batticaloa District and was re-elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] portfolio was changed to State Minister of Backward Rural Areas Development and Promotion of Domestic Animal Husbandry and Minor Economic Crop Cultivation in October 2020.[ 15]
Electoral history
References
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