Pasupathy Ariyaratnam is a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, politician and provincial councillor.
P. Ariyaratnam | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Kilinochchi District | |
| Assumed office 11 October 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
| Profession | Civil servant |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Ariyaratnam was director of education for the Kilinochchi Education Zone and Mullaitivu Education Zone and Additional Provincial Director of Education for the Vanni region.[1][2][3]
Ariyaratnam contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Kilinochchi District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[4][5] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on local government.[6] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Kilinochchi schools face acute teacher shortage". TamilNet. 11 February 2001.
- ^ "SLAF bombs Mullaiththeevu before GCE(A/L) exams". TamilNet. 23 August 2007.
- ^ "Handing over of 200 Nos. of bicycles and learning kits to school children at Welioya School". Northern Provincial Council. 20 December 2009.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — 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.
- ^ "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – 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.