R. Yogarajan
Honourable R. Yogarajan MP | |
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Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Colombo District | |
In office 1994–2000 | |
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for National List | |
In office 2001–2004 | |
Preceded by | K. Marimuttu |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2010 | |
Member of the Western Provincial Council | |
In office 1993–1994 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 June 1950 |
Political party | United National Party |
Occupation | Engineer |
Religion | Hindu |
Ethnicity | Indian Tamil |
Ramaiah Yogarajan (born 13 June 1950) is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and engineer.[1]
Yogarajan was a member of the Western Provincial Council from 1993 to 1994.[1][2] He contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of the United National Party (UNP)'s candidates in Colombo District but failed to get elected.[3] However, he entered Parliament following the assassination of Ossie Abeygunasekera and Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi in October 1994.[3][4] He contested the 2000 parliamentary election as one of the UNP's candidates in Colombo District but again failed to get elected.[5] However, in July 2001 People's Alliance National List MP K. Marimuttu resigned to take up a diplomatic position and Yogarajan replaced him in Parliament.[5][6]
Yogarajan contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the United National Front (UNF)'s candidates in Colombo District but again failed to get elected.[6] However, after the election he was appointed National List MP by the UNF.[6][7] He contested the 2004 parliamentary election as one of the UNF's candidates in Colombo District but failed to get elected after coming twelfth amongst the UNF candidates.[8]
Yogarajan, who was the Ceylon Workers' Congress' national organizer, resigned from the party on 30 December 2009 to support common opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka at the presidential election and joined the UNP.[9][10] After the 2010 parliamentary election he was appointed National List MP by the UNF.[11][12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Directory of Members: Yogarajan, R.". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ↑ "Members of the Second Council". Western Provincial Council.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The question of the Tamil vote". The Island (Sri Lanka). 3 January 2010.
- ↑ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (23 April 2010). "Decline of Tamil representation outside the North and East". dbsjeyaraj.com.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "CWC National List MP resigns". The Island (Sri Lanka). 13 July 2001.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (16 December 2001). "Up-Country Tamils: Unrealised potential". The Sunday Leader.
- ↑ "National List MPs". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 12 December 2001.
- ↑ "General Election 2004 Preferences". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
- ↑ "Yogarajan, Satchithananthan join the UNP to support Fonseka". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 30 December 2009.
- ↑ Edirisinghe, Dasun (31 December 2009). "Two CWC top guns join UNP". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ "National list MPs nominated: UPFA-17, UNP-09, DNA-02, and ITAK-01". TamilNet. 21 April 2010.
- ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1650/19. 21 April 2010.