Sri Lankan politician
Palani Digambaran
Digambaran in May 2017
In office 4 September 2015 – 18 November 2019President Maithripala Sirisena Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe In office 12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015In office 21 August 2014 – 10 December 2014Assumed office 2010In office 2004–2010Succeeded by G. M. M. Piyasiri
Born (1967-01-10 ) 10 January 1967 (age 57) Political party National Union of Workers
S. Udeiappan Palani Alagan Digambaran (Tamil : எஸ். உடையப்பன் பழனி அழகன் திகாம்பரம் ; born 10 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician and government minister. He is the leader of the National Union of Workers (NUW), a member of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) and United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG).
Early life
Digambaran was born on 10 January 1967.[ 1]
Career
Digambaran runs a textile business and is leader of the National Union of Workers (NUW).[ 2] [ 3]
Digambaran contested the 2004 provincial council election as one of the Up-Country People's Front 's candidates in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to the Central Provincial Council .[ 4] He was re-elected at the 2009 provincial council election , this times as a United National Front (UNF) candidate.[ 5]
Digambaran contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UNF candidates in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to Parliament .[ 6] [ 7] The NUW left the UNF alliance on 22 April 2010 after a dispute over National List seats.[ 8] Digambaran continued to be part of the opposition as an independent MP.[ 9] In August 2013 Digambaran and two others were charged with attempting to acquire 12 perches of land and a vehicle by force from their lawful owner but the case was dropped after the defendants offered to compensate the victim for the vehicle.[ 10]
Digambaran was appointed Deputy Minister of National Languages and Social Integration on 21 August 2014.[ 11] [ 12] He resigned from the UPFA government on 10 December 2014 to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the presidential election .[ 13] [ 14] After the election newly elected President Sirisena rewarded Digambaran by appointing him Minister of Plantation Infrastructure Development.[ 15] [ 16]
Digambaran was one of the United National Front for Good Governance 's candidates in Nuwara Eliya District at the 2015 parliamentary election . He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] He was sworn in as Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development on 4 September 2015.[ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
Electoral history
References
^ "Directory of Members: Palany Thigambaram" . Parliament of Sri Lanka .
^ "New faces in Parliament" (PDF) . The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . 18 April 2010.
^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (23 April 2010). "Decline of Tamil representation outside the North and East" . dbsjeyaraj.com.
^ a b "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2009.
^ a b "Preferences Nuwara Eliya" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2014 .
^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Nuwara Eliya Preferences" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2014 .
^ "General Elections 2010 - Preferential Votes" (PDF) . The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . 11 April 2010.
^ Perera, Yohan (23 April 2010). "Workers Union leaves UNF" . Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010 .
^ Indrajith, Saman (23 April 2010). "NUW to back govt" . Island, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 April 2010 .
^ Weerasooriya, Ananda (9 August 2013). "Bail approved for Digambaram" . Ceylon Today .
^ Somawardana, Melissa (21 August 2014). "Prabha Ganesan and Digambaran sworn in as Deputy Ministers" . News First .
^ "Two more Deputy Ministers take oaths before President in Si Lanka" . Colombo Page . 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014 .
^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (11 December 2014). "Two deputy ministers quit; CWC suffers split" . The Island (Sri Lanka) .
^ Srinivasan, Meera (11 December 2014). "2 more MPs leave Rajapaksa government" . The Hindu .
^ "New Cabinet ministers sworn in" . The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . 12 January 2015.
^ "New Cabinet takes oaths" . The Nation (Sri Lanka) . 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015 .
^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1928/03. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
^ "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo" . The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . 19 August 2015.
^ "Preferential Votes" . Daily News (Sri Lanka) . 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1932/07. 14 September 2015.[permanent dead link ]
^ "New Cabinet" . The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . 4 September 2015.
^ "The new Cabinet" . Ceylon Today . 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015.
^ Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010" . The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) .
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