Hon.
Jeevan Thondaman
MP
ஜீவன் தொண்டமான்
ජීවන් තොණ්ඩමන්
Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure
Assumed office
19 January 2023
PresidentRanil Wickremesinghe
Prime MinisterDinesh Gunawardena
Preceded byKeheliya Rambukwella
Minister of State for Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure
In office
12 August 2020 – 3 April 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
20 August 2020
ConstituencyNuwara Eliya District
Personal details
Born (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994 (age 29)
Political partyCeylon Workers' Congress
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materNorthumbria University

Jeevan Thondaman (Tamil: ஜீவன் தொண்டமான்; born 9 November 1994) is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister.[1]

Thondaman was born on 9 November 1994.[1][2] He is the son of Arumugam Thondaman and great-grandson of Savumiamoorthy Thondaman, former leaders of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) and government ministers.[3] He was educated at Gateway Primary School, Colombo, Lady Andal, Chennai and Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore.[2] After school he joined Northumbria University, graduating in 2017 with a LLB degree.[2][4]

Thondaman interned at a law firm in London.[2] He then returned to Sri Lanka to assist his father in his political and trade union work.[2] In December 2017 a court order was issued to arrest him in connection with an assault on a National Union of Workers supporter at a funeral in Maskeliya.[5][6]

In June 2020, following the death of his father, Thondaman was appointed general-secretary of the CWC.[7][8] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[9][10][11][12] After the election he was appointed State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure.[13][14][15]

Electoral history of Jeevan Thondaman
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[10] Nuwara Eliya District Ceylon Workers' Congress Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 109,155 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Jeevan Thondaman". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (18 July 2020). "CWC, Jeevan Thondaman and Nuwara- Eliya Tamils". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ Padmasiri, Ranjith (9 August 2020). "Politics runs in their blood". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ Ramiah Mohan, Sulochana (6 June 2020). "My father was not a saviour, but a strong leader - Jeevan Thondaman". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ Rajapakse, Ranjith (12 December 2017). "Alleged attack on NUW supporter: Court orders arrest of Thondaman's son". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Court orders to arrest Thondaman's son". Hiru News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Jeevan Thondaman appointed as CWC's General Secretary". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ^ Rajapaksa, Ranjith (17 June 2020). "Jeevan Thondaman appointed as General Secretary of CWC". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. ^ "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. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 4A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Nuwara Eliya District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  11. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  12. ^ Srinivasan, Meera (8 August 2020). "An alliance of Malayaha Tamil MPs that stood out". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2188/43. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 August 2020. p. 3A. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  14. ^ Bandara, Kelum (13 August 2020). "newly sworn Cabinet: New MPs receive more executive authority in new government". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  15. ^ "New Cabinet sworn in". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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