D. M. Swaminathan

Honourable D. M. Swaminathan MP
தே. ம. சுவாமிநாதன்
Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 January 2015
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for National List
Incumbent
Assumed office 2010
2nd Governor of Western Province
In office 11 July 1994 – 1 December 1994
Preceded by	Suppiah Sharvananda
Succeeded by	K. Vignarajah
Personal details
Political party	United National Party
Other political affiliations	United National Front for Good Governance
Alma mater	Ceylon Law College
Profession	Lawyer
Ethnicity	Sri Lankan Tamil

Deva Manoharan Swaminathan (Tamil: தேவ மனோகரன் சுவாமிநாதன்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and cabinet minister.

Swaminathan is the son of M. Swaminathan and Lalithambikai (daughter of S. Pararajasingam and grand daughter of P. Arunachalam). He was educated at Royal College, Colombo. After school he joined Ceylon Law College, qualifying as an advocate of the Supreme Court.

After qualifying Swaminathan started practising law in Colombo, taking over the chambers of proctor Ratnakaram which were renamed D. M. Swaminathan Associates in 1971.

Swaminathan was appointed Governor of Western Province in June 1994 after the controversial dismissal of Suppiah Sharvananda by President D. B. Wijetunga. He was appointed chairman of the National Savings Bank in March 2002, serving until 2004.

Swaminathan was appointed as one of the United National Party's (UNP) National List MPs in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 2010 parliamentary election. In October 2010 he was appointed to the Parliamentary Council which was established by the controversial 18th Amendment to make non-binding recommendations the president on the membership of various national commissions. After the 2015 presidential election he was appointed Minister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs by newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena.

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