D. Siddarthan
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Honourable D. Siddarthan MP MPC |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Jaffna District |
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Assumed office 2015 |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Vanni District |
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In office 2001–2004 |
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In office 1994–2000 |
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| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District | |
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In office 2013–2015 |
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| Succeeded by | Kanapathippillai Tharumalingam |
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| Political party | People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam |
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Tamil National Alliance |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Dharmalingam Siddarthan (Tamil: தர்மலிங்கம் சித்தார்த்தன்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician and Member of Parliament. He is the current leader of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), a member of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).
Siddarthan is the son of V. Dharmalingam, Member of Parliament for Uduvil. Siddarthan became involved in Tamil nationalist politics in the 1960s but by the 1970s he had become involved in with militant groups. He was one of the founding members of the Tamil New Tigers and in 1977 founded the London branch of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In 1980 LTTE chairman Uma Maheswaran split from the LTTE and founded the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE). Siddarthan joined PLOTE. In 1982 Siddarthan, with the assistance of Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students, went to Syria to receive military training from Palestinian militant groups. Siddarthan took over leadership of the PLOTE following the assassination of Uma Maheswaran in 1989.
Siddarthan was one of the Democratic People's Liberation Front's (DPLF) (the political wing of PLOTE) candidates in Jaffna District at the 1989 parliamentary election but the DPLF failed to win any seats in Parliament. He was one of the DPLF's candidates for Vanni District at the 1994 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament. He was not re-elected at the 2000 parliamentary election. He was however re-elected at the 2001 parliamentary election. He failed to get re-elected at the 2004 parliamentary election after the DPLF failed to win any seats in Parliament. He contested the 2010 parliamentary election in Vanni District but again the DPLF failed to win any seats in Parliament.
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