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K. Thurairetnasingam

Honourable
K. Thurairetnasingam
MP
கே. துரைரத்தினசிங்கம்
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for National List
Assumed office
2015
In office
2002–2004
Preceded by M. Sivasithamparam
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Trincomalee District
In office
2004–2010
Personal details
Born (1941-01-04) 4 January 1941 (age 76)
Political party Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations
Tamil National Alliance
Occupation Civil servant
Religion Hindu
Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil

Kathirgamathamby Thurairetnasingam (Tamil: கதிர்காமத்தம்பி துரைரத்தினசிங்கம்; born 4 January 1941) is a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, politician and Member of Parliament.

Thurairetnasingam was born on 4 January 1941.

Thurairetnasingam is a former Divisional Director of Education.

Thurairetnasingam was one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2001 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates. However, in June 2002 he entered Parliament when he was appointed as a National List Member of Parliament for the TNA, replacing M. Sivasithamparam who had died on 5 June 2002. He was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament. Thurairetnasingam did not contest the 2010 parliamentary election for personal reasons.

Thurairetnasingam was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates. However, after the election he was appointed as a TNA National List MP in Parliament.


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