Mavai Senathirajah
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The Honourable Mavai Senathirajah MP |
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| மாவை சேனாதிராஜா | |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Jaffna District |
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Assumed office 10 October 2000 |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for National List |
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In office 1999–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Neelan Tiruchelvam |
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In office 1989–1994 |
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| Preceded by | A. Amirthalingam |
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| Born | 27 October 1942 |
| Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
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Tamil National Alliance |
| Alma mater | University of Ceylon, Peradeniya |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Somasundaram Senathirajah (Tamil: சோமசுந்தரம் சேனாதிராஜா; born 27 October 1942; commonly known as Mavai Senathirajah) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. He is the current leader of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), a member of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).
Senathirajah was born on 27 October 1942. He was educated Veemanramam School and Nadeswara College. After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya as an external student and graduated with a bachelor's degree.
Senathirajah got involved in the Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism movement at a young age and took part in the 1961 satyagraha. He joined the youth wing of Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the Tamil Youth League, in 1962. He was secretary of the Eela Thamil Elanger Eyakam (Eelam Tamil Youth Movement) from 1966 to 1969. He was arrested on several occasions between 1969 and 1983 and spent seven years imprisoned at eight different prisons. He became secretary of the Tamil Youth Front, the youth wing the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), in 1972.
Senathirajah was one of the ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF alliance's candidates in Jaffna District at the 1989 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming 13th amongst the alliance candidates. However, he entered Parliament in 1989 when he was appointed as a National List Member of Parliament for the TULF, replacing A. Amirthalingam who had been assassinated on 13 July 1989. He re-entered Parliament in 1999 as a National List Member of Parliament for the TULF following the assassination of Neelan Tiruchelvam on 29 July 1999.
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