Nadarajah Raviraj
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Honourable Nadarajah Raviraj MP |
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| நடராஜா ரவிராஜ் | |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Jaffna District |
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In office 2001–2006 |
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| Succeeded by | N. Srikantha |
| 16th Mayor of Jaffna | |
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In office 9 January 2001 – 18 December 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Pon Sivapalan |
| Succeeded by | Sellan Kandaiyan |
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| Born | 25 June 1962 |
| Died | 10 November 2006 (aged 44) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
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Tamil National Alliance |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Nadarajah Raviraj (Tamil: நடராஜா ரவிராஜ், translit. naṭarājā ravirāj, [n̪əɖəˈɾ̪aːdʒaː ˈɾ̪əviɾ̪aːdʒ]; 25 June 1962 – 10 November 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Jaffna in 2001 and a Member of Parliament for Jaffna District from 2001 to 2006. A member of the Tamil National Alliance, he was shot dead on 10 November 2006 in Colombo.
Raviraj was born 25 June 1962. His family were from Chavakachcheri in northern Ceylon. Both of his parents were teachers – his father taught at Chavakachcheri Hindu College and his mother taught at Chavakachcheri Hindu Ladies College. Raviraj was educated at Chavakachcheri Hindu College, Drieberg College, Chavakachcheri and St. John's College, Jaffna.
Raviraj was married to Sasikala, a teacher at Bishop's College, Colombo. They had a daughter (Praveena) and son (Yuthishthran).
Raviraj became an attorney at law of the Supreme Court in November 1987. He was a human rights lawyer for Home for Human Rights from 1984 to 1990. He worked at the Attorney-General's Department between 1990 and 1993. He rejoined Home for Human Rights in 1993, working for them until 1997. He then started a private practice firm, Raviraj and Associates, which specialised in Prevention of Terrorism Act and Emergency Regulations cases. Raviraj represented clients in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Courts in Ampara, Batticaloa, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Vavuniya and other cities.
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