P. Sathiyalingam
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Honourable P. Sathiyalingam MPC |
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| பி. சத்தியலிங்கம் | |
| Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine, Northern Province | |
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Assumed office 11 October 2013 |
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| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Vavuniya District | |
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Assumed office 11 October 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
| Other political affiliations |
Tamil National Alliance |
| Profession | Physician |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam (Tamil: பத்மநாதன் சத்தியலிங்கம்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil physician, politician and provincial minister.
Sathiyalingam is the son of S. Pathmanathan, a communist who contested the 1970 parliamentary election in Vavuniya. Sathiyalingam was Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for Vavuniya. He is chairman of the Vavuniya branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society.
Pathmanathan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Vavuniya District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council. After the election he was appointed Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine. He took his oath as minister and provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.
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