Selvam Adaikalanathan
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Honourable Selvam Adaikalanathan MP |
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| செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதன் සෙල්වම් අඩෛක්කලනාදන් |
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| Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
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Assumed office 1 September 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Murugesu Chandrakumar |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Vanni District |
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Assumed office 2000 |
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Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan 10 June 1962 |
| Political party | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
| Other political affiliations |
Tamil National Alliance |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan (Tamil: அமிர்தநாதன் அடைக்கலநாதன்; born 10 June 1962; commonly known as Selvam Adaikalanathan) is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician and Member of Parliament. He is the leader of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), a member of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).
Adaikalanathan was born 10 June 1962. He hails from Mannar in northern Sri Lanka. At the age of 15 he joined the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), a Tamil militant group fighting for an independent state of Tamil Eelam in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. He took on the nom de guerre Selvam. Adaikalanathan took on the leadership/presidency of TELO following the killing of Sri Sabaratnam by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on 5 May 1986.
Adaikalanathan was one of the ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF alliance's candidates in Vanni District at the 1989 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming third amongst the alliance candidates. He was one TELO's candidates for Vanni District at the 2000 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.
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