Tamil National Alliance
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Tamil National Alliance
தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය |
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| President | R. Sampanthan |
| Secretary-General | Mavai Senathirajah |
| Deputy President | A. Vinayagamoorthy |
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| Founded | 20 October 2001 |
| Headquarters | 6, 1st Lane, Point Pedro Road, Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Ideology |
Tamil nationalism Federalism |
| Parliament |
16 / 225
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| Provincial Councils |
41 / 455
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| Local Government |
288 / 4,462
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The Tamil National Alliance (Tamil: தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு ISO 15919: tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu; TNA) is a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Sri Lankan Tamil minority. It was formed in October 2001 by a group of moderate Tamil nationalist parties and former militant groups. The alliance originally supported self-determination in an autonomous state (Tamil Eelam) for the island's Tamils. It supported negotiations with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to resolve the civil war in Sri Lanka. Since the end of the civil war and the defeat of the LTTE the TNA has dropped the demand for an independent state, saying that it is ready to accept regional self-rule. The TNA and its supporters have been subject to numerous attacks during its existence and three of its sitting Members of Parliament have been assassinated, allegedly by government backed rival groups.
The TNA currently consists of four parties: Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi, People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam and Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization.
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