Jeevan Thiagarajah

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Jeevan Thiagarajah
ஜீவன் தியாகராஜா
8th Governor of the Northern Province
Assumed office
11 October 2021
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Preceded byP. S. M. Charles
Personal details
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyIndependent
OccupationCivil servant
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Jeevan Thiagarajah (Tamil: ஜீவன் தியாகராஜா) is a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, human rights activist, social activist who is also the current Governor of the Northern Province.[1][2]

Career[]

He served as the chairman of the Institute for Human Rights, a Sri Lankan NGO and also worked as the Executive Director of the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies.[3][4]

Jeevan Thiagarajah has worked in the NGO sector in Sri Lanka since 1984, holding executive positions in several humanitarian and human rights organizations.[3] In December 2020, he was appointed as the member of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.

In October 2021, he resigned from the role of being a member of the Election Commission in order to take up the post of Northern Province Governor.[5] He was sworn in as Governor of the Northern Province on 11 October 2021.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jeevan Thiagarajah appointed Northern Province Governor | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Our regrets to Jeevan Thiagarajah". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Jeevan Thiagarajah". Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  4. ^ "A road map to the end of displacement in Sri Lanka? | Forced Migration Review". www.fmreview.org. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Jeevan Thiagarajah to be appointed Northern Governor - Front Page | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Jeevan Thiagarajah sworn in as Northern Province Governor - Latest News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Sri Lanka : Jeevan Thiagarajah appointed Northern Province Governor". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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