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Name
  
C. Chandrakanthan

Occupation
  
Marine Officer

Role
  
Politician

Religion
  
Christian

Party
  
Tamil National Alliance

Ethnicity
  
Sri Lankan Tamil


Born
  
12 April 1970 (age 54) (
1970-04-12
)

Political party
  
Tamil National Alliance

Parents
  
Ariyanayagam Chandra Nehru

Preceded by
  
Joseph Pararajasingam

Chandranehru Chandrakanthan (Tamil: சந்திரநேரு சந்திரகாந்தன்; born 12 April 1970) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

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Early life and family

Chandrakanthan was born on 12 April 1970. He is the son of assassinated Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP A. Chandranehru.

Career

Chandrakanthan was appointed as a TNA National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament in September 2006, replacing Joseph Pararajasingam who had been assassinated in December 2005. He contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Ampara District but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates.

References

C. Chandrakanthan Wikipedia