Preceded by S. A. Raheem Role Politician Name P. Soosaithasan | Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil Profession Accountant Party Tamil National Alliance | |
Born 24 July 1934 (age 89) ( 1934-07-24 ) Political party Tamil National Alliance | ||
Pilesiyan Sosai Soosaithasan (Tamil: பிலேசியன் சூசை சூசைதாசன்; born 24 July 1934) is a Sri Lankan Tamil accountant, politician and former Member of Parliament.
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Early life
Soosaithasan was born on 24 July 1934.
Career
Soosaithasan was chief accountant at Lanka Salu Sala, the state owned hand loom and textile manufacturer.
Soosaithasan stood as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate in Mannar at the 1977 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament. Soosaithasan and all other TULF MPs boycotted Parliament from the middle of 1983 for a number of reasons: they were under pressure from Sri Lankan Tamil militants not to stay in Parliament beyond their normal six-year term; the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka required them to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state; and the Black July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by Sinhalese mobs. After three months of absence, Soosaithasan forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983.
Soosaithasan was one of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) candidates in Vanni District at the 2010 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming sixth amongst the TNA candidates.