Profession Teacher Role Politician Name S. Jeyanandamoorthy | Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil Religion Hindu Party Tamil National Alliance | |
Born 16 September 1965 (age 58) ( 1965-09-16 ) Political party Tamil National Alliance | ||
Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy (born 16 September 1965) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.
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Early life and family
Jeyanandamoorthy was born on 16 September 1965.
Career
Jeyanandamoorthy had been a correspondent for Virakesari and TamilNet.
Jeyanandamoorthy was selected by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to be one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Batticaloa District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.
Jeyanandamoorthy and his relatives were repeatedly threatened by the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal, a Sri Lankan government backed paramilitary group. He subsequently fled to the United Kingdom.
In May 2010 he was elected to the Transnational Constituent Assembly of Tamil Eelam.