Thangeswary Kathiraman

Hon. Thangeswary Kathiraman
Member of Parliament for Batticaloa District
In office 2004–2010
Personal details
Born	(1952-02-26)26 February 1952
Died	26 October 2019(2019-10-26) (aged 67)
Political party	United People's Freedom Alliance
Occupation	District Cultural Officer

Thangeswary Kathiraman (26 February 1952 – 26 October 2019)^[1] was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician who served as Member of Parliament.

In 2004 Thangeswary was selected by the Tamil Tigers as a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentary candidate.^[2] Thangeswary represented the Batticaloa multi-member electoral district for the TNA in the Sri Lankan Parliament between April 2004 and February 2010.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, after the Tamil Tigers' defeat in the civil war, the TNA deselected most of its Tamil Tiger appointed MPs, including Thangeswary.^[3] She subsequently joined the governing United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and stood as one of its candidates in Batticaloa District in the 2010 parliamentary election. She failed to get elected, coming eighth and last amongst the UPFA candidates.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "தங்கேஸ்வரியின் உடல் நல்லடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது! | Athavan News". athavannews.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019.
2. DBS Jeyaraj (3 April 2010). "TAMIL NATIONAL ALLIANCE ENTERS CRITICAL THIRD PHASE −2". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 16 May 2010.
3. DBS Jeyaraj (17 April 2010). "T.N.A. PERFORMS CREDITABLY IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 23 May 2010.