Sam Tambimuttu
Hon. Sam Tambimuttu | |
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Member of Parliament for Batticaloa District | |
In office 1989–1990 | |
Succeeded by | Joseph Pararajasingham |
Personal details | |
Born | 1932 |
Died | (1990-05-07)7 May 1990 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Political party | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front |
Profession | Lawyer |
Samuel Pennington Thavarasa Tambimuttu (1932 – 1990) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.
Early life and family
Tambimuttu was born in 1932.[1] He was the grand nephew of E. R. Tambimuttu, member of the State Council of Ceylon.[1][2] He was married to Kala, daughter of Senator M. Manickam.[1][3] They had a son Arun.[2]
Tambimuttu was a Methodist.[1][2]
Career
Tambimuttu was a proctor and practiced law in Batticaloa.[1][3] He was chairman of Batticaloa Citizen's Committee.[1][3] In this capacity he would intervene on behalf of youths arrested by the paramilitary Special Task Force.[4]
Tambimuttu had been a member of the Tamil United Liberation Front for a long time.[3] He contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to Parliament.[5]
Death
Tambimuttu was assassinated on 7 May 1990 outside the Canadian High Commission in Colombo.[3] His wife Kala died on 16 May as a result of injuries sustained in the assassination.[3] The assassination was blamed on the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 221.
- ^ a b c "Thambimuttu's widow in touching cemetery farewell" (PDF). Tamil Times. IX (7): 9. 15 June 1990. ISSN 0266-4488.
- ^ a b c d e f "MP and Wife Assassinated" (PDF). Tamil Times. IX (7): 9. 15 June 1990. ISSN 0266-4488.
- ^ Mohamed, Suresh (15 June 1990). "Sam Thambimuttu" (PDF). Tamil Times. IX (7): 11. ISSN 0266-4488.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009.
- ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (16 March 2008). "Assassinating Tamil Parliamentarians: The unceasing waves". The Nation (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Subramanian, T. S. (14 August 1999). "Chronicle of murders". Frontline. 16 (17). ISSN 0970-1710.
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- Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989)
- Current District: Batticaloa Electoral District
- Seat A: Chelliah Rajadurai
- Seat B: Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar
- Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe
- P. R. Selvanayagam
- M. L. Ahamed Fareeth
- Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe
- (1989 – 1994): Govinthan Karunakaran
- Alathipody Gunaseelan
- Prince Casinader
- Sam Tambimuttu (Until 1990)
- Replaced by Joseph Pararajasingham
- M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
- (1994 – 2000): Joseph Pararajasingham
- Ponnambalam Selvarasa
- Krishnapillai Thurairajasingam
- M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
- Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
- (2000 – 2001): Abdul Cader
- Nimalan Soundaranayagam
- Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
- Joseph Pararajasingham
- S. Ganeshamoorthy
- (2001 – 2004): Thambirajah Thangavadivel
- Gnanamuttu Krishnapillai
- Joseph Pararajasingham
- M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
- M. B. Mohideen Abdul Cader
- (2004 – 2010): Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai
- Thangeswary Kathiraman
- Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy
- Kingsley Rasanayagam
- Ameer Ali Shihabdeen
- (2010 – 2015): M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
- Seeniththamby Yogeswaran
- Ponnambalam Selvarasa
- Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran
- Basheer Segu Dawood
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