Anton Jeyanathan

Mariyampillai Antony Jeyanathan (Tamil: மரியம்பிள்ளை அன்ரனி ஜெகநாதன்; 11 May 1948 – 1 October 2016) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and provincial councillor.

Honourable
Anton Jeyanathan
MPC
அன்ரன் ஜெயநாதன்
Deputy Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council
In office
25 October 2013 – 1 October 2016
Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Mullaitivu District
In office
11 October 2013 – 1 October 2016
Personal details
Born(1948-05-11)11 May 1948
Died1 October 2016(2016-10-01) (aged 68)
Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance
ProfessionTeacher
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Jeyanathan was born on 11 May 1948.[1] He was the son of Mariyampillai and Mary Theresa.[1] He was educated at Mullaitivu Maha Vidyalayam.[1]

Jeyanathan was a teacher and served as a school principal before becoming a director of education.[1]

Jeyanathan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Mullaitivu District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[2][3] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on social services and rehabilitation.[4] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[5][6] He was elected unopposed as Deputy Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council at its inaugural meeting on 25 October 2013.[7][8][9]

On the morning of 1 October 2016 Jeyanathan was riding a motorbike near Mulliyawalai when he fell off the bike following a suspected heart attack.[1][10] He was taken to Mullaitivu Hospital (Mancholai Base Hospital) but was pronounced dead on arrival.[11][12][13]

References
  1. "NPC Deputy Leader of the House, Antony Jeganathan dies of heart attack". Tamil Diplomat. 2 October 2016.
  2. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013.
  3. "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Northern Province". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
  4. "Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors" (PDF). TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
  5. "NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes". TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
  6. "Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
  7. "Inaugural Session of Northern Provincial Council held at Kaithady". Northern Provincial Council. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  8. Palakidnar, Ananth (26 October 2013). "Chandrasiri must go". Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  9. "New Chairman of NPC". The Island (Sri Lanka). 26 October 2013.
  10. "NPC Deputy Chairman dies after suffering a suspected heart attack". Ada Derana. 1 October 2016.
  11. "NPC Deputy Leader Chairman Antony Jeganathan passes away". Tamil Diplomat. 1 October 2016.
  12. Madushanka, Romesh (1 October 2016). "NPC Dy. Chairman dies of heart attack". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
  13. Dias, Keshala (1 October 2016). "NPC Deputy Chairman killed in motor accident". News First. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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