Jeevan Thiagarajah (Tamil: ஜீவன் தியாகராஜா) is a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, human rights activist, social activist who also served as the Governor of the Northern Province between 2021 and 2023.[1][2]
Jeevan Thiagarajah | |
|---|---|
ஜீவன் தியாகராஜா | |
| 8th Governor of the Northern Province | |
| In office 11 October 2021 – 15 May 2023 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Preceded by | P. S. M. Charles |
| Succeeded by | P. S. M. Charles |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Career
He served as the chairman of the Institute for Human Rights, a Sri Lankan NGO and also worked as the Executive Director of the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies.[3][4]
Jeevan Thiagarajah has worked in the NGO sector in Sri Lanka since 1984, holding executive positions in several humanitarian and human rights organizations.[3] In December 2020, he was appointed as the member of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
In October 2021, he resigned from the role of being a member of the Election Commission in order to take up the post of Northern Province Governor.[5] He was sworn in as Governor of the Northern Province on 11 October 2021.[6][7]