Jeevan Thondaman (Tamil: ஜீவன் தொண்டமான்; born 9 November 1994) is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister.[1]
Jeevan Thondaman | |
|---|---|
| ஜீவன் தொண்டமான் ජීවන් තොණ්ඩමන් | |
| Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure | |
| Assumed office 19 January 2023 | |
| President | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Prime Minister | Dinesh Gunawardena |
| Preceded by | Keheliya Rambukwella |
| Minister of State for Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure | |
| In office 12 August 2020 – 3 April 2022 | |
| President | Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
| Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
| Assumed office 20 August 2020 | |
| Constituency | Nuwara Eliya District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1994 |
| Political party | Ceylon Workers' Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
| Alma mater | Northumbria University |
Thondaman was born on 9 November 1994.[1][2] He is the son of Arumugam Thondaman and great-grandson of Savumiamoorthy Thondaman, former leaders of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) and government ministers.[3] He was educated at Gateway Primary School, Colombo, Lady Andal, Chennai and Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore.[2] After school he joined Northumbria University, graduating in 2017 with a LLB degree.[2][4]
Thondaman interned at a law firm in London.[2] He then returned to Sri Lanka to assist his father in his political and trade union work.[2] In December 2017 a court order was issued to arrest him in connection with an assault on a National Union of Workers supporter at a funeral in Maskeliya.[5][6]
In June 2020, following the death of his father, Thondaman was appointed general-secretary of the CWC.[7][8] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[9][10][11][12] After the election he was appointed State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure.[13][14][15]
| Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result | ||
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| 2020 parliamentary[10] | Nuwara Eliya District | Ceylon Workers' Congress | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | 109,155 | Elected | ||