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

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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 "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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