Jeevan Thiagarajah
ஜீவன் தியாகராஜா
8th Governor of the Northern Province
In office
11 October 2021 – 15 May 2023
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded byP. S. M. Charles
Succeeded byP. S. M. Charles
Personal details
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyIndependent
OccupationCivil servant
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeevan Thiagarajah appointed Northern Province Governor | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Our regrets to Jeevan Thiagarajah". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Jeevan Thiagarajah". Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. 17 August 2006. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  4. ↑ "A road map to the end of displacement in Sri Lanka? | Forced Migration Review". www.fmreview.org. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Jeevan Thiagarajah to be appointed Northern Governor - Front Page | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jeevan Thiagarajah sworn in as Northern Province Governor - Latest News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sri Lanka : Jeevan Thiagarajah appointed Northern Province Governor". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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