K. Swami Veerabahu
Sri Lankan politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kanagasundaram Swami Veerabahu (30 June 1948 ā 17 February 2015) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.
K. Swami Veerabahu | |
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Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Mullaitivu District | |
In office 11 October 2013 ā 17 February 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1948-06-30)30 June 1948 |
Died | 17 February 2015(2015-02-17) (aged 66) Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
Political party | Tamil National Alliance |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Swami Veerabahu 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.[1][2] After the election he was appointed to assist the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Irrigation and Environment on protection of the environment.[3] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[4][5]
Swami Veerabahu was diagnosed with cancer and was being treated at a private hospital in Vavuniya.[6] His condition worsened on 17 February 2015 and he was transferred to Jaffna Teaching Hospital but died that evening.[6][7][8]