Vijayakala Maheswaran

The Honourable
Vijayakala Maheswaran
MP
விஜயகலா மகேசுவரன்
State Minister of Child Affairs
Assumed office
9 September 2015
Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs
In office
12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Jaffna District
Assumed office
8 April 2010
Personal details
Born (1972-11-23) 23 November 1972
Political party United National Party
Other political
affiliations		 United National Front for Good Governance
Spouse(s) T. Maheswaran
Religion Hindu
Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil

Vijayakala Maheswaran (Tamil: விஜயகலா மகேசுவரன்; born 23 November 1972) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and state minister.

Early life and family

Maheswaran was born on 23 November 1972.[1] She is the daughter of Markandu from the village of Kalapoomy on the island of Karainagar in northern Sri Lanka.[2] She was educated at Dr. A. Thiyagarajah Madhya Maha Vidyalayam (Karainagar Hindu College).[2][3]

Maheswaran is the widow of T. Maheswaran, a Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the Eelam People's Democratic Party, a government backed paramilitary group, in January 2008.[4][5] They had three children - two daughters and one son.[2]

Career

Maheswaran contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the United National Front's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to Parliament.[6] After the 2015 presidential election she was appointed Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs by newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena.[7][8]

Maheswaran was one of the United National Front for Good Governance’s candidates in Jaffna District at the 2015 parliamentary election. She was elected and re-entered Parliament.[9][10][11] She was sworn in as State Minister of Child Affairs on 9 September 2015.[12][13][14]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Vijayakala Maheswaran
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2010 parliamentary[6] Jaffna District UNF 7,160 Elected
2015 parliamentary[15] Jaffna District UNFGG 13,071 Elected

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Members: Vijayakala Maheswaran". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 3 "தரும பூஷணம் தியாகராஜா மகேஸ்வரன்". p. 25.
  3. ↑ "New faces in Parliament" (PDF). The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 18 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (16 March 2008). "Assassinating Tamil Parliamentarians: The unceasing waves". The Nation (Sri Lanka).
  5. ↑ "Maheswaran MP assassinated in Colombo". TamilNet. 1 January 2008.
  6. 1 2 "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Jaffna Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "New Cabinet ministers sworn in". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "New Cabinet takes oaths". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928/03. 19 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/69. 18 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "New State and Deputy Ministers". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "State and Deputy Ministers take oaths (Updated Full List)". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.
  15. ↑ Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
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