Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District
In office 2008–2017
Personal details
Born
Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan
(1975-08-18) 18 August 1975 (age 48) Kalkuda, Batticaloa District
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Political party
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
Website
pillayan.com
Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan (Tamil: சிவனேசதுரை சந்திரகாந்தன்; commonly known as Pillayan; born 18 August 1975), served as Chief Minister of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. He is also the leader of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), a political party in Sri Lanka. A former armed fighter of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam organization, Chandrakanthan broke away from the Tamil Tigers along with Karuna Amman in April 2004, and became the deputy leader of the breakaway faction, renamed as the TMVP.
An internal rift in the TMVP led to Chandrakanthan replacing Karuna as the party leader in April 2007. Under his guidance, the TMVP contested in elections to elect members to Sri Lanka's Eastern Provincial Council, as part of a wider coalition which went on to win the elections. Chandrakanthan, who obtained the most preferential votes in the Batticaloa District, was sworn in as first ever Chief Minister of the province on 16 May 2008.[1]
^Pillayan sworn in Chief Minister The Hindu - 17 May 2008
Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan (Tamil: சிவனேசதுரை சந்திரகாந்தன்; commonly known as Pillayan; born 18 August 1975), served as Chief Minister of the Eastern Province...
TMVP was registered as a political party in 2007. Under deputy leader Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan), they contested their first provincial...
massive Rajagopuram. Sangili Mandapam built on 1647 by vadamalaiyappa pillayan connects the Ganthimathi Amman and Nellaiyappar temples. The temple has...
2008 Kamalendran, Chris (July 6, 2008), "Pillayan ready to make way for Karuna", The Sunday Times Pillayan gives ‘final warning’ to Karuna Daily Mirror...
Minister of Rural Road Development Pillayan had fled to Malaysia after the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa. Pillayan had been charged and arrested for...
31 January 2015. "Pillayan sworn in as CM for Eastern Province". TamilNet. 16 May 2008. Reddy, B. Muralidhar (17 May 2008). "Pillayan sworn in Chief Minister"...
strategist and chief negotiator for the Tamil Tigers S. Chandrakanthan (Pillayan) - Tamil Tiger member, defected to the Sri Lankan Government; Chief Minister...
extremist Buddhist monk Sumanarathna, and a supporter of paramilitary leader Pillayan. He is currently a member of Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi. Rasamanickam...
of Tamil-speaking province shot dead Indian Express - November 14, 2008 Pillayan, Karuna meet to heal rift Sunday Times - September 28, 2008 We need police...
dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2015-09-30. "Pillayan arrested over Pararajasingham killing". www.dailymirror.lk. "Pillayan to be detained till November 4". www...
to power. Hanzeer Azad Maulana, a former aide to the Rajapaksa loyalist Pillayan, alleged that he had facilitated the meeting between Sallay and the NTJ...
Party, Sri Lanka Bala Tampoe (1922–2014), Tamil trade unionist, Sri Lanka Pillayan alias Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan (1975–), former Chief Minister of Eastern...
1552/19. 5 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2013. "Pillayan sworn in as CM for Eastern Province". TamilNet. 16 May 2008. "Events"....
assassination had been handed to the Pillayan, leader of the TMVP paramilitary group, by Colonel Shammi Karunaratne of the army. Pillayan then gave the weapon to Sivakanthan...
A.M. Hisbullah, and the leading Tamil candidate and leader of the TMVP Pillayan as to who will be appointed Chief Minister if the UPFA won the election...
on 8 October 2015 in connection with Pararajasingham's assassination. Pillayan (S. Chandrakanthan), leader of the TMVP, was also arrested by the CID,...
Council. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-10-06. "Pillayan sworn in as CM for Eastern Province". TamilNet. 16 May 2008. "Majeed sworn...
Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman and Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan in the 1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers. A full investigation...
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