Selvam Adaikalanathan | |
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| செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதன் සෙල්වම් අඩෛක්කලනාදන් | |
 Adaikalanathan in August 2015 | |
| President ofTamil Eelam Liberation Organization | |
| Assumed office 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Sri Sabaratnam |
| Deputy chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
| In office 1 September 2015 – 2 March 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Murugesu Chandrakumar |
| Succeeded by | Angajan Ramanathan |
| Member of theParliament of Sri Lanka | |
| Assumed office 2000 | |
| Constituency | Vanni District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan (1962-06-10)10 June 1962 (age 63) |
| Political party | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan (Tamil:அமிர்தநாதன் அடைக்கலநாதன்,romanized: Amirtanātaṉ Aṭaikkalanātaṉ; born 10 June 1962), commonly known asSelvam Adaikalanathan, is aSri Lankan Tamilmilitant turned politician andMember of Parliament.[1] He was theDeputy chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from September 2015 to March 2020.[2] He is the leader of theTamil Eelam Liberation Organization, a member of theTamil National Alliance.
Adaikalanathan was born 10 June 1962.[1] He hails fromMannar in northernSri Lanka.[3] At the age of 15 he joined theTamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), aTamil militant group fighting for an independent state ofTamil Eelam in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.[3] He took on thenom de guerre Selvam'. Adaikalanathan took on the leadership/presidency of TELO following the killing ofSri Sabaratnam by theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on 5 May 1986.[3]
Adaikalanathan contested the1989 parliamentary election as aENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULFelectoral alliance candidate inVanni District but failed to get elected after coming 3rd amongst the alliance candidates.[4][5] He contested the2000 parliamentary election as one of the TELO's candidates in Vanni District and was elected to theParliament of Sri Lanka.[6]
On 20 October 2001 theAll Ceylon Tamil Congress,Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, TELO andTamil United Liberation Front formed theTamil National Alliance (TNA).[7][8] Adaikalanathan contested the2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District and was re-elected to Parliament.[9] He was re-elected at the2004,2010 and2015 parliamentary elections.[10][11][12][13][14] He was electedDeputy chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka when thenew parliament met on 1 September 2015.[15][16]
Adaikalanathan was re-elected at the2020 parliamentary election.[17][18][19]
| Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result | ||
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| 1989 parliamentary[4] | Vanni District | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF | 5,771 | Not elected | ||
| 2000 parliamentary[6] | Vanni District | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 15,490 | Elected | |||
| 2001 parliamentary[9] | Vanni District | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | Tamil National Alliance | 28,548 | Elected | ||
| 2004 parliamentary[10] | Vanni District | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | Tamil National Alliance | 39,535 | Elected | ||
| 2010 parliamentary[20] | Vanni District | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | Tamil National Alliance | 17,366 | Elected | ||
| 2015 parliamentary[21] | Vanni District | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | Tamil National Alliance | 26,397 | Elected | ||
| 2020 parliamentary[22] | Vanni District | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | Tamil National Alliance | 18,563 | Elected | ||
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