B. Gajatheepan
Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Balachandran Gajatheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and provincial councillor.
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B. Gajatheepan | |
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Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District | |
Assumed office 11 October 2013 | |
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Born | (1982-04-30) 30 April 1982 (age 42) |
Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
Alma mater | Jaffna Hindu College Kopay Teacher Training College |
Profession | Teacher |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
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Gajatheepan was educated at Jaffna Hindu College and Kopay Teacher Training College.[1] He was a teacher at Analativu Sathasivam Maha Vidyalayam and Union College, Tellippalai.[1] He is leader of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's youth wing.[1]
Gajatheepan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[2][3] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on tourism.[4] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[5][6]