V. Sivayogan

Velupillai Sivayogan (Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை சிவயோகன்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil engineer, politician and provincial councillor.

Honourable V. Sivayogan MPC
Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 October 2013
Personal details
Political party	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political affiliations	Tamil National Alliance
Profession	Engineer
Ethnicity	Sri Lankan Tamil

Sivayogan 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.^[1][2] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on housing, roads, bridges and ferries.^[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]

References

1. "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
2. "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 ñ Results and preferential votes: Northern Province". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 26 September 2013.
3. "Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors" (PDF). TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
4. "NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes". TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
5. "Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.