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Kanapathipillai Cathiravelpillai Logeswaran (Tamil: கணபதிப்பிள்ளை கதிரவேல்பிள்ளை லோகேசுவரன் Kaṇapatippiḷḷai Katiravēlpiḷḷai Lōkēcuvaraṉ) is a Sri Lankan civil servant. He was the 10th Governor of North Western Province having assumed office on 12 April 2018.
K. C. Logeswaran | |
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கே. சி. லோகேசுவரன் | |
10th Governor of North Western Province | |
In office 12 April 2018 – 31 December 2018 | |
President | Maithripala Sirisena |
Preceded by | Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake |
Succeeded by | Peshala Jayarathne |
6th Governor of Western Province | |
In office 23 January 2015 – 11 April 2018 | |
President | Maithripala Sirisena |
Preceded by | Alavi Moulana |
Succeeded by | Hemakumara Nanayakkara |
Sri Lankan Ambassador to South Korea | |
In office December 1999 – February 2003 | |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | University of Ceylon |
Profession | Civil servant |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Logeswaran is from Suthumalai. Logeswaran was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna.[1][2] After school he joined the University of Ceylon from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[3]
Logeswaran is an officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS).[2] He was Divisional Revenue Officer (DRO) in several divisions in Vavuniya District from 1963 to 1968.[4] He was registrar of the University of Jaffna from April 1980 to September 1981.[3] In October 1981 he was appointed District Secretary (Government Agent) for Vavuniya District, serving until July 1988.[5] He then held senior positions at various government ministries: additional secretary at the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (August 1988 to March 1990); state secretary at the Ministry of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs (March 1990 to December 1990); secretary at the Project Ministry of Mineral Development (January 1991 to August 1994); additional secretary at the Ministry of Industrial Development (August 1994 to August 1995); and secretary at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and the Media (September 1995 to August 1999).[2][3][6] During the latter posting he was also chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission.[3]
Logeswaran was appointed ambassador to South Korea in December 1999 and served until February 2003.[3][7] He became an advisor to the Ministry of Finance in April 2003 and in December 2003 he joined the board of Sri Lanka Telecom.[2][3] He was appointed to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into serious human rights violations in November 2006 but resigned in April 2007.[8][9] He was later secretary to the National Police Commission.[10][11]
Newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena appointed Logeswaran Governor of Western Province on 23 January 2015.[12][13][14] On 12 April 2018, he was sworn in as Governor of the North Western Province.[15]
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