Mariyampillai Antony Jeyanathan (; 11 May 1948 – 1 October 2016) was a

Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, form the plurality in the Eastern Province a ...

teacher, politician and provincial councillor. Jeyanathan was born on 11 May 1948. He was the son of Mariyampillai and Mary Theresa. He was educated at Mullaitivu Maha Vidyalayam. Jeyanathan was a teacher and served as a school principal before becoming a director of education. Jeyanathan contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the

Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance (TNA; ISO 15919: ''tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu'') was a political alliance in Sri Lanka which represented the Sri Lankan Tamil minority of the country. It was formed in October 2001 by a group of moderate T ...

's candidates in

Mullaitivu District Mullaitivu District (, ; , ) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Governmen ...

and was elected to the

Northern Provincial Council Northern Provincial Council ( ''Vaṭa Mākāṇa Capai''; NPC) is the provincial council for the Northern Province in Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, NPC has legislative power over a variety of matters including agri ...

. After the election he was appointed to assist the

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

on social services and rehabilitation. He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at

Veerasingam Hall Co-operator Veerasingam Hall (, ; commonly known as Veerasingam Hall) is a public hall/office building in the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The hall is the main venue for conferences, conventions and cultural events in the north of the coun ...

on 11 October 2013. He was elected unopposed as Deputy Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council at its inaugural meeting on 25 October 2013. On the morning of 1 October 2016 Jeyanathan was riding a motorbike near Mulliyawalai when he fell off the bike following a suspected heart attack. He was taken to Mullaitivu Hospital (Mancholai Base Hospital) but was pronounced dead on arrival.

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