Jeevan Thiagarajah () is 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 ...

civil servant, human rights activist, social activist who also served as the

Governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

of the Northern Province between 2021 and 2023.

Career

He served as the chairman of the Institute for

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, a Sri Lankan

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and also worked as the Executive Director of the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies. Jeevan Thiagarajah has worked in the NGO sector in Sri Lanka since 1984, holding executive positions in several

humanitarian Humanitarianism is an ideology centered on the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotiona ...

and human rights organizations. In December 2020, he was appointed as the member of the

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. In October 2021, he resigned from the role of being a member of the Election Commission in order to take up the post of Northern Province Governor. He was sworn in as

of the Northern Province on 11 October 2021.

References

External links

Evolving Role of the NGO Sector in the Post-Tsunami Recovery of Sri Lanka

voices of reconciliation

Fears for Sri Lanka human rights

European parliament Committee on Development
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thiagarajah, Jeevan Governors of Northern Province, Sri Lanka Living people Sri Lankan human rights activists Sri Lankan Tamil people Sri Lankan civil servants Year of birth missing (living people)