Karthikesu Nadarasa Kanagaratnam (commonly known as Vinthan Kanagaratnam) 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 ...

politician and provincial councillor. Kanagaratnam is

treasurer A treasurer is a person responsible for the financial operations of a government, business, or other organization. Government The treasury of a country is the department responsible for the country's economy, finance and revenue. The treasure ...

of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization. He contested the 2009 local government 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 and was elected to the

Jaffna Municipal Council Jaffna Municipal Council (; JMC) is the Local government in Sri Lanka, local authority for the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. JMC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, l ...

. He contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the TNA's candidates in

Jaffna District Jaffna District ( ''Yāḻppāṇam Māvaṭṭam''; ''yāpanaya distrikkaya'') 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 ...

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 Minister of Fisheries, Transport, Trade and Rural Development on trade and commerce. He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of

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C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.

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Jaffna municipal councillors Living people Members of the Northern Provincial Council People from Jaffna Tamil politicians Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization politicians Tamil National Alliance politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{NorthernLK-politician-stub