Sam Tambimuttu
Sam Tambimuttu | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Batticaloa District | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Pararajasingham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1932 |
| Died | 7 May 1990 |
| Party | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Samuel Pennington Thavarasa Tambimuttu (1932 – 1990) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.
Early life and family
[edit | edit source]Tambimuttu was born in 1932.[1] He was the grand nephew of E. R. Tambimuttu, member of the State Council of Ceylon.[1][2] He was married to Kala, daughter of Senator M. Manickam.[1][3] They had a son Arun.[2]
Tambimuttu was a Methodist.[1][2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Tambimuttu was a proctor and practiced law in Batticaloa.[1][3] He was chairman of Batticaloa Citizen's Committee.[1][3] In this capacity he would intervene on behalf of youths arrested by the paramilitary Special Task Force.[4]
Tambimuttu had been a member of the Tamil United Liberation Front for a long time.[3] He contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to Parliament.[5]
Death
[edit | edit source]Tambimuttu was assassinated on 7 May 1990 outside the Canadian High Commission in Colombo.[3] His wife Kala died on 16 May as a result of injuries sustained in the assassination.[3] The assassination was blamed on the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[6][7]
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- 1932 births
- 1990 deaths
- Ceylonese proctors
- Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front politicians
- Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Politicians assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- People from Batticaloa
- People killed during the Sri Lankan civil war
- Sri Lankan Methodists
- Sri Lankan Tamil people
- Sri Lankan lawyers
- Tamil politicians
- Tamil United Liberation Front politicians
- Asian politicians assassinated in the 1990s
- Politicians assassinated in 1990
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