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词条 Satchi Ponnambalam
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  1. Early life and family

  2. Career

  3. References

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Justice Satchi Ponnambalam (27 January 1935 – 31 January 1999) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and judge.

Early life and family

Ponnambalam was born on 27 January 1935.[1] He was the son of R. Ponnambalam and Sinnamah Ammal from Chundikuli in northern Ceylon.[1] He was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna.[1] After school he entered University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1955.[1]

Ponnambalam married Vasantha (Vasi), daughter of V. Sittampalam.[1][2][3] They had three daughters (Sumanthi, Jamuna and Menaka).[1][2][3]

Career

Ponnambalam joined the legal profession after graduation, becoming an advocate and solicitor (England).[1] He was then state advocate and senior state advocate in Zambia.[1] He then moved to Belize in 1981 to serve as a magistrate.[1][2] He was promoted to chief magistrate before joining the Supreme Court of Belize as a puisne judge in 1985.[1][2] He retired in 1993.[1][2]

Ponnambalam worked as a legal consultant, participated at Tamil conferences and wrote two books: Dependent Capitalism in Crisis in Sri Lanka, 1948-79 (1980) and Sri Lanka : The National Question and the Tamil Liberation Struggle (1983).[1][2] He died on 31 January 1999 at his home in Belize City.[2][3]

References

1. ^10 11 {{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|year=1997|pages=141–142|authorlink=S. Arumugam}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Former Supreme Court Judge dies|url=http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/23622|work=News 5|date=1 February 1999}}
3. ^{{cite magazine|title=Classified Ads|magazine=Tamil Times|date=15 February 1999|volume=XVIII|issue=2|page=30|url=http://noolaham.net/project/36/3574/3574.pdf}}
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10 : 1935 births|1999 deaths|Alumni of St. John's College, Jaffna|Alumni of the University of Ceylon (Peradeniya)|People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka|People of British Ceylon|Sri Lankan Tamil judges|Sri Lankan Tamil lawyers|Supreme Court of Belize justices|Belizean people of Sri Lankan descent

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