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词条 P. P. Devaraj
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. References

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Periannan Pillai Devaraj (born 21 February 1929) is a Sri Lankan politician and former minister of state.

Early life

Devaraj was born on 21 February 1929.[1] He was educated at St. Sylvester's College, Kandy.[2] He has a B.Sc. degree in economics.[2]

Career

Devaraj was director of the Congress Labour Foundation, part of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) and was an advisor to CWC leader Savumiamoorthy Thondaman.[2][3] He was later vice president of the CWC.[4]

Devaraj was appointed as one of the CWC/UNP alliance's National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 1989 parliamentary election.[2] He was appointed Minister of State for Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs on 18 February 1989.[5][6] He contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of the CWC/UNP alliance's candidates in Colombo District but failed to get elected. However, he re-entered Parliament following the assassination of Ossie Abeygunasekera and Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi on 24 October 1994.[7] Following the death of Thondaman in 1999 Devaraj tried unsuccessful to gain the leadership of the CWC from Thondaman's grandson Arumugam Thondaman.[8]

Devaraj was elected chairman of the Global Organization for People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) in 2007.[9]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Directory of Past Members: Periannan Pillai Devaraj|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/2188|publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka}}
2. ^{{cite book|last1=de Silva|first1=W. P. P.|last2=Ferdinando|first2=T. C. L.|title=9th Parliament of Sri Lanka|publisher=Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited|page=296|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf|archivedate=2015-06-23|df=}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Devaraj elected Chairman of Global Level Indian Organisation|url=http://www.island.lk/2007/12/27/news11.html|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=27 December 2007}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=Satyapalan|first1=Franklin R.|title=Joint Committee of Indian Origin Organizations proposes|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=4965|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=22 August 2010}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=de Silva|first1=W. P. P.|last2=Ferdinando|first2=T. C. L.|title=9th Parliament of Sri Lanka|publisher=Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited|page=211|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf|archivedate=2015-06-23|df=}}
6. ^{{cite book|last1=de Silva|first1=W. P. P.|last2=Ferdinando|first2=T. C. L.|title=9th Parliament of Sri Lanka|publisher=Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited|page=215|url=http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf|archivedate=2015-06-23|df=}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=The question of the Tamil vote|url=http://www.island.lk/2010/01/03/politics1.html|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=3 January 2010}}
8. ^{{cite news|last1=Kamalendran|first1=Chris|title=Divided we stand|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/000709/news5.html|work=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=9 July 2000}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=P. P. Devaraj-Chairman of Global Level Indian Organisation|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/12/30/pol02.asp|work=Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)|date=30 December 2007}}
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9 : 1929 births|Alumni of St. Sylvester's College|Ceylon Workers' Congress politicians|Indian Tamil politicians of Sri Lanka|Living people|Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka|Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka|Ministers of state of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan Hindus

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