K. Sarveswaran
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K. Sarveswaran | |
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க. சர்வேஸ்வரன் | |
| Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs and Cultural Affairs, Northern Province | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | C. V. Vigneswaran |
| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Arumugam Kandiah Sarveswaran (Tamil: ஆறுமுகம் கந்தையா சர்வேஸ்வரன், romanized: Āṟumukam Kantaiyā Carvēsvaraṉ) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial minister.
Sarveswaran is the brother of Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front leader Suresh Premachandran.[1][2]
Sarveswaran contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[3][4] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on economic planning.[5] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of attorney-at-law K. Thayaparan at Vavuniya on 16 October 2013.[6][7]
Sarveswaran was sworn in as Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs and Cultural Affairs in front of Governor Reginald Cooray on 29 June 2017.[8][9][10]
