Jeevan Thiagarajah
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Jeevan Thiagarajah (Template:Langx) is a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, human rights activist, social activist who also served as the Governor of the Northern Province between 2021 and 2023.[1][2]
Career
He served as the chairman of the Institute for Human Rights, a Sri Lankan NGO and also worked as the Executive Director of the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies.[3][4]
Jeevan Thiagarajah has worked in the NGO sector in Sri Lanka since 1984, holding executive positions in several humanitarian and human rights organizations.[3] In December 2020, he was appointed as the member of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
In October 2021, he resigned from the role of being a member of the Election Commission in order to take up the post of Northern Province Governor.[5] He was sworn in as Governor of the Northern Province on 11 October 2021.[6][7]
References
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External links
- Evolving Role of the NGO Sector in the Post-Tsunami Recovery of Sri Lanka
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- Jeevan Thiagarajah
- Fears for Sri Lanka human rights
- European parliament Committee on Development
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