K. Velayudam

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Uva Provincial Council for Badulla District
In office
1988–2001
In office
2004–2014
Personal details
Born(1950-04-06)6 April 1950
Died13 October 2015(2015-10-13) (aged 65)
United National Front for Good Governance
OccupationTrade unionist

Karuppaiah Velayudam (Tamil: கருப்பையா வேலாயுதம்; 6 April 1950 – 13 October 2015) was a Sri Lankan trade unionist, politician and state minister.

Early life

Velayudam was born on 6 April 1950.[1]

Career

Velayudam started his trade union career as a grassroots level organizer for the Lanka Jathika Estate Workers Union (LJEWU), a trade union representing tea, rubber and other plantation workers.[2] The LJEWU is affiliated to the United National Party (UNP).[3][4] He held several positions at the LJEWU before being appointed its Director Workers Education in 1982, a position he held until 2002.[2] He was elected general-secretary of the union in 2003 at its 23rd Delegate Convention.[2][5] Velayudam became general-secretary of the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF), of which the LJEWU is a member, in 2005.[2] He became interim president of NTUF in 2008 before being elected president in October 2011 at its second congress.[2]

Velayudam had been a member of

1999 provincial council election but the UNP lost control of the council to the People's Alliance.[7] Velayudam contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the United National Front's (UNF) candidates in Badulla District. He was elected and entered Parliament.[8] He stood for re-election at the 2004 parliamentary election as one of the UNF's candidates in Badulla District but failed to get elected after coming seventh among the UNF candidates.[9]

Velayudam contested the

2009 provincial council election.[11] He contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UNF's candidates in Badulla District but again failed to get elected after coming third among the UNF candidates.[12] However, he re-entered Parliament on 8 August 2014 following the resignation of Harin Fernando.[13][14] After the 2015 presidential election he was appointed State Minister of Plantation Industries by newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena.[15][16]

Velayudam did not contest the

National List candidates.[17][18] However, after the election he was not appointed to the National List.[19][20] He was the chief UNP organiser for Passara.[21]

Velayudam died on 13 October 2015 at a private hospital in Chennai, India.[22][23][24]

Electoral history

Electoral history of K. Velayudam
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
1988 provincial Badulla District Elected
1993 provincial Badulla District Elected
1999 provincial Badulla District Elected
2001 parliamentary[8] Badulla District UNF 40,753 Elected
2004 parliamentary[9] Badulla District UNF 36,328 Not elected
2004 provincial[10]
Badulla District UNP 15,423 Elected
2009 provincial[11]
Badulla District UNP 14,870 Elected
2010 parliamentary[12] Badulla District UNF 25,056 Not elected

References

  1. ^ "Directory of Members: Karuppaiah Velayudam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Mr. K. Velayudam". National Trade Union Federation.
  3. ^ "Thonda slams Ratnasiri as estate crisis widens". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 28 April 1996.
  4. ^ Satyapalan, Franklin R. (31 October 2012). "Ganeshan challenges supremacy of CWC in plantations". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  5. ^ "Union Leadership". Lanka Jathika Estate Workers Union. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  6. Uva Provincial Council
    .
  7. ^ "Provincial Elections". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 April 1999.
  8. ^ a b "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  9. ^ a b "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  10. ^ a b "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2009.
  11. ^ a b "Preferences Badulla" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
  12. ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election – 2010 Badulla Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
  13. ^ "Velayudhan sworn in to replace Harin". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Velayudhan replaces Harin at parliament". Ceylon Today. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014.
  15. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
    . 12 January 2015.
  16. ^ "New Cabinet takes oaths". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015.
  17. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981 List of Persons submitted under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1923/02. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  18. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
    . 13 July 2015.
  19. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — 2015 Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928/25. 21 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  20. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
    . 21 August 2015.
  21. ^ "State Minister Velayudan's funeral today". Ceylon Today. 17 October 2015.
  22. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
    .
  23. ^ Santiago, Melanie (13 October 2015). "Former Minister Velayudam passes away". News First.
  24. Daily News
    . 13 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.