K. Velayudam
Uva Provincial Council for Badulla District | |
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In office 1988–2001 | |
In office 2004–2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 April 1950 |
Died | 13 October 2015 United National Front for Good Governance | (aged 65)
Occupation | Trade 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
Velayudam contested the
Velayudam did not contest the
Velayudam died on 13 October 2015 at a private hospital in Chennai, India.[22][23][24]
Electoral history
Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result |
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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
- ^ "Directory of Members: Karuppaiah Velayudam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ a b c d e "Mr. K. Velayudam". National Trade Union Federation.
- ^ "Thonda slams Ratnasiri as estate crisis widens". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 28 April 1996.
- ^ Satyapalan, Franklin R. (31 October 2012). "Ganeshan challenges supremacy of CWC in plantations". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Union Leadership". Lanka Jathika Estate Workers Union. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- Uva Provincial Council.
- ^ "Provincial Elections". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 April 1999.
- ^ a b "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
- ^ a b "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2009.
- ^ a b "Preferences Badulla" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election – 2010 Badulla Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
- ^ "Velayudhan sworn in to replace Harin". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014.
- ^ "Velayudhan replaces Harin at parliament". Ceylon Today. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015.
- ^ "New Cabinet takes oaths". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015.
- ^ "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.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 13 July 2015.
- ^ "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.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 21 August 2015.
- ^ "State Minister Velayudan's funeral today". Ceylon Today. 17 October 2015.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Santiago, Melanie (13 October 2015). "Former Minister Velayudam passes away". News First.
- Daily News. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.