Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan
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Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan Muralitharan (center) addressing his armed cadres in 2007 Member of the
Parliament of Sri Lanka Incumbent Assumed office
October 7, 2008 Preceded by Wasantha Samarasinghe Personal details Born 1966
Kiran,
Batticaloa District Nationality
Sri Lankan Political party
SLFP, formerly
TMVP Spouse(s) Nira Children three children Religion
Hindu Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan (
nom de guerre:
Colonel Karuna Amman;
Tamil: விநாயகமூர்த்தி முரளிதரன், born 1966) is a
Sri Lankan politician and former militant. After fighting for the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for over 20 years, he rose to prominence as the leader of the
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), a breakaway faction of the LTTE.
After giving up arms and entering politics, he was appointed as a National List Member of Parliament for the ruling
United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), the party of President
Mahinda Rajapakse,
[1] in 2008 and sworn in as Minister of National Integration
[2] on March 9, 2009. He later joined the
Sri Lanka Freedom Party, the largest party in the UPFA, and on April 24,
2009 he appointed a Vice President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
[3]
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