Jeevan Thondaman

Hon.
Jeevan Thondaman
MP
ஜீவன் தொண்டமான்
ජීවන් තොණ්ඩමන්
Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure
In office
19 January 2023 – 23 September 2024
PresidentRanil Wickremesinghe
Prime MinisterDinesh Gunawardena
Preceded byKeheliya Rambukwella
Succeeded byVijitha Herath
Minister of State for Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure
In office
12 August 2020 – 3 April 2022
PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 August 2020
ConstituencyNuwara Eliya District
Personal details
Born (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994 (age 30)
Political partyCeylon Workers' Congress
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materNorthumbria University

Jeevan Thondaman (Tamil: ஜீவன் தொண்டமான்; born 9 November 1994) is a Sri Lankan politician, former Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister.[1]

Thondaman was born on 9 November 1994.[1][2] He is the son of Arumugam Thondaman and great-grandson of Savumiamoorthy Thondaman, former leaders of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) and government ministers.[3] He was educated at Gateway Primary School, Colombo, Lady Andal, Chennai and Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore.[2] After school he joined Northumbria University, graduating in 2017 with a LLB degree.[2][4]

Thondaman interned at a law firm in London.[2] He then returned to Sri Lanka to assist his father in his political and trade union work.[2] In December 2017 a court order was issued to arrest him in connection with an assault on a National Union of Workers supporter at a funeral in Maskeliya.[5][6]

In June 2020, following the death of his father, Thondaman was appointed general-secretary of the CWC.[7][8] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[9][10][11][12] After the election he was appointed State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure.[13][14][15]

In November 2024 he was reelected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka after contesting the 2024 parliamentary election as a United National Party candidate in Nuwara Eliya District.

Electoral history of Jeevan Thondaman
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[10] Nuwara Eliya District Ceylon Workers' Congress Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 109,155 Elected
2024 parliamentary Nuwara Eliya District Ceylon Workers' Congress United National Party 46,438 Elected
  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Jeevan Thondaman". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (18 July 2020). "CWC, Jeevan Thondaman and Nuwara- Eliya Tamils". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ Padmasiri, Ranjith (9 August 2020). "Politics runs in their blood". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ Ramiah Mohan, Sulochana (6 June 2020). "My father was not a saviour, but a strong leader - Jeevan Thondaman". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ Rajapakse, Ranjith (12 December 2017). "Alleged attack on NUW supporter: Court orders arrest of Thondaman's son". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Court orders to arrest Thondaman's son". Hiru News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Jeevan Thondaman appointed as CWC's General Secretary". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ^ Rajapaksa, Ranjith (17 June 2020). "Jeevan Thondaman appointed as General Secretary of CWC". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 4A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Nuwara Eliya District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  11. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  12. ^ Srinivasan, Meera (8 August 2020). "An alliance of Malayaha Tamil MPs that stood out". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Appointments & C., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2188/43. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 August 2020. p. 3A. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  14. ^ Bandara, Kelum (13 August 2020). "newly sworn Cabinet: New MPs receive more executive authority in new government". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  15. ^ "New Cabinet sworn in". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.