Karuna Amman

Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan
Member of Parliament
for National List
In office
7 October 2008 – 26 June 2015
Preceded byWasantha Samarasinghe
Personal details
Born
Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan

1966 (age 57–58)
Kiran, Batticaloa District
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (2004–2009)
SpouseNira
ChildrenThree children
NicknameColonel Karuna
Military service
AllegianceLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Government of Sri Lanka
Years of service1983-2004,
2004-2009
UnitKaruna Group
CommandsLeader, Karuna Group
LTTE Commander, Eastern Province

Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan (nom de guerre: Colonel Karuna Amman; Tamil: விநாயகமூர்த்தி முரளிதரன், Vināyakamūrtti Muraḷitaraņ; born 22 June 1966) is a Sri Lankan politician and former militant. Formerly a fighter for the Tamil separatist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), for over 20 years, Muralitharan later rose to prominence after defecting from the LTTE and forming 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 in 2008 for the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), the party of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa,[1] and was sworn in as Minister of National Integration on 9 March, 2009.[2] He later joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the main constituent party of the UPFA, and on 24 April 2009 he was appointed as a Vice President of the SLFP.[3]