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Jeevan Thondaman (Tamil: ஜீவன் தொண்டமான்; born 9 November 1994) is a Sri Lankan politician, former Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister.
Thondaman was born on 9 November 1994. He is the son of Arumugam Thondaman and great-grandson of Savumiamoorthy Thondaman, former leaders of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) and government ministers. He was educated at Gateway Primary School, Colombo, Lady Andal, Chennai and Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore. After school he joined Northumbria University, graduating in 2017 with a LLB degree.
Thondaman interned at a law firm in London. He then returned to Sri Lanka to assist his father in his political and trade union work. 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.
In June 2020, following the death of his father, Thondaman was appointed general-secretary of the CWC. 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. After the election he was appointed State Minister of Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure.
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.
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- Rishad Bathiudeen
- Maithripala Sirisena
- Pemilihan umum parlemen Sri Lanka 2010
- Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Jeevan Thondaman
- Thondaman
- Jeevan
- Arumugam Thondaman
- Saroja Savithri Paulraj
- Ashoka Ranwala
- Ananda Wijepala
- Ramanathan Archchuna
- Harshana Nanayakkara
- Sunil Kumara Gamage
