List of mayors of Jaffna

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Mayor of Jaffna
யாழ்ப்பாண முதல்வர்
Incumbent
Vivekanandaraja Madivadani
since 13 June 2025
Style The Honourable
Member of Jaffna Municipal Council
Constituting instrumentLocal Government Ordinance No. 11 of 1920
Formation1 January 1923
First holder A. Canagaratnam
DeputyVacant
Website Jaffna Municipal Council

The Mayor of Jaffna is the head of the Jaffna Municipal Council, the local authority for the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The seat is currently vacant.

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Mayors and chairmen

Mayors and chairmen
NamePartyTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs
A. Canagaratnam Chairman [1] [2]
R. R. Nalliah [3]
Sam A. Sabapathy 19371939 [4]
K. Aiyadurai 19421943 [5]
Sam A. Sabapathy 6 January 194931 December 1949Mayor [4] [6] [7]
Cathiravelu Ponnambalam 6 January 195031 December 1951
Sam A. Sabapathy 11 January 195231 December 1954 [4] [6] [7]
M. A. M. M. Sultan5 January 195531 December 1955
S. A. Navaratnam16 January 195631 December 1957
P. Kasipillai6 July 196031 December 1960
T. S. Thurairajah7 January 196112 February 1962
M. Jacob19 February 196215 May 1963
S. A. Tharmalingam 28 May 19624 April 1963 [8]
P. M. John11 April 19636 May 1963
T. S. Thurairajah15 May 19636 May 1963
S. S. Mahadeva8 July 196531 December 1965
S. Nagarajah 8 January 196624 March 1966 [9]
Alfred Duraiappah 15 February 197021 April 1971 [10] [11] [12]
Alfred Duraiappah Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 April 197127 July 1975 [10] [11] [12]
R. Viswanathan1 June 197931 May 1983 [13] [14] [15]
Sarojini Yogeswaran Tamil United Liberation Front 11 March 199817 May 1998 [16] [17] [18]
Pon Sivapalan Tamil United Liberation Front 29 June 199811 September 1998 [19] [20]
Nadarajah Raviraj Tamil United Liberation Front 9 January 200118 December 2001 [21] [22] [23]
Sellan Kandaiyan Tamil United Liberation Front 15 January 200213 February 2003 [24] [25] [26]
Yogeswari Patkunarajah Eelam People's Democratic Party 1 September 2009 [27] [28] [29]
E. Arnold Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 26 February 2018 [30] [31] [32]
V. Manivannan Tamil National People's Front 30 December 2020December 2022 [33]
Vivekanandaraja Madivadani Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 13 June 2025

Notes

  1. ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 28.
  2. ↑ "Stamp to honour Cathiravelu Sittampalam". Daily News . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 February 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Gentleman par excellence". The Sunday Leader . 24 August 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Arumugam 1997, pp. 169–170.
  5. ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 2.
  6. 1 2 Thurairajah, V. S. (12 December 2002). "Jaffna Library rises from its ruins". Daily News . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  7. 1 2 Palakidnar, Ananth (5 December 2004). "No shoes please". Sunday Observer . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 229.
  9. ↑ "Former Mayor of Jaffna passes away". TamilNet . 9 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  10. 1 2 Arumugam 1997, pp. 50–51.
  11. 1 2 Pethiyagoda, A. C. B. (19 October 2014). "Train Travel to Jaffna in the mid-1950s". The Island . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Masked gunmen kill Jaffna Mayor Shot dead outside temple". Daily News . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  13. ↑ Rajakarunanayake, Lucien (11 January 2014). "Spotlight on Rudrakumaran and Channel 4". The Island . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  14. ↑ Padmasiri, Jayashika (27 May 2012). "Phoenix from the Ashes". Ceylon Today . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015.
  15. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 27: Horsewhip Amirthalingham". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2002-06-22.
  16. ↑ Suryanarayana, P. S. (6 June 1998). "Pacification efforts in peril". Frontline . Vol. 15, no. 12. Chennai, India. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  17. ↑ "Jaffna Mayor Killed in Ambush at Home". Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, U.S.A. 18 May 1998. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "Jaffna Mayor's killing claimed". TamilNet . 18 May 1998. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  19. ↑ "Sri Lanka bomb kills Jaffna mayor". BBC News . London, U.K. 11 September 1998. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  20. ↑ "Jaffna Mayor succumbs to injuries". TamilNet . 11 September 1998. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  21. ↑ "Sri Lankan MP killed in Colombo". BBC News . London, U.K. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  22. ↑ "Tamil Parliamentarian Raviraj assassinated in Colombo". TamilNet . 10 November 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  23. ↑ Reddy, B. Muralidhar (2 January 2008). "Tamil lawmaker's killer detained, injured in retaliatory firing". The Hindu . Chennai, India. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  24. ↑ "Sangaree readies to contest in Jaffna". TamilNet . 21 February 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  25. ↑ "University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) Bulletin: The Worm Turns and Elections Where the People Will Not Count Effect on choice of candidates before the People". The Island . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12 March 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  26. ↑ "Long range vision on the LTTE". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 March 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  27. ↑ "Patkunam Yogeswary appointed Mayor of JMC". TamilNet . 11 August 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  28. ↑ "Jaffna Mayor's visit to New Delhi". Ceylon Today . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  29. ↑ Palakidnar, Ananth (4 October 2009). "Light at the end of the tunnel for Jaffna - Mayoress". Sunday Observer . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  30. ↑ "TNA captures Jaffna Municipal Council - Arnold takes over as Mayor of Jaffna". Tamil Diplomat. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  31. ↑ "TNA's Emmanuel Arnold elected as Jaffna Mayor". Tamil Guardian . 26 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  32. ↑ "Eemmanuel Arnold swears in as new mayor of Jaffna". Hiru News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  33. ↑ "New Mayor for Jaffna". Daily News (Sri Lanka) . 31 December 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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