| Hon.G. YogasangariMP | |
|---|---|
| Ganesasangary Yogashangary | |
| Member of Parliament for Jaffna District | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| Preceded by | K. Srinivasan |
| Succeeded by | K. Srinivasan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January Sri Lanka, Jaffna |
| Died | (1990-06-19)19 June 1990 Kodambakam, Madras, India |
| Citizenship | British |
| Political party | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front |
| Occupation | MP |
| Profession | Politician |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Veerasingam Ganeshasangari Yogasangari (died 19 June 1990) was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant, politician and Member of Parliament.
Yogasangari was the son of V. Ganeshasangaree, brother of Tamil United Liberation Front politician V. Anandasangaree.
Yogasangari contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to Parliament.
Yogasangari and other senior members of the EPRLF were assassinated on 19 June 1990 in Kodambakam, Madras, India. The assassination was blamed on the rival rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
References
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- "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- Parthasarathy, R. (15 July 1990). "A Massacre in Madras" (PDF). Tamil Times. IX (8): 9. ISSN 0266-4488.
- Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 44: Eelam war - again". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 17 September 2002.
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- Subramanian, T. S. (14 August 1999). "Chronicle of murders". Frontline. 16 (17). ISSN 0970-1710. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.
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