T. Kurukularajah

Honourable
T. Kurukularajah
MPC
தி. குருகுலராஜா
Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Sports, Northern Province
Assumed office
11 October 2013
Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Kilinochchi District
Assumed office
11 October 2013
Personal details
Political party Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations
Tamil National Alliance
Profession Civil servant
Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil

Thambirajah Kurukularajah (Tamil: தம்பிராசா குருகுலராஜா) is a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, politician and provincial minister.

Kurukularajah is the son of Rev. A. C. Thambirajah, a protestant pastor and founder of the Navajeevanam project in Paranthan.[1] Kurukularajah was director of education for the Kilinochchi Education Zone.[2][3]

Kurukularajah contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Kilinochchi District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.[4][5] After the election he was appointed Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Sports.[6][7] He took his oath as minister and provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.[8][9]

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