V. Anandasangaree
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Honourable V. Anandasangaree MP |
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| Leader, Tamil United Liberation Front | |
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Assumed office 2002 |
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| Preceded by | M. Sivasithamparam |
| President, Tamil United Liberation Front | |
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Assumed office 2002 |
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| Succeeded by | M. Sivasithamparam |
| Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Kilinochchi |
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In office 1970–1983 |
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| Preceded by | K. P. Ratnam, ITAK |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Jaffna District |
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In office 2000–2004 |
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| Personal details | |
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June 15, 1933 Point Pedro, British Ceylon |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Tamil United Liberation Front |
| Alma mater |
Hartley College Zahira College |
| Profession | Lawyer, teacher |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
| Website | anandasangary.com |
Veerasingham Anandasangaree (Tamil: வீரசிங்கம் ஆனந்தசங்கரி) is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front. He is commonly known as Sangaree. A vocal critic of violence committed by all sides, Sangaree is a supporter of federalism similar to that of India as a solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
Sangaree was born 15 June 1933 in Point Pedro in northern province of Ceylon. He was the son of Sangarapillai Veerasingham, the principal of Sri Somaskanda College Puttur, and Ratnamma from Thumpalai near Point Pedro. He grew up in Achchuveli. He had six brothers and two sisters. He was educated at Sri Somaskanda College Puttur, Christian College Atchuvely Achchuveli, Hartley College and Zahira College, Colombo. Between 1953 and 1959 he taught at Jaffna Hindu College, Poonakari M.M.V., Christ the King College Ja-Ela and Sri Kotalawelapura G.T.M.S. Ratmalana. He later studied at Colombo Law College. After graduation in 1967 he joined the legal profession, becoming an attorney at law.
Sangaree's elder brother Rajasangaree, chairman of Chavakachcheri Citizens’ Committee, was murdered by the pro-Indian Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front on 26 October 1987 after Rajasangaree complained about abuses being committed by the Indian Peace Keeping Force. Sangaree's younger brother Ganeshasangaree was murdered by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on 10 February 1988 after Ganeshasangaree criticised the Tigers in public. When two of Ganeshasangaree's sons complained about their father's killing they were taken away by the Tigers and never seen again. G. Yogasangari, the son of Sangaree's brother Ganeshasangaree, was an EPRLF Member of Parliament. Yogasangaree, EPRLF leader K. Pathmanabha and others were assassinated by the Tigers on 19 June 1990 in Kodambakkam, India. Sayanuja, the daughter of Sangaree's brother Parathasangaree, was killed on the Tavistock Square bus bombing on 7 July 2005
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