1. Arumugam Kandaiah Premachandran is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician and former Member of Parliament.
11 Facts About Suresh Premachandran
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Suresh Premachandran is the current leader of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, a member of the Tamil National Alliance.
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Suresh Premachandran was educated at Uruthirapuram Maha Vidyalayam and Senguntha Hindu College.
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Suresh Premachandran then joined Waterloo College, London and Madras Christian College where he studied political science.
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Suresh Premachandran got involved in the Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism movement whilst at school and in 1976, whilst in London, he joined the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students.
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Suresh Premachandran received military training from the Palestinians in Lebanon.
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Suresh Premachandran took on the nom de guerre Suresh and was a member of the EPRLF's central committee and politburo.
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Suresh Premachandran took on the leadership of EPRLF following the assassination of Pathmanabha by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on 19 June 1990.
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Suresh Premachandran contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Jaffna District but failed to get elected.
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Suresh Premachandran contested the 2004 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Jaffna District.
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Suresh Premachandran failed to get re-elected at the 2015 parliamentary election after coming seventh amongst the TNA candidates.