S. Kishore

Sivanathan Kishore is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former member of parliament.

Early life

Kishore was born on 12 May 1962.

Career

Kishore was a Red Cross official for 14 years. He was arrested by the Sri Lanka Army in April 1999 and handed over to the Terrorist Investigation Division. He was released in August 2000 after 16 months in detention.
Kishore was selected by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to be one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Vanni District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.
In 2010, after the LTTE's military defeat in the civil war, the TNA deselected most of its LTTE appointed MPs, including Kishore. He subsequently joined the governing United People's Freedom Alliance. He contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Vanni District but failed to get elected after coming ninth amongst the UPFA candidates.
Kishore contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidates in Vanni District but again the TULF failed to win any seats in Parliament.