K. Swami Veerabahu

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Kanagasundaram Swami Veerabahu (30 June 1948 – 17 February 2015) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial councillor.

Swami Veerabahu contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Mullaitivu District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Sep/1829_33/PG%201763%20%28E%29%20%20I-%201%20%20%28P.C%29.pdf|date=25 September 2013|title=PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1829/33|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228114115/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Sep/1829_33/PG%201763%20%28E%29%20%20I-%201%20%20%28P.C%29.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2013}}{{cite news|title=PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 ñ Results and preferential votes: Northern Province |url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/infographics/36078-provincial-council-elections-2013--results-and-preferential-votes-northern-province.html |newspaper=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) |date=26 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116012528/http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/infographics/36078-provincial-council-elections-2013--results-and-preferential-votes-northern-province.html |archive-date=16 January 2014 }} After the election he was appointed to assist the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Irrigation and Environment on protection of the environment.{{cite news|title=Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/img/publish/2013/10/Division_of_Ministries.pdf|newspaper=TamilNet|date=11 October 2013}} He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.{{cite news|title=NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=36736|newspaper=TamilNet|date=11 October 2013}}{{cite news|title=Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/latest/38525-northern-provincial-council-tna-members-take-oaths.html |newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) |date=11 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080431/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/latest/38525-northern-provincial-council-tna-members-take-oaths.html |archive-date=14 October 2013 }}

Swami Veerabahu was diagnosed with cancer and was being treated at a private hospital in Vavuniya.{{cite news|title=TNA Mullaitivu NPC member V. Kanagasunthara Swami passed away|url=http://www.tamilcnn.ca/tna-mullaitivu-npc-member-v-kanagasunthara-swami-passed-away.html|work=Tamil CNN|date=18 February 2015|archive-date=22 February 2015|access-date=22 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222163308/http://www.tamilcnn.ca/tna-mullaitivu-npc-member-v-kanagasunthara-swami-passed-away.html|url-status=dead}} His condition worsened on 17 February 2015 and he was transferred to Jaffna Teaching Hospital but died that evening.{{cite news|title=Funeral of NPC member Veerabahu Kanakasuntharaswami: Thousands of people participated|url=http://www.tamilcnn.ca/funeral-of-npc-member-veerabahu-kanakasuntharaswami-thousands-of-people-participated.html|work=Tamil CNN|date=20 February 2015|archive-date=9 May 2015|access-date=22 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509221720/http://www.tamilcnn.ca/funeral-of-npc-member-veerabahu-kanakasuntharaswami-thousands-of-people-participated.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Rubatheesan|first1=S.|title=Been there, done that, say apathetic Mullaitivu voters|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/150222/news/been-there-done-that-say-apathetic-mullaitivu-voters-137083.html|work=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=22 February 2015}}