C. V. Vigneswaran

C. V. Vigneswaran MP PC
க. வி. விக்னேஸ்வரன் සී. වී. විග්නේෂ්වරන්
Vigneswaran in March 2015
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
In office 20 August 2020 – 24 August 2024
Constituency	Jaffna District
1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
In office 7 October 2013 – 23 October 2018
Member of the Northern Provincial Council
In office 2013–2018
Constituency	Jaffna District
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
In office March 2001 – October 2004
Appointed by	Chandrika Kumaratunga
Personal details
Born	Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran (1939-10-23) 23 October 1939 (age 85) Colombo, Ceylon
Political party	Tamil People's Alliance
Other political affiliations	Tamil People's National Alliance
Alma mater	University of Ceylon Ceylon Law College
Profession	Lawyer

Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran, PC (Tamil: கனகசபாபதி விசுவலிங்கம் விக்னேஸ்வரன், romanized: Kaṉakacapāpati Vicuvaliṅkam Vikṉēsvaraṉ; Sinhala: කනකසභාපති විශ්වලිංගම් විග්නේෂ්වරන්; born 23 October 1939) is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, judge, politician and Member of Parliament.^[1] After practising law for more than 15 years, Vigneswaran was a member of the judiciary for 25 years. He was a magistrate and a judge of the District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He was Chief Minister of the Northern Province from October 2013 to October 2018. He was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in August 2020. Vigneswaran is leader of the Tamil People's Alliance and the Tamil People's National Alliance.