Tamils - a Nation without a State
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United Kingdom -
ஐக்கிய இராச்சியம்
- an estimated 100,000 Tamils live in Great Britain
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Eelam Tamil elected Mayor of London Borough of Southwark
25 May 2008
Eelam
Tamil Ms Elizabeth Packiyadevi Mann has been elected as Mayor at the London
Borough of Southwark. The Mayor is elected to serve for twelve months by a
special council assembly called mayor making held in May.
The council assembly is the meeting of all 63 elected councillors sitting on the
council, and is chaired by the Mayor of Southwark.
Ms Mann is a member of the Liberal Democratic party and served as
Deputy Mayor in 2006/7. She was elected to represent
Riverside
in the Borough Council in 2002. Ms Mann has served as head of the
Tamil Eelam Economic Development Organisation (TEEDOR).
As
first citizen of the borough, the Mayor will represent Southwark at hundreds of
civic, ceremonial and social engagements throughout the year including the
Southwark Civic Awards. The Mayor also promotes public involvement in the
council's activities and attends civic and ceremonial functions. The Mayor
chairs the meetings of the council assembly so that its business can be carried
out efficiently with regard to the rights of all councillors and the interests
of the community.
In the previous year, the Mayor of Southwark supported the innovative and
effective work of the
Damilola Taylor
Trust. This trust has rolled out a tremendous amount of work in Southwark to
promote positive aspirations among the young people of the Borough.
London Borough of Southwark includes Bermondsey, Borough and Bankside,
Camberwell, Dulwich, Nunhead and Peckham Rye, Peckham, Rotherhithe and Walworth
and has a population of around 250,000. The largest ethnic group is white and
amounts to 63% whilst the largest minority ethnic group is Black African and
amounts to 16%. The Black Caribbean community amounts to 8%.
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