Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (lit. 'Sri Lanka Tamil State Party'; Tamil: இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி, Sinhala: ඉලංගෙයි තමිළ් අරසු කච්චි; ITAK) is a Sri Lankan political party which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was originally founded in 1949 as a breakaway faction of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC). In 1972, ITAK merged with the ACTC and Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) to form the Tamil United Front, which later changed its name to the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF). ITAK remained dormant until 2004 when a split in the TULF resulted in ITAK being re-established as an active political party. ITAK is a constituent party of the Tamil National Alliance.
Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Federal Party இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி | |
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| Leader | S. Shritharan MP |
| President | S. Shritharan MP |
| Senior Vice Presidents | P. Selvarasa MP, Prof. S. Sittampalam |
| Deputy General Secretary | K. Thurairetnasingam |
| Treasurer | S. Thiyagarajah |
| Founder | S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, C. Vanniasingam, E. M. V. Naganathan |
| Founded | 18 December 1949 |
| Split from | All Ceylon Tamil Congress |
| Headquarters | 30 Martin Road, Jaffna |
| Ideology | Tamil nationalism |
| National affiliation | Tamil National Alliance |
| Parliament | 10 / 225 |
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