# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rathika-sitsabaiesan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:34:23.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rathika-sitsabaiesan"
name: "Rathika Sitsabaiesan"
slug: "rathika-sitsabaiesan"
description: "Rathika Sitsabaiesan is a former Canadian politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough—Rouge River from 2011 to 2015 as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Sitsabaiesan is the first Tamil to be elected to the House of Commons."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RathikaSitsabaiesanReaders'PickWinner.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1981-12-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.03
  momentum:             0.8029197080291971
  historical:           5.077322666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RathikaS"
    handle:    "RathikaS"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rathika.ca"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathika_Sitsabaiesan"
    title: "Rathika Sitsabaiesan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "راثيكا سيتسابايسان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathika_Sitsabaiesan"
    title: "Rathika Sitsabaiesan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "راتھیکا سیٹس بائیسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%A1_%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Ռաթիքա Սիթսապեսան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ராதிகா சிற்சபையீசன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q575997"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump