What is R. Sampanthan?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|Hon.]] |name = R. Sampanthan |native_name = {{lang|ta|இரா. சம்பந்தன்}} |native_name_lang = |honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] |image = R. Sampanthan.jpg |imagesize = |caption = Sampanthan in November 2013 |office1 = 14th [[Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)|Leader of the Opposition]] |president1 = [[Maithripala Sirisena]] |primeminister1 = [[Ranil Wickremesinghe]] <br> [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]] |predecessor1 = [[Nimal Siripala De Silva]] |successor1 = [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]] |term_start1 = 3 September 2015 |term_end1 = 18 December 2018 |office2 = Leader of the [[Tamil National Alliance]] |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |term_start2 = 2001 |term_end2 = 2024 |constituency_MP3 = [[Trincomalee Electoral District|Trincomalee District]] |parliament3 = Sri Lankan |term_start3 = 5 December 2001 |term_end3 = June 30 2024 |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |majority3 = 33,834 |term_start4 = 1997 |term_end4 = 18 August 2000 |predecessor4 = [[Arunasalam Thangathurai]] |successor4 = |majority4 = |constituency_MP5 = [[Trincomalee Electoral District (1947–1989)|Trincomalee]] |parliament5 = Sri Lankan |term_start5 = 21 July 1977 |term_end5 = 7 September 1983 |predecessor5 = [[B. Neminathan]] |successor5 = |majority5 = 15,144 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|02|05|df=yes}} |birth_place = [[British Ceylon]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|06|30|1933|02|05|df=yes}} |death_place = [[Colombo]], Sri Lanka |citizenship = |nationality = [[Sri Lanka]]n |party = [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]] |otherparty = [[Tamil National Alliance]] |spouse = |partner = |relations = |children