Akilan Manoharan Ganesan (born 17 December 1959) is a
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n trade unionist, politician and government minister. He is the leader of the
Democratic People's Front
The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front ( ta, ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி, translit=Jaṉanāyaka Makkaḷ Muṉṉaṇi; si, ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජන ...
(DPF) and
Tamil Progressive Alliance
The Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPF; ta, தமிழ் முற்போக்கு கூட்டணி ''Tamiḻ Muṟpōkku Kūṭṭaṇi'') is a Sri Lankan political alliance. It was formed in 2015 by the Democratic People's Front (DPF) ...
(TPA), members of the
United National Front for Good Governance
The United National Front (UNF) () later the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) ( si, එක්සත් යහපාලන ජාතික පෙරමුණ ''Eksath Yahapalana Jathika Peramuna''; ta, நல்லாட்ச ...
(UNFGG).
Early life
Ganesan was born on 17 December 1959. He is a son of
V. P. Ganesan
Vythilingam Palanisamy Ganesan (known as ''V. P. Ganesan'') was a Sri Lankan trade unionist, politician, film producer and actor.
Biography
Ganeshan was the president of the trade union, Democratic Workers Congress and father of Mano, a Sri ...
, trade unionist and film producer, and brother of
Praba Ganesan, former Member of Parliament.
Career
Ganesan is president of the
Democratic Workers Congress trade union.
He contested the
1999 provincial council election as one of the Indian Origin People's Front's candidates in
Colombo District and was elected to the
Western Provincial Council
The Western Province ( si, බස්නාහිර පළාත ''Basnāhira Paḷāta''; ta, மேல் மாகாணம் ''Mael Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the c ...
.
Ganesan founded the
Western People's Front
The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front ( ta, ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி, translit=Jaṉanāyaka Makkaḷ Muṉṉaṇi; si, ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජන ...
in 2000 to represent
Tamils
The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar ( ta, தமிழர், Tamiḻar, translit-std=ISO, in the singular or ta, தமிழர்கள், Tamiḻarkaḷ, translit-std=ISO, label=none, in the plural), or simply Tamils (), are a Drav ...
living in the greater Colombo region.
[ He contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the United National Front's (UNF) candidates in Colombo District. He was elected and entered ]Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
. He was re-elected at the 2004 parliamentary election.
Ganesan contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UNF's candidates in Kandy District
Kandy District ( si, මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කය, ta, கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Its area is 1906.3 km².
Administrative divisions
Ethnic ...
but failed to get re-elected after coming seventh amongst the UNF candidates. He contested the 2011 local government election as a Democratic People's Front
The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front ( ta, ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி, translit=Jaṉanāyaka Makkaḷ Muṉṉaṇi; si, ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජන ...
(DPF) candidate and was elected to Colombo Municipal Council
The Colombo Municipal Council is the municipal governing body of Colombo, the largest city and financial centre in Sri Lanka. It consists of a directly elected executive Mayor of Colombo, current elect is Rosy Senanayake, and 119 elected 119 muni ...
. He contested the 2014 provincial election as a DPF candidate and was re-elected to the Western Provincial Council.
Ganesan was one of the United National Front for Good Governance
The United National Front (UNF) () later the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) ( si, එක්සත් යහපාලන ජාතික පෙරමුණ ''Eksath Yahapalana Jathika Peramuna''; ta, நல்லாட்ச ...
's candidates in Colombo District at the 2015 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament. He was sworn in as Minister of National Dialogue on 4 September 2015.
Ganesan is founder and convener of the Civil Monitoring Commission on Extra-Judicial Killings and Disappearance. He was the first runner-up in the 2007 Freedom Defender's Award.
Electoral history
See also
* List of political families in Sri Lanka
This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka.
Abdul Majeed
* A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Par ...
References
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1959 births
Cabinet ministers of Sri Lanka
Colombo municipal councillors
Democratic People's Front politicians
Samagi Jana Balawegaya politicians
Indian Tamil politicians of Sri Lanka
Indian Tamil trade unionists of Sri Lanka
Living people
Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the Western Provincial Council
Minority rights activists
Sri Lankan Hindus