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

(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

'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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ganesan, Mano 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

Early life

Career

Electoral history

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