Adawan Amal Praba Ganesan ( ta, பிரபா கணேசன்; born 4 January 1964) 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 politician and former Member of Parliament. He is the current leader of the Democratic People's Congress (DPC), a member of the

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக� ...

(UPFA).

Early life and family

Ganesan was born on 4 January 1964. 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

Mano Ganesan Akilan Manoharan Ganesan (born 17 December 1959) is a Sri Lankan trade unionist, politician and government minister. He is the leader of the Democratic People's Front (DPF) and Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA), members of the United National Fron ...

, Member of Parliament.

Career

Ganesan contested the 2004 provincial council election as one of 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 ...

'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 ...

. He was re-elected at the 2009 provincial council election, this times as a United National Front (UNF) candidate. Ganesan contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UNF candidates in Colombo District. He was elected and entered

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. In August 2010 Ganesan defected to the governing

(UPFA). He was suspended from 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 ...

. He subsequently founded a political party called the Democratic Peoples Congress. Ganesan was appointed Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology on 21 August 2014. At the 2015 presidential election, whilst other Indian Tamil politicians flocked to support common opposition candidate

Maithripala Sirisena Maithripala Yapa Sirisena ( si, පල්ලෙවත්‍ත ගමරාළලාගේ මෛත්‍රීපාල යාපා සිරිසේන; ta, பல்லேவத்த கமராளலாகே மைத்திரி� ...

, Ganesan remained loyal to

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Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...

, leader of the UPFA. Following Sirisena's victory Ganesan lost his ministerial position. Ganesan did not contest the 2015 parliamentary election but was instead placed on the UPFA's list of National List candidates. However, after the election he was not appointed to the National List.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ganesan, Praba 1946 births Democratic People's Front politicians Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka Indian Tamil politicians of Sri Lanka Living people Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the Western Provincial Council People from Colombo Sri Lankan Hindus United People's Freedom Alliance politicians

Early life and family

Career

Electoral history

See also

References