Mano Ganesan

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    Hon.
    Mano Ganesan
    MP
    மனோ கணேசன்
    මනෝ ගනේසන්
    Mano Ganesan.jpg
    Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages
    In office
    4 September 2015 –21 November 2019

    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), both constituent parties of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya. [1] [2] [3]

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    Early life

    Ganesan was born on 17 December 1959. [4] He is a son of V. P. Ganesan, trade unionist and film producer, and brother of Praba Ganesan, former Member of Parliament. [5] [6]

    Career

    Ganesan is president of the Democratic Workers Congress trade union. [7] [8] 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. [9]

    Ganesan founded the Western People's Front in 2000 to represent Tamils living in the greater Colombo region. [7] 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. [10] He was re-elected at the 2004 parliamentary election. [11]

    Ganesan contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UNF's candidates in Kandy District but failed to get re-elected after coming seventh amongst the UNF candidates. [12] He contested the 2011 local government election as a Democratic People's Front (DPF) candidate and was elected to Colombo Municipal Council. [13] [14] He contested the 2014 provincial election as a DPF candidate and was re-elected to the Western Provincial Council. [15] [16] [17]

    Ganesan was one of the United National Front for Good Governance's candidates in Colombo District at the 2015 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament. [18] [19] [20] He was sworn in as Minister of National Dialogue on 4 September 2015. [21] [22]

    Ganesan is founder and convener of the Civil Monitoring Commission on Extra-Judicial Killings and Disappearance. [23] [24] He was the first runner-up in the 2007 Freedom Defender's Award. [25] [26]

    He was appointed as a Member of Parliament for National List in 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election as a member of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya. [27] [28] [29]

    Electoral history

    Electoral history of Mano Ganesan
    ElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceVotesResult
    1999 provincial Colombo District DWC IOPF3,663Elected
    2001 parliamentary [10] Colombo District WPF UNF 54,942Elected
    2004 parliamentary [11] Colombo District WPF UNF 51,508Elected
    2010 parliamentary [12] Kandy District DPF UNF 28,033Not elected
    2011 local [13] Colombo MC DPF 28,433Elected
    2014 provincial [17] Colombo District DPF 28,558Elected
    2015 parliamentary [30] Colombo District DPF UNFGG 69,064Elected
    2020 parliamentary Colombo District DPF SJB 62,091Elected
    2024 parliamentary [31] Colombo District DPF SJB 19,013Not elected

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