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Mano Ganesan

Sri Lankan politician

Summary

Sri Lankan politician

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	Hon.
name	Mano Ganesan
native_name	மனோ கணேசன்
මනෝ ගනේසන්
honorific-suffix	MP
image	Mano Ganesan.jpg
office1	Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation and Official Languages
president1	Maithripala Sirisena
primeminister1	Ranil Wickremesinghe
term_start1	4 September 2015
term_end1	21 November 2019
predecessor1	Vasudeva Nanayakkara
successor1	Office abolished
constituency_MP2	Colombo District
parliament2	Sri Lankan
term_start2	2015
term_end2	2024
term_start3	2001
term_end3	2010
office4	Member of the Western Provincial Council for Colombo District
term_start4	2014
term_end4	2015
term_start5	1999
term_end5	2001
office6	Member of Colombo Municipal Council
term_start6	2011
term_end6	2014
birth_date
party	Democratic People's Front
otherparty	Tamil Progressive Alliance
occupation	Trade unionist
footnotes

|honorific-prefix = Hon. මනෝ ගනේසන් |honorific-suffix = MP 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.

Early life

Ganesan was born on 17 December 1959. He is a son of V. P. Ganesan, 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.

Ganesan founded the Western People's Front in 2000 to represent Tamils living in the greater Colombo region. 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 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 (DPF) candidate and was elected to Colombo Municipal Council. 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'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.

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.

Electoral history

Election	Constituency	Party	Alliance	Votes	Result
1999 provincial	Colombo District	Democratic Workers' Congress}};"		DWC		IOPF
2001 parliamentary	Colombo District	Western People's Front}};"		WPF	United National Front (Sri Lanka)}};"		UNF
2004 parliamentary	Colombo District	WPF	UNF		Elected
2010 parliamentary	Kandy District	Democratic People's Front}};"		DPF	UNF
2011 local	Colombo MC	DPF
2014 provincial	Colombo District	DPF
2015 parliamentary	Colombo District	DPF	United National Front for Good Governance}};"		UNFGG
2020 parliamentary	Colombo District	DPF	Samagi Jana Balawegaya}};"		SJB
2024 parliamentary	Colombo District	DPF	Samagi Jana Balawegaya}};"		SJB

References

(3 June 2015). "Video: DPF, UPF, WNC form new political alliance". [[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]].
(3 June 2015). "Tamil parties forms new alliance". [[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]].
(4 June 2015). "Up-country political parties form Tamil Progressive Alliance". [[Daily FT]].
"Directory of Members: Mano Ganesan". [[Parliament of Sri Lanka]].
(20 June 2015). "Birth of the TPA and political representation of Tamils living outside the North-East". [[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]].
(12 September 2010). "Voting for a cause...". [[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]].
(10 December 2007). "Sri Lanka’s Mano Ganesan Gives a Voice to the Voiceless". [[United States Department of State]].
(21 April 2013). "Mano pelted with stones in Kotagala". adaderana.lk.
Jeyaraj, D. B. S.. (15 April 1999). "Provincial Council Elections: A Mixed Result". [[Tamil Times]].
"General Election 2001 Preferences". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
"General Election 2004 Preferences". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
"Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Kandy Preferences". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
"Local Authorities 08.10.2011 Colombo Municipal Council". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
(22 October 2011). "Consequences of Tamil genocide engulf entire island: Bahu". [[TamilNet]].
(1 April 2014). "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Western Province Provincial Council". [[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary.
(31 March 2014). "Full list of preferential votes". [[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]].
Somawardana, Melissa. (31 March 2014). "Colombo District Preferential Votes: Complete list of winners". [[News First]].
(19 August 2015). "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981". [[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary.
(19 August 2015). "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". [[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]].
(19 August 2015). "Preferential Votes". [[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]].
(4 September 2015). "New Cabinet". [[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]].
(4 September 2015). "The new Cabinet". [[Ceylon Today]].
(19 December 2007). "Colombo withdraws security, Mano Ganesan fears for his life". [[TamilNet]].
(21 September 2008). "‘Defence establishment linked to abductions’". [[The Sunday Leader]].
(12 December 2007). "Ganesan first runner-up for U.S. HR Award". [[The Island (Sri Lanka)]].
(11 December 2007). "Mano Ganesan, first runner-up for U.S. Human Rights Award - US Embassy". [[TamilNet]].
(13 December 2024). "SJB names 4 remaining Nat’l List MPs".
(13 December 2024). "Daily FT".
(12 December 2024). "SJB National List MPs announced".
Jayakody, Pradeep. (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". [[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]].
(2024-11-16). "Colombo District: Vote counts for Candidates who fell short".

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