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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Balasingham Nadesan<br />
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| spouse = Vineetha Samarasinghe Gunasekara <br />
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| death_date = 18 May 2009<!-- {{death date and age|df=yes|yyyy|mm|dd|yyyy|mm|dd}} --><br />
| death_place = [[Mullaithivu]], [[Sri Lanka]]<br />
| nationality = [[Sri Lanka]]n<br />
| other_names = B.Nadesan<br />
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| occupation = Political Leader of the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]<br />
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'''Balasingham Nadesan''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]:பாலசிங்கம் நடேசன்)<ref>[http://www.dailypioneer.com/147348/Sri-Lankan-troops-march-into-Tiger-capital-Kilinochchi.html Sri Lankan troops march into 'Tiger' capital Kilinochchi] Daily Pioneer - 2 January 2009</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nadesan appointed new Political Head of the LTTE|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=23659|work=Tamilnet|date=2007-11-02|access-date=2008-12-20}}</ref> was the Political Chief of the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (LTTE) from late 2007 until his death in 2009. Formerly, he was the organization's [[Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Chief of Police]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1117458,prtpage-1.cms | title=India to keep distance from LTTE | newspaper=Times of India | date=21 May 2005}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
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Balasingham Nadesan was married to a Sinhalese woman, Vineetha Samarasinghe Gunasekara, when they worked in the police force for the Sri Lankan Government in Colombo. He left the [[Sri Lanka Police Service|Sri Lankan Police]] joining the [[LTTE]] after the [[Black July]] riots in 1983 in Colombo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2003/10/12/fea01.html|title=Tiger cops learn Sinhala|publisher=www.sundayobserver.lk|date=12 October 2003|access-date=4 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062620/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2003/10/12/fea01.html|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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As Chief of Police, Nadesan oversaw the development of police stations in the East following the 2002 [[Ceasefire Agreement]] brokered by Norway. He also accompanied numerous delegations of the LTTE overseas. In November 2007, he became head of the political division after [[S. P. Thamilselvan]] was killed in an air strike by the Sri Lankan Air Force.<br />
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==Death==<br />
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Nadesan was killed on 18 May 2009 when the [[Sri Lanka Army|Sri Lankan Army]] overcame the final stronghold of the [[Tamil Tigers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6309915.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519190039/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6309915.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 May 2009 |title=Times Online 18 May 2009 |publisher=Timesonline.co.uk |access-date=2013-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=29403 |title=18.05.09 Mahinda's accounts crime |publisher=TamilNet |date=2009-05-18 |access-date=2013-01-31}}</ref> Nadesan and his family were executed by the Sri Lankan Army after an agreement to surrender during the [[White Flag incident]] that came to recognition on international terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/witnesses-support-claim-that-sri-lanka-army-shot-prisoners-8508617.html|title= Witnesses support claim that Sri Lanka army shot prisoners |newspaper= The Independent|date=24 February 2013|access-date=4 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29409|title= War crime in the massacre of LTTE officials|publisher=Tamilnet|date=19 May 2009|access-date=4 March 2013}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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