Mano Ganesan

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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
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
1999 provincial Colombo District style="background:Template:Party color;"| DWC IOPF Template:Nts Elected
2001 parliamentary[10] Colombo District rowspan ="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"| WPF rowspan ="3" style="background:Template:Party color;"| UNF Template:Nts Elected
2004 parliamentary[11] Colombo District WPF UNF Template:Nts Elected
2010 parliamentary[12] Kandy District rowspan ="6" style="background:Template:Party color;"| DPF UNF Template:Nts Not elected
2011 local[13] Colombo MC DPF Template:Nts Elected
2014 provincial[17] Colombo District DPF Template:Nts Elected
2015 parliamentary[30] Colombo District DPF style="background:Template:Party color;"| UNFGG Template:Nts Elected
2020 parliamentary Colombo District DPF style="background:Template:Party color;"| SJB Template:Nts Elected
2024 parliamentary[31] Colombo District DPF style="background:Template:Party color;"| SJB Template:Nts Not elected

See also

References

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