Balasingham Nadesan (
Tamil
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:பாலசிங்கம் நடேசன்) was the Political Chief of the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...
(LTTE) from late 2007 until his death in 2009. He was formerly the organization's Chief of
Police
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.
Personal life
Balasingham Nadesan married a Sinhalese woman "Vineetha Samarasinghe Gunasekara" when he was a policeman for the Sri Lankan Government in Colombo. He left the
Sri Lankan Police and joined the
LTTE
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...
, becoming the head of the organization's police
force
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after the
Black July
Black July ( ta, கறுப்பு யூலை, translit=Kaṟuppu Yūlai; si, කළු ජූලිය, Kalu Juliya) was an anti-Tamil pogrom that occurred in Sri Lanka during July 1983. The pogrom was premeditated,T. Sabaratnam, Pirapa ...
riots in 1983 in Colombo.
Career
As police chief, Nadesan oversaw the building of new 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 the head of the political division after
S. P. Thamilselvan was killed in an air strike by Sri Lankan Air Force.
Death
Nadesan was killed on 18 May 2009 when the
Sri Lankan Army overcame the final stronghold of the
Tamil Tigers
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...
. It is alleged that Nadesan and his family were executed by the Sri Lankan Army after agreement to surrender during the
White Flag incident that came to recognition on international terms.
See also
*
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...
References
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2009 deaths
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam members
Sri Lankan Tamil rebels
Sri Lankan rebels
Year of birth missing