Adawan Amal Praba Ganesan (; born 4 January 1964) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

n politician and former member of parliament. He is the current leader of the Democratic People's Congress (DPC), a member of the

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(UPFA).

Early life and family

Ganesan was born on 4 January 1964. He is a son of V. P. Ganesan, trade unionist and film producer, and brother of Mano Ganesan, Member of Parliament.

Career

Ganesan contested the 2004 provincial council election as one of the Western People's Front's candidates in

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and was elected to the Western Provincial Council. He was re-elected at the 2009 provincial council election, this times as a United National Front (UNF) candidate. Ganesan contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UNF candidates in Colombo District. He was elected and entered

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. In August 2010 Ganesan defected to the governing

(UPFA). He was suspended from the Democratic People's Front. He subsequently founded a political party called the Democratic Peoples Congress. Ganesan was appointed Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology on 21 August 2014. At the 2015 presidential election, whilst other Indian Tamil politicians flocked to support common opposition candidate

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, Ganesan remained loyal to

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, leader of the UPFA. Following Sirisena's victory Ganesan lost his ministerial position. Ganesan did not contest the 2015 parliamentary election but was instead placed on the UPFA's list of

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candidates. However, after the election he was not appointed to the National List.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ganesan, Praba 1964 births Democratic People's Front politicians Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka Tamil politicians Living people Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the Western Provincial Council Politicians from Colombo Sri Lankan Hindus United People's Freedom Alliance politicians Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka

Early life and family

Career

Electoral history

See also

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