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Mano Ganesan

Honourable
Mano Ganesan
MP MPC MMC
மனோ கணேசன்
මනෝ ගනේසන්
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Minister of National Dialogue
Assumed office
4 September 2015
President Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Colombo District
Assumed office
2015
In office
2001–2010
Member of the Western Provincial Council for Colombo District
In office
2014–2015
In office
1999–2001
Member of Colombo Municipal Council
In office
2011–2014
Personal details
Born (1959-12-17) 17 December 1959 (age 57)
Political party Democratic People's Front
Other political
affiliations
Tamil Progressive Alliance
Occupation Trade unionist
Religion Hindu
Ethnicity Indian Tamil

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), members of the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG).



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.

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 contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the United National Front's (UNF) candidates in Colombo District. He was elected and entered Parliament. 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.


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