K. Ganeshalingam
Honourable K. Ganeshalingam MMC |
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Mayor of Colombo | |
In office June 1996 – March 1997 |
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Preceded by | Ratnasiri Rajapakse |
Succeeded by | Karu Jayasuriya |
Personal details | |
Born | Puloly, Ceylon |
3 January 1938
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Political party | United National Party |
Alma mater | Hartley College S. Thomas' College University of Ceylon |
Profession | Accountant |
Religion | Hindu |
Kanagasabai Ganeshalingam (3 January 1938 –4 December 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician. He was Mayor of Colombo.
Early life and family
Ganeshalingam was born on 3 January 1938 in Puloly in northern Ceylon.[1][2] He was the son of Kanagasabai, a proctor, and Parvathipillai.[3]
He was educated at the Hartley College and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.[1][2] After school he joined the University of Ceylon where he was an elected officer of the student union.[1][2]
Ganeshalingam married Yamuna, daughter of Dr. Sri Pathmanathan.[1][4] They had a son (Kandeepan) and a daughter (Menaka).[3] His only two grandchildren; Athishan Ganeshalingam Vettivetpillai and Shatvika Vettivetpillai reside in London. Ganeshalingam was a Hindu.[2]
Career
After university Ganeshalingam joined Ford Rhodes Thornton & Co as an accountancy student.[1][2] He then entered business.[1] He was director of the Tobacco Corporation and several other state organisations.[3] He was also chairman of Ceylon Oxygen.[3]
Ganeshalingam joined the United National Party (UNP) in 1960.[5] He was appointed treasurer of the UNP in 1989.[3][5][6] He was later elected to Colombo Municipal Council as a UNP candidate.[3] He served as Deputy Mayor of Colombo between July 1991 and the end of 1993.[2] He was acting Mayor of Colombo from January 1994 to June 1996 before serving as Mayor of Colombo between June 1996 and March 1997.[2][7] He resigned from the UNP in January 1997.[5][8] He then contested the 1997 election as a candidate of an independent group backed by the People's Alliance.[6][9] He was re-elected to CMC and served as Leader of the Opposition from May 1997 to April 2002.[3]
Death
Ganeshalingam died in Colombo on 4 December 2006.[1]
References
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- 1938 births
- 2006 deaths
- Alumni of Hartley College
- Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
- Alumni of the University of Ceylon
- Mayors of Colombo
- People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan Hindus
- Sri Lankan Tamil accountants
- Sri Lankan Tamil businesspeople
- Sri Lankan Tamil politicians
- United National Party politicians