K. Ganeshalingam

Kanagasabai Ganeshalingam (3 January 1938 – 4 December 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician. He was Mayor of Colombo.

Honourable

K. Ganeshalingam

MMC
Mayor of Colombo
In office
June 1996 – March 1997
Preceded byRatnasiri Rajapakse
Succeeded byKaru Jayasuriya
Personal details
Born(1938-01-03)3 January 1938
Puloly, Ceylon
Died4 December 2006(2006-12-04) (aged 68)
Political partyUnited National Party
Alma materHartley College
S. Thomas' College
University of Ceylon
ProfessionAccountant

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] 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
  1. Maniccavasgar, Chelvatamby (7 December 2006). "Ganeshalingam, an exceptional human-being". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  2. Maniccavasgar, Chelvathamy (3 January 2012). "K Ganeshalingam's 74th birth anniversary: Multi-faceted and multi-dimensional personality". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  3. "A True Humanist with the mind of Noble Thoughts".
  4. Satyapalan, Franklin R. (3 September 2011). "Mrs. Yamuna Ganeshalingam contests CMC on UPFA ticket". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  5. Wagista, Kuamaradasa (2 February 1997). "'UNP not my target'". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  6. "Former Colombo Mayor K. Ganeshalingam dead". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 5 December 2006.
  7. "Past Mayors of Colombo". Colombo Municipal Council.
  8. "Bullets after bullets hit UNP". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 16 February 1997.
  9. "Wasantha hits out at hopscotch Ganesh". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 6 April 1997.
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