| 词条 | K. Ganeshalingam |
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|honorific-prefix = Honourable |name = K. Ganeshalingam |native_name = |native_name_lang = |honorific-suffix = MMC |image = K. Ganeshalingam.jpg |imagesize = |office1 = Mayor of Colombo |term_start1 = June 1996 |term_end1 = March 1997 |predecessor1 = Ratnasiri Rajapakse |successor1 = Karu Jayasuriya |birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|01|03|df=yes}} |birth_place = Puloly, Ceylon |death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|12|04|1938|01|03|df=yes}} |death_place = |citizenship = |nationality = |party = United National Party |otherparty = |spouse = |partner = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = Hartley College S. Thomas' College University of Ceylon |occupation = |profession = Accountant |religion = Hindu |website = |footnotes = |blank1 = Ethnicity |data1 = Ceylon Tamil }} Kanagasabai Ganeshalingam (3 January 1938 – 4 December 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician. He was Mayor of Colombo. Early life and familyGaneshalingam 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] CareerAfter 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] DeathGaneshalingam died in Colombo on 4 December 2006.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|last=Maniccavasgar|first=Chelvatamby|title=Ganeshalingam, an exceptional human-being|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2006/12/07/news31.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=7 December 2006}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ganeshalingam, K.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|last=Maniccavasgar|first=Chelvathamy|title=K Ganeshalingam’s 74th birth anniversary: Multi-faceted and multi-dimensional personality|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/01/03/fea04.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=3 January 2012}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|title=A True Humanist with the mind of Noble Thoughts|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=A_True_Humanist_with_the_mind_of_Noble_Thoughts_%28%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%29}} 4. ^{{cite news|last=Satyapalan|first=Franklin R.|title=Mrs. Yamuna Ganeshalingam contests CMC on UPFA ticket|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=33906|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=3 September 2011}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Wagista|first=Kuamaradasa|title='UNP not my target'|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/970202/newsm.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=2 February 1997}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|title=Former Colombo Mayor K. Ganeshalingam dead|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2006/12/05/news31.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=5 December 2006}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Past Mayors of Colombo|url=http://colombo.mc.gov.lk/past-mayors.php|publisher=Colombo Municipal Council}} 8. ^{{cite news|title=Bullets after bullets hit UNP|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/970216/pol.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=16 February 1997}} 9. ^{{cite news|title=Wasantha hits out at hopscotch Ganesh|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/970406/news2.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=6 April 1997}} 12 : 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 |
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