Velusami Radhakrishnan Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Velusami Radhakrishnan
Native Name:வேலுசாமி இராதாகிருஷ்ணன்
අකන්දන් වේලුසාමි රාධාක්‍රිෂ්ණන්
Native Name Lang:ta
Honorific-Suffix:MP MPC
Office1:State Minister of Education
Term Start1:12 January 2015
Office2:Deputy Minister of Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation
Term Start2:9 October 2014
Term End2:10 December 2014
Constituency Mp3:Nuwara Eliya District
Parliament3:Sri Lankan
Term Start3:8 April 2010
Office4:Member of the Central Provincial Council for Nuwara Eliya District
Term Start4:1999
Term End4:2010
Birth Date:1 August 1952
Party:Up-Country People's Front

Akandhan Velusami Radhakrishnan (ta|அகண்டன் வேலுசாமி இராதாகிருஷ்ணன்; born 1 August 1952) is a Sri Lankan politician and state minister. He is the leader of the Up-Country People's Front (UCPF), a member of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) and United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG).

Early life and family

Radhakrishnan was born on 1 August 10.1952[1] He was educated at Holy Trinity College, Nuwara Eliya, St. Peter's College, Colombo and St. Joseph's College, Colombo.[2] He is married and has four children.[1] [2]

Career

Radhakrishnan was elected to Nuwara Eliya Divisional Council and became its chairman in 1991.[2] He contested the 1999 provincial council election as one of the Indian Origin People's Front's candidates in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to the Central Provincial Council (CPC).[2] [3] He was Minister of Culture and Tamil Education.[4] [5] He contested the 2004 provincial council election as one of the United National Front's (UNF) candidates in Nuwara Eliya District and was re-elected to the CPC.[6] In February 2005 he was appointed Minister of Tamil Education (other than Muslim Schools) Industries, Estate Infrastructure Facilities, Hindu Cultural Affairs, Youth Affairs and Sports.[7] He was re-elected at the 2009 provincial council election, this times as a United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidate.[8] In March 2009 he was appointed Minister of Industries, Sports, Women Affairs, Rural Development, Estate Infrastructure Facilities Development, Hindu Cultural Affairs, Education (Tamil) and Youth Affairs.[9]

Radhakrishnan contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to Parliament.[10] [11] On 11 September 2010 Radhakrishnan left the Ceylon Workers' Congress to sit as an independent MP supporting UPFA.[12] He joined the Up-Country People's Front as its political leader on 7 October 2010.[13] He was appointed Deputy Minister of Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation on 9 October 2014.[14] [15]

Radhakrishnan resigned from the UPFA government on 10 December 2014 to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the presidential election.[16] [17] After the election newly elected President Sirisena rewarded Radhakrishnan by appointing him State Minister of Education.[18] [19]

Radhakrishnan was one of the United National Front for Good Governance's candidates in Nuwara Eliya District at the 2015 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[20] [21] [22] After the election he was re-appointed State Minister of Education.[23] [24] [25]

Radhakrishnan was elected leader of the UCPF on 6 September 2015.[26]

Electoral history

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2015 parliamentary[27] Elected

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: V.S. Radhakrishnan. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. News: New faces in Parliament. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 18 April 2010.
  3. Jeyaraj. D. B. S.. 15 April 1999. Provincial Council Elections: A Mixed Result. Tamil Times. XVIII. 4. 4–7. 0266-4488.
  4. News: 'Tamils should preserve their culture'. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 8 February 2002.
  5. News: Krishnaswamy. P.. Heavy voter turnout expected in upcountry. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 15 September 2013.
  6. Web site: Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 2013-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20090107101529/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2004Provincial.pdf. 2009-01-07. dead.
  7. PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments &c., by the Governors APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE HON. GOVERNOR – CENTRAL PROVINCE. 14 February 2005. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1380/02.
  8. Web site: Preferences Nuwara Eliya. https://web.archive.org/web/20091210040252/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2009/Central/district/neliyapref.pdf. dead. 2009-12-10. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments &c., by the Governors APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCE. 26 March 2009. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1594/28.
  10. Web site: Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Nuwara Eliya Preferences. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 2014-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20100513034353/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Nuwara%20Eliya_pref_GE2010.pdf. 2010-05-13. dead.
  11. News: General Elections 2010 - Preferential Votes. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 April 2010.
  12. News: CWC MP Goes Independent. The Sunday Leader. 11 September 2010.
  13. News: Parliamentarian Radhakrishnan to lead UPF political wing. TamilNet. 8 October 2010.
  14. News: Radhakrishnan appointed deputy minister. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 10 October 2014.
  15. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 14 October 2014. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1884/24.
  16. News: Ferdinando. Shamindra. Two deputy ministers quit; CWC suffers split. The Island (Sri Lanka). 11 December 2014.
  17. News: Srinivasan. Meera. 2 more MPs leave Rajapaksa government. The Hindu. 11 December 2014.
  18. News: New Cabinet ministers sworn in. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015.
  19. News: New Cabinet takes oaths. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015. 18 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150118145912/http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html. 18 January 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  20. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981. 19 August 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928/03. 21 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223730/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1928_03/1928_03%20E.pdf. 23 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  21. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  22. News: Preferential Votes. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015. 21 August 2015. https://archive.today/20150820025307/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political/preferential-votes-2. 20 August 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  23. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President. 18 September 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/69.
  24. News: New State and Deputy Ministers. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.
  25. News: State and Deputy Ministers take oaths (Updated Full List). The Nation (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015. 12 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150910214552/http://nation.lk/online/2015/09/09/state-and-deputy-ministers-take-oaths/. 10 September 2015. dead.
  26. News: Rathakrishnan elected as Leader of Upcountry People's Front. Tamil Diplomat. 10 September 2015.
  27. News: Jayakody. Pradeep. The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 28 August 2015.

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