Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament
Gajendrakumar Gangaser Ponnambalam (Tamil : கஜேந்திரகுமார் காங்கேசர் பொன்னம்பலம் , romanized: Kajēntirakumār Kāṅkēcar Poṉṉampalam Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament .[ 1] All Ceylon Tamil Congress , a member of the Tamil National People's Front .[ 2]
Early life and family [ edit ] Ponnambalam was born on 16 January 1974.[ 1] Kumar Ponnambalam and grandson of G. G. Ponnambalam , both leaders of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC).[ 3] [ 4] Royal College, Colombo and the Colombo International School .[ 3] [ 5] SOAS, University of London , graduating with a LL.B. degree in 1995.[ 3] [ 5]
Ponnambalam qualified as a barrister-at-law from Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1997.[ 3] [ 3]
Ponnambalam entered politics following the assassination of his father on 5 January 2000.[ 3] Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front , Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization and Tamil United Liberation Front formed the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).[ 6] [ 7] 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Parliament .[ 8] 2004 parliamentary election .[ 9] S. Kajendran and Pathmini Sithamparanathan , left the TNA and formed the Tamil National People's Front (TNPF).[ 10] [ 11]
Ponnambalam contested the 2010 parliamentary election as a TNPF candidate in Jaffna District but the TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament.[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] 2015 parliamentary election as a TNPF candidates in Jaffna District but, again, the TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament.[ 15] [ 16]
Ponnambalam contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a TNPF candidate in Jaffna District and was re-elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
Ponnambalam has extensive shareholdings in several companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange - either directly or through family owned companies Gee Gees Properties (Pvt) Ltd and Gitanjali Gajaluckshmi (Pvt) Ltd - including Serendib Land PLC (property developer), LOLC Holdings PLC/Lanka ORIX Leasing Company (leasing , factoring and microfinance ) and Bukit Darah PLC (palm oil ).[ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
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