K. Ganeshalingam

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. He was the son of Kanagasabai, a proctor, and Parvathipillai.

He was educated at the Hartley College and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. They had a son (Kandeepan) and a daughter (Menaka). He was appointed treasurer of the UNP in 1989. He was later elected to Colombo Municipal Council as a UNP candidate. He resigned from the UNP in January 1997. He then contested the 1997 election as a candidate of an independent group backed by the People's Alliance. He was re-elected to CMC and served as Leader of the Opposition from May 1997 to April 2002.

Death Ganeshalingam died in Colombo on 4 December 2006.