Velusami Radhakrishnan
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Honourable Velusami Radhakrishnan MP MPC |
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| வேலுசாமி இராதாகிருஷ்ணன் | |
| State Minister of Education | |
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Assumed office 12 January 2015 |
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| Deputy Minister of Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation | |
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In office 9 October 2014 – 10 December 2014 |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Nuwara Eliya District |
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Assumed office 8 April 2010 |
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| Member of the Central Provincial Council for Nuwara Eliya District | |
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In office 1999–2010 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1952 |
| Political party | Up-Country People's Front |
| Other political affiliations |
Tamil Progressive Alliance |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Ethnicity | Indian Tamil |
Akandhan Velusami Radhakrishnan (Tamil: 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).
Radhakrishnan was born on 1 August 1952. He was educated at Holy Trinity College, Nuwara Eliya, St. Peter's College, Colombo and St. Joseph's College, Colombo. He is married and has four children.
Radhakrishnan was elected to Nuwara Eliya Divisional Council and became its chairman in 1991. 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). He was Minister of Culture and Tamil Education. 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. 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. He was re-elected at the 2009 provincial council election, this times as a United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidate. 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.
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