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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).Table of ContentsEarly life and family[edit]Electoral history[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Early life and family[edit]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]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[edit]References[edit]^ a b “Directory of Members: V.S. Radhakrishnan”. Parliament of Sri Lanka.^ a b c d “New faces in Parliament” (PDF). The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 18 April 2010.^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (15 April 1999). “Provincial Council Elections: A Mixed Result” (PDF). Tamil Times. XVIII (4): 4\u20137. ISSN\u00a00266-4488.^ “‘Tamils should preserve their culture’“. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 8 February 2002.^ Krishnaswamy, P. (15 September 2013). “Heavy voter turnout expected in upcountry”. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).^ a b “Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004” (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2013.^ “PART IV (A) \u2014 PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments &c., by the Governors APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE HON. GOVERNOR \u2013 CENTRAL PROVINCE” (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1380\/02. 14 February 2005.^ a b “Preferences Nuwara Eliya” (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.^ “PART IV (A) \u2014 PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments &c., by the Governors APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCE” (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1594\/28. 26 March 2009.^ a b “Parliamentary General Election – 2010 Nuwara Eliya Preferences” (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2014.^ “General Elections 2010 – Preferential Votes” (PDF). The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 April 2010.^ “CWC MP Goes Independent”. The Sunday Leader. 11 September 2010.^ “Parliamentarian Radhakrishnan to lead UPF political wing”. TamilNet. 8 October 2010.^ “Radhakrishnan appointed deputy minister”. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 10 October 2014.^ “PART I\u00a0: SECTION (I) \u2014 GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President” (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1884\/24. 14 October 2014.^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (11 December 2014). “Two deputy ministers quit; CWC suffers split”. The Island (Sri Lanka).^ Srinivasan, Meera (11 December 2014). “2 more MPs leave Rajapaksa government”. The Hindu.^ “New Cabinet ministers sworn in”. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015.^ “New Cabinet takes oaths”. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.^ “PART I\u00a0: SECTION (I) \u2014 GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981” (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928\/03. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.^ “Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo”. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.^ “Preferential Votes”. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.^ “PART I\u00a0: SECTION (I) \u2014 GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President” (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932\/69. 18 September 2015.[permanent dead link]^ “New State and Deputy Ministers”. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.^ “State and Deputy Ministers take oaths (Updated Full List)”. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.^ “Rathakrishnan elected as Leader of Upcountry People’s Front”. Tamil Diplomat. 10 September 2015.^ Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). “The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010”. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/velusami-radhakrishnan-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Velusami Radhakrishnan – Wikipedia"}}]}]