| Balasingham Nadesan | |
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| Died | May 18, 2009 Mullaithivu, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Other names | B.Nadesan |
| Occupation | LTTE Political Leader |
| Religion | Hindu |
Balasingham Nadesan (Tamil:பாலசிங்கம் நடேசன்)[1][2] was the LTTEs Political Chief from late 2007 until his death in 2009. He used to be the head of Police of the LTTE and was formerly based in Tamil Nadu[3].
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Balasingham Nadesan married a Sinhalese woman when he was a policeman for the Sri Lankan Government. He lived with her until they both and his two children were killed by Sri Lankan Army.
Balasingham Nadesan was the head of the police for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam which were established in 1992 in the Jaffna peninsula region of northern Sri Lanka. As police chief, Nadesan oversaw the building of new police stations in the East following the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement brokered by Norway. He also accompanied numerous LTTE delegations overseas. Later on he became the head of the political division after S. P. Thamilselvan was killed in an air strike by SLAF.
Nadesan was killed on 18 May 2009 when the Sri Lankan Army overcame the final stronghold of the Tamil Tiger rebels.[4] The following day, the TamilNet website confirmed the death of Nadesan but said that its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was alive and well.[5]
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