# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/g-g-ponnambalam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:09:41.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/g-g-ponnambalam"
name: "G. G. Ponnambalam"
slug: "g-g-ponnambalam"
description: "Ganapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and cabinet minister. He was the founder and leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), the first political party to represent the Ceylon Tamils."
tagline: "Sri Lankan Tamil politician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/G_G_Ponnambalam.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1901-11-08"
deathDate: "1977-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.088878666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "G. G. Ponnambalam"
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    title: "জি জি পোন্নামবালাম"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "G. G. Ponnambalam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "கணபதி காங்கேசர் பொன்னம்பலம்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._G._Ponnambalam"
    title: "G. G. Ponnambalam"
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    title: "ජී. ජී. පොන්නම්බලම්"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3093055"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump