# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/la-ganesan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:34:25.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/la-ganesan"
name: "La Ganesan"
slug: "la-ganesan"
description: "La Ganesan Iyer was an Indian politician who served as the 16th Governor of Nagaland from February 2023 until his death in August 2025. His previous tenures included ones as the 15th Governor of Manipur between August 2021 and February 2023, and the Governor of West Bengal between July 2022 and November 2022. Before that, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. Ganesan was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a veteran of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh."
tagline: "Indian politician who served as Governor of Manipur and West Bengal"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La_Ganesan_Ji_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1945-02-16"
deathDate: "2025-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.146802666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "লা. গণেশন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ल गणेशन"
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    title: "ला. गणेशन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "La. Ganesan"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La._Ganesan"
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    title: "இல. கணேசன்"
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  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE._%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%A3%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump