US embassy cable - 04COLOMBO815

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000815 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/M ALISON MOYLAN/AZZA MOUNIB-ZAKI; INFO 
ECA/PE/V/R/N/-LARRY A. MOODY, SA/PD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OEXC, SCUL, KPAO, OEXC - Exchanges 
SUBJECT:  FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP 
"STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT" AUGUST 4-25, 2005. 
PROJECT NO. E/VM-2005-0036 
 
REF: COLOMBO 00765 
 
1. Post nominates K.T. "Kuruswamy" Member, Colombo 
Municipal Council for participation in subject project. 
Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team 
approval." 
 
2. Nomination is as follows: 
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EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB 
VERSION: 3.0.7 
POST-EMAIL: tilakawardenac@state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS  Colombo 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 
EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DATA 
START NOMINATION: 
ECA-OFFICE: E/VGN 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 120 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VM-2005-0036 
PROJ-NAME: State and Local Government - August 4-25, 2005 
START MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
 
END MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2004 
DEPART-POST: 08/02/2005 
SESSION-DATE: 08/04/2005 
RETURN-POST: 08/27/2005 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 0 
START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Democratic 
Systems and Practices." 
END MEMO POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO POST-RCMD: 
ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1039 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: MRP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2929 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: U 
SUBJ-DISC: State & Local Government 
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PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: Kalagandi 
M-NAME: Thevar 
L-NAME: KURUSAMY 
SUFFIX: 
POSITION-CODE: 136 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: 52 Zviya Mosque Lane 
M-ADDR2: Dematagoda Road 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: Colombo 9 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: (94-11) 238-7895 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: 
M-CNTRY-ID: CE 
M-ADDRTYPE: H 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 01/12/1968 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Colombo 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Member, Columbo Municipal Council, 2002- to date 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Proprietor, Haiwin Distributors, March 2001- to date 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
1986-March 2001 - Assistant Manager, Emar Pharma (Private) 
Ltd. 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level) 
examination, Colombo Thondar Vidyalaya, 1985 
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START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
 
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START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
 
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
 
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
FIRST-LANG: Tamil 
ENGL-READ: 4 
ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
ENGL-COMP: 4 
START OTHER-LANGS: 
OTHER-LANG: Sinhala 
OTHER-LANG-ID: SI 
READ: 4 
SPEAK: 4 
COMP: 4 
END OTHER-LANGS: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Democratic 
Systems and Practices." 
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Joseph Novak 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Mr. Kurusamy is a dedicated local government official who 
has a lengthy history of social work among the less 
privileged communities of Sri Lanka.  Exposure to a program 
of this nature would benefit Kurusamy to gain valuable 
knowledge of the U.S. system of state and local government, 
which he would utilize in his future political career. 
This nomination has "full Country Team approval." 
 
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NOM-OFF: Political 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: Yes 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
E-I-TYPE: 
NOMINEE-ID: 159 
PERSON-ID: 166 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE 
RES-CNTRY-ID: CE 
FIRST-LANG-ID: TC 
E-I-TYPE-ID: 
NOM-POST-ID: 2929 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
NOM-STATUS: N 
DS2019-ACTION: 1 
DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.1001 
SPONS-FUNDS: 0 
SPONS-AGENCY1: DOS 
USGOVT-AGENCY1: DOS 
US-AGENCY-AMT1: 8000 
USGOVT-AGENCY2: 
US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0 
INTL-ORG1: 
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT1: 0 
INTL-ORG2: 
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT2: 0 
VIS-GOVT-AMT: 0 
COMMISSION: 0 
OTHER-AMOUNT: 0 
VIS-AMOUNT: 0 
VIS-CAT: 5 
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3. Please advise acceptance of this nomination. 
Lunstead