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ListofcommandersoftheLTTE
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ThefollowingisalistofcommandersoftheLiberationTigersofTamilEelam(LTTE),alsoknownastheTamilTigers,aseparatistmilitantTamil
nationalistorganisation,whichoperatedinnorthernandeasternSriLankafromlate1970stoMay2009,untilitwasdefeatedbytheSriLankanMilitary. [1][2]

NomdeGuerre

RealName

Date&Place

Date&Place

ofBirth

ofDeath

Position(s)

Notes

LeaderoftheLTTE

Prabhakaranwasthesupreme

Thambi(usedonlyby

Velupillai

26November1954

19May

closestassociates)and

Prabhakaran

Velvettithurai

2009(aged54)[3][4][5]

leaderofLTTE,whichwageda

Vellamullivaikkal

25yearviolentsecessionist

Anna(elderbrother)

campaigninSriLanka.Hisdeath
inNanthikadal
lagoon,Vellamullivaikkal,Mullaitivu,
broughtanimmediateendto
theSriLankanCivilWar.
PottuAmmanalias

Shanmugalingam

1962

18May2009

LeaderofTiger

PapaOscaralias

Sivashankar

Nayanmarkaddu[6]

(aged47)

OrganizationSecurity commandofLTTE.Hisdeathwas

Vellamullivaikkal

IntelligenceService

initiallydisputedbecausethedead

(TOSIS)andBlack

bodywasnotfound.Butin

Tigers

October2010,TADAcourtjudge

SobhigemoorthyaliasKailan

PottuAmmanwasthesecondin

K.Dakshinamurthydropped
chargesagainstAmman,on
theAssassinationofRajivGandhi,
acceptingtheCBI'sreportonhis
demise.[7][8]
Selvarasa

Shanmugam

6April1955

LeaderofLTTEsince

Asthechiefarmsprocurersince

Pathmanathan(POW)

Kumaran

Kankesanthurai

thedeathof

theoriginoftheorganisation,

aliasKumaran

Tharmalingam

Prabhakaran.Priorto

Pathmanathanwasinvolvedinall

Pathmanathan

that,servedasthe

thevitaladministrativeissuesof

aliasKP(23+aliases)

chiefprocurerof

LTTE.Heheld200+passports

armsandheadofthe

withhimself.On21July2009,the

"Departmentof

ExecutiveCommitteeoftheLTTE,

International

issuedastatementannouncing

Relations"ofLTTE

thatPatmanathanhadbeen
appointedleaderoftheLTTE.But
on5August2009,SriLankan
intelligenceagentswiththeaidof
thelocalauthorities,captured
PathmanathaninMalaysiaand
deportedhimtoSriLanka.

KarunaAmman

Vinayagamoorthy

1966

LTTEleaderof

KarunaAmmanwasamajor

Muralitharan

Kiran,Batticaloa

theEasternProvince

commanderoftheLTTE.Hewas
involvedinmanysuccessfulLTTE
attacksincludingtheSecond
BattleofElephantPass.InMarch
2004,hebrokeawayfromthe
TamilTigersandclaimed
renouncedviolence.In2007,he
createdthepoliticalpartyTMVP.
Butin2008,hewasappointedas
aNationalListMember
ofParliament.Later,hewassworn
inasMinisterofNational
Integration.

Lt.Seelan

CharlesLucas

ChurchStreet,

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Anthony

Trincomalee

Meesalai

ofLTTEasof1983

handmanintheearlystagesof
LTTE.Hewasinstrumentalinthe
risingofLTTEfromanarmed
criminalgangtoadeadlymilitary
force.Seelan'sdeathon15July
1983promptedPrabhakaranto
ambushtheSriLanka
ArmypatrolFourFourBravoto
avengehisdeath.Thekillingof13
soldierson23July1983,resulted
intheBlackJulyethnicriots,
whichmarkedthebeginningof26
yearcivilwar.[9]LTTEsupermo
Prabhakaranpaidtributeto
SeelanakaCharlesAnthonyby
naminghiseldersonandthe
premierefightingbrigadeofLTTE
afterhim.

ColonelKittu

Sathasivam

2January1960

16January

SecondinCommand

Col.KittuwastheSecondin

Krishnakumar

Velvettithurai

1993(aged33)

ofLTTE,Leaderof

CommandofLTTEinthe1980s.

IndianOcean

shipping

Hebecamecrippledinashootout
happenedin1987.Kittu
committedsuicidewhenhewas
goingtobecaughtbytheIndian
Navy.[10]

Mahattaya

Gopalaswamy

1956

28December

SecondinCommand

LTTEintelligencewingfound

Mahendraraja

PointPedro

1994(aged38)

ofLTTE(1987

Mahattayawasleaking

Chavakacheri

1993),Leader

informationtoIndia'sResearch

ofPeople'sFrontof

andAnalysisWing,andplottingto

LiberationTigers,

assassinatePrabhakaran.Hewas

PoliticalwingofLTTE

arrestedinMarch1993,and
executedinDecember1994,on
theordersofPrabhakaran.Itwas
saidthatMahattaya,alongwith
nearly257cadreswhowere
loayaltohim,werelinedupina
coconutestatelocated
nearChavakacheri,shotandkilled
andallthebodieswere
dumped.[11]

Thamilchelvan

SuppiahParamu

29August1967

2November

Politicalleaderof

Oneoftheprominentnegotiators

Thamilselvan

Chavakacheri

2007(aged40)

LTTE

ofLTTE.KilledbyapreciseSri

Kilinochchi

LankaAirForcebombing
targetinghim.

ColonelShankar

Vaithilingam

September1949

Sornalingam

26September

Founderandleader

Shankarwasarelativeandoneof

2001(aged52)

oftheairwingand

theclosestlieutenantsofLTTE

Oddusuddan

marinedivisionof

leaderPrabhakaran.Heiskilled

LTTE

byaclaymoreattackofthedeep
penetrationunitofSriLankan
armyin2001.

ColonelSoosai

Thillaiyampalam

16October1963

Sivanesan

18May

HeadoftheSea

Heisresponsibleformany

2009(aged45)

Tigers,navalwingof

successfulattacksagainstSri

Vellamullivaikkal

theLTTE

LankaNavy.Hewasnarrowly
ezcapedduring
theVadamarachchiOperation,but
waskilledduringtheSriLanka
Army'sfinalonslaughttowards
LTTEheldareain2009.

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BrigadierBalraj

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Balasegaram

27November1965

18May

Commanderofthe

Balrajdiedduetoasuddenheart

Kandiah

Kokkuththoduvai

2008(aged42)

CharlesAntony

attack.Heisresponsibleformany

Vellamullivaikkal

Brigade

successfulattacksofLTTE
includingSecondBattleof
ElephantPass.

ColonelTheepan

Velayuthapillai

1965

5April2009

Overallmilitary

Theepanwaspromoted

aliasTangoPapa

Baheerathakumar

Vavuniya

(aged44)

commanderofLTTE

posthumouslytoBrigadier.[12]He

Aanandapuram

inthefinalphase

wasanative

ofSriLankanCivil

ofThenmarachidivisionofJaffna

War

District.HejoinedLTTEin1984
andeventuallybecameasenior
commander.Hehasparticipated
andleadnumberof
battles[13]againstSriLankan
Army.Hewaskilledalongwith
615othersinearlyApril2009
inPuthukkudiyiruppu(Mullaitivu).
Beforehisdeathhewasthe
unofficialmilitarycommanderof
theLTTENorthernfighting
formations.[14]

RathnamMaster

18May2009

HeadofLTTEMilitary Apersonalbodyguardof

Vellamullivaikkal

Intelligencewing,

Prabhakaran,andledtheLTTE

headoftheair

militarywingafterColonel

wingandtheRadha

TheepanwaskilledinApril2009.

Brigade
KapilAmman

18May2009

Deputyleaderof

AlongtimedeputyoftheLTTE

Vellamullivaikkal

TigerOrganization

intelligenceheadPottuAmman.

SecurityIntelligence
Service(TOSIS)
Nadesan

Balasingham

18May2009

Politicalleaderof

NadesanwasthePoliceChiefof

Nadesan

Vellamullivaikkal

LTTE(Since

LTTE.Healsoheldthepositionof

November2007),

Politicalleadersincethedeathof

ChiefofLTTEPolice

S.P.Thamilselvanin2007.
Nadesanwaskilledon18May
2009inVellamullivaikkal,Mullaitivu.

ColonelBhanu

Sivanadan

(Banu)alias

Somasekaran

1960

Bravo

18May2009

LeaderoftheLTTE

HeledtheLTTEartilleryunitin

(aged49)

artillerywing

theSecondBattleofElephant

Vellamullivaikkal

PassandhoistedtheLTTEflagat
theElephantPassbasein
2000.[15]Hewaskilledduringthe
finalbattleofthewar,on18May
2009.[8][16]

ColonelCharles

Shanmuganathan

1965

Ravishankar

6January

HeadofLTTEMilitary CharleswaskilledbyaSriLankan

2008(aged43)

Intelligencewing

MannarDistrict

ArmyLRRPunitin2008.Hewas
involvedintheplanningofCentral
Bankbombingandmanyother
successfulBlackTigerattacks.[17]

ColonelRamesh

18May2009

Batticaloa

HewastheLTTEcommander

aliasRomeoSiera

Vellamullivaikkal

District&Ampara

forBatticaloaandAmparadistricts

Districtcommander

duringthe2002ceasefire

T.
Thurairajasingham

era.[18]Itisbelievedhewaskilled
on18May2009.[citationneeded]

ColonelSornam

1April1964

16May

LTTEleader

Heusedtobeapersonalbody

(Swarnam)

Trincomalee

2009(aged45)

ofTrincomalee

guardofLTTEleaderVelupillai

SoosapillaiJoseph

Vellamullivaikkal

Anthonydas

Prabhakaranandasenior
commanderoftheLTTE.Itis
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2009.[19][20]

Pulidevan

Seevaratnam
Pulidevan

ShashikumarMaster

HeadoftheLTTE

Pulidevanwasamemberofthe

Vellamullivaikkal

PeaceSecretariat

LTTEnegotiatingteamduring
peacetalks.

Mithiran
Selvarathnam

DayaMaster(POW)

18May2009

18May2009

HeadoftheLTTE

Diedduringthefinalbattleon18

Vellamullivaikkal

mappingand

May2009.[20]

surveyingdivision

Velayutham

HeadoftheLTTE

SurrenderedtotheSriLankan

Dayanidhi

mediadivision

Armyduringfinalstagesof
war.[21][22]

GeorgeMaster(POW)

VelupillaiKumaru

TranslatorofLTTE

SurrenderedtotheSriLankan

Pancharatnam

leaderPrabhakaran

Armytowardstheendofthe

andS.P.

war.[21][22]

Thamilsenvan
ColonelGadaffi

1961

5April2009

HeadofLTTEmilitary Hewasaseniorcommanderof

(aged48)

school

Aanandapuram

theLTTE.HewasfromNelliyady.
HewaskilledinearlyApril2009
inPuthukkudiyiruppu(Mullaitivu).
Atthetimeofhisdeath,hewas
theheadofTamilTigermilitary
school.[13]Healsofunctionedas
eitherdeputyorleaderofsomeof
theTamilTigermilitarydivisions.It
isclaimed[12]thatGadaffibrought
downseveralSriLankanAir
Forceaircraftthroughhisshoulder
firedSAM7missiles.

ColonelJeyam[23]

21April2009

AseniorLTTEcommander,

(Jayam)

MullaitivuDistrict

originallyfromtheeastofSri
Lanka.Hewasamemberofthe
LTTEdelegationthatattended
theGenevapeacetalksbetween
theLTTEandtheGovernmentof
SriLanka.[24]Heisnottobe
confusedwithaTMVPcommander
bythesamename,whoisalso
fromtheeastofSriLanka.

ColonelRajualias

Ambalavanar

Kuyilan

Neminathan

Elalai,Jaffna

25August2002

Servedasthespecialcommander
oftheeliteLTTELeopard
Commandosandhadplayeda
keyroleindevelopingtheits
artillerywing.

ColonelPathuman

Trincomalee

TheformerLTTEcommanderfor

Districtcommander

theTrincomaleeDistrictduringthe
2002ceasefireperiod.[25]

ColonelRamanan

Kandiah

1966

Ulaganathan

Palukamam,Batticaloa (aged40)

21May2006

AnLTTEexplosivesexpert.

Vavunathivu
Nediyavan

Perinpanayagam

LTTEleader

WiththedemiseofLTTEinMay

Sivaparan

ofNorway

2009,Nediyavanappearedasthe
militaryleaderofLTTE.Hewas
apprehendedbyNorwegian
authoritiesinMay2011.[26]

ColonelThurka

5April2009

Commander

AfemalecommanderoftheLTTE,

Aanandapuram

ofSothiyaRegiment

sheistheleaderoftheall
femaleSothiyaRegiment.
Reportedtohavebeenkilledon5

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April2009duringtheBattleof
Aanandapuram.[27]

ColonelVithusha

5April2009

Commander

AfemalecommanderoftheLTTE,

Aanandapuram

ofMalathiRegiment

andtheleaderoftheallfemale
MalathiRegiment.[28]Reportedto
havebeenkilledon5April2009
duringtheBattleof
Aanandapuram.[27]

Lt.ColonelAkbar

Veerapathirar

7October2006

Pernibarasa

MuhamalaiFDL

Lt.ColonelAmuthab

LeaderoftheVictor
antitankregiment

Hewaskilledonthe7thof
October2006attheMuhamalai
ForwardDefenceLine.

5April2009

CharlesAnthony

HewasaseniorLTTE

Aanandapuram

Brigadecommander

commander,[29]wasalsothe
head[30]ofCharlesAnthony
Brigade.Hewasabattle
hardenedcommander&was
killedinApril2009intheBattleof
Aanandapuram.[27]

Lt.ColonelAppaiah[31]

I.Rasiah

24December1997

Lt.ColonelArivu

Knownasthe'ScientistofLTTE'.
TrincomaleeDistrict

Hewasaseniorcommander[29]of
theLTTE,heservedinCharles
AnthonyBrigadeasasenior
commander.Believedtohave
beeninkilled[32]inTrincomalee
Districtinthemid2000s.

Lt.ColonelGobith

5April2009

Commander

HewasaseniorLTTE

Aanandapuram

ofCharlesAnthony

commander,wasalsothe

Brigade

head[30]ofCharlesAnthony
Brigade.Hewasabattle
hardenedcommander&was
killedinApril2009intheBattleof
Aanandapuram.[27]

Lt.ColonelKumarappa

B.Rathnapalan

5October1987

HewastakenintocustodybySri

Palali

LankaNavyalongwith16others
inthemidsea,andbroughttoSri
LankaArmybaseinPalali.When
theSriLankaArmyattemptedto
takethemtoColombofor
interrogation,hecommitted
suicideon5October1987.[33]

Lt.ColonelLawrence

16May2009

Hewasaseniorcommanderof

Vellamullivaikkal

theLTTE,heservedinthe
northernfront.[34][35]Itisbelieved
thathewaskilledinMay2009.
Hewasaseniorcommander[29]of

Lt.ColonelNakulan

theTamilTigers,heserved

(Nagulan)
May2007

inCharlesAnthonyBrigadeasa

EasternProvince

seniorcommander.Believedto
havebeenkilled[36]ineasternSri
LankainMay2007.

Lt.ColonelNizam

Thambirasa

2001

HeadofMilitary

HewastheLTTEmilitary

Kuhasanthan

MullaitivuDistrict

Intelligence(East)

intelligencewingleaderforthe
eastofSriLanka.Hewaskilledby
aSriLankaArmyLRRPunitin
2001.[37]

Lt.Colonel

Yogaratnam

1987

HeisanoldboyofJaffnaHindu

Ponnamman[38]

Kugan

Navatkuly

Collegeandacollegeallrounder.

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Hewaskilledin1987inan
explosionduringanattemptto
attacktheSriLankaArmycamp
inNavatkuly,Jaffna.

Lt.ColonelPulendran

K.Dharmarajah

10October1987

Trincomalee

Pulendranwasoneoftheearly

Palali

Districtcommander

membersoftheLTTE.Hewasthe
militarycommanderin
theTrincomaleeDistrict.He
committedsuicideastheArmy
attemptedtotakehim
toColomboforinterrogation,after
beingapprehended.[33][39]

LtColonelRatha

Hewasaseniorcommanderof
theLTTE,hehasbeen
credited[40][41]withmanyattack
againstSriLankanforces.Hewas
killedinthelate1980s.Thename
'Ratha'canreferamaleor
female.TheRathaRegiment[42]is
namedinhonourofhim.

Lt.Colonel

K.Umainesan

Santhosham[43]

21October1987

Hewaskilledon21October1987

Kondavil

atKondavilinJaffnainabattle
withtheIPKF.Hewasactivein
theTrincomaleeDistrictofSri
Lanka.Hewas
fromAriyalai,JaffnaDistrict,Sri
Lanka.

Lt.ColonelThileepan

RasaiahParthipan

1962

26September

Diedduringahungerstrikeagainst

1987(aged25)

theIPKFoperationsinSriLanka.

Jaffna
Lt.ColonelVeeramani

Subramaniam

Hewasaseniorcommander[29]of

24May2006

Vadivel

theLTTE,hewaskilledinan
accidentailexplosion[35]on24
May2006.Heservedasasenior
commanderintheCharles
AnthonyBrigadeandTamil
Tigernorthernforces.Hewas
fromVavuniyaDistrict

Lt.ColonelVictor

MarcelinFuselus

1984

Mannar

HewasaMannar

Districtcommander

DistrictcommanderoftheTamil
Tigers,untilhewaskilledin1984
bytheSriLankaArmy.TheVictor
AntiTankandArmouredUnitof
theLTTEwasnamedafterhim.

MajorMano
2001

Headof

TheLTTE'sheadofeastern

Communications

communications,hewaskilledby

(East)

aSriLankaArmyLRRPunitin
2001.[37]

CaptainMiller

Vallipuram

1January1966

Vasanthan

5July

FirstBlackTigerfortheLTTE.He

1987(aged21)

droveasmalltruckladenwith
explosivesintoaSriLankaArmy
campinNelliadyMMV,Karaveddy
inJaffnapeninsula,killinghimself
and128SriLankansoldiers.

CaptainPandithar[44]

S.Ravindran

9January1985

Hewasachildhoodfriendof
VelupillaiPrabhakaranandwas
theLTTE'saccreditedvice
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SriLankaArmyon9January
1985.

LieutenantSellakili[46]

Sathasivam

23July1983

HewastheonlyLTTEcadretobe

Selvanayakam

Thirunelveli

killedinanambush
inThirunelveliinJaffnathatkilled
13SriLankaArmysoldierson23
July1983,theincidentthat
sparkedtheBlackJulyriotsacross
thecountry.Hewastheleaderof
thegroupthatcarriedoutthe
attack.[46]

Cheliyan

October2008?

DeputyLeader,Sea

HewasaSeaTigerdeputyleader.

May2009?

Tigers

ItisclaimedthataSriLankan
ArmyLRRPkilledhiminOctober
2008.[47]Howevertherewere
reportsthathewaskilledinMay
2009.[48]

GangaiAmaran

2001

DeputyLeader,Sea

HewasadeputySea

Tigers

Tigercommander.[37]Hewaskilled
alongwithhisfamilybyaSri
LankaArmyLRRPunitin2001.[49]

Gopal

Nadarasa

5April2009

CommanderofKutti

Hewasaseniorcommanderof

Dushiyanthan

Aanandapuram

SriMortarUnit

theLTTEandwasalsotheleader
ofKuttiSriMortarUnit.[13]He
participatedinmanybattles
againsttheSriLankanArmy,was
killedinearlyApril2009
inPuthukkudiyiruppu(Mullaitivu).

Keerthi

Manikkapodi

5April2009

Headof

Easwaran

Aanandapuram

Intelligence,Batticaloa theTamilTigers,hewaskilledin
District

Hewasaseniorcommanderof
earlyApril2009
inPuthukkudiyiruppu(Mullaitivu).
HewasfromBatticaloa
DistrictandservedastheTamil
Tigerintelligencechief
there.[12]Healsoservedin
theJeyanthanBrigadeasasenior
commander.

Marshall[50]

Irasaiah

LTTEspokesperson

Ilanthirayan

HewastheLTTE'smilitary
spokespersonandwasoftenin
contactwithinternationalmedia
duringtheimmediatepost
ceasefireera.[51]

Nagesh

Selvarathnam

15January1970

5April

Hewasaseniorcommanderof

Sundaram

BatticaloaDistrict

2009(aged39)

theLTTE,participatedinmay

Aanandapuram

battles[13]againsttheSriLankan
ArmyintheeastandnorthofSri
Lanka.HewaskilledinearlyApril
2009inPuthukkudiyiruppu
(Mullaitivu).Hewasasenior
commanderoftheJeyanthan
Brigade.

Ramalingam

1984

Paramadeva
Sothiya

MariaVasanthi

(Sothia)

Michael

20September1963

Senior

Oneofthearchitectsofthe1983

leader,Batticaloa

BatticaloaJailbreak.

11January

Shediedofillnessin1990and

1990(aged26)

hadoneofthefemalefighting
formationsoftheLTTE,the

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SothiyaRegiment,namedafter
her.[52]

CaptainMorris(MO)

Paratharajan

12September1969

Thiyagarajah

1May

PointPedroDistrict

HewasinchargeofPointPedro

1989(aged19)

Leader

area&waskilledinMay1989in

PointPedro

thebattleofmilitaryoffensivesof
IndianPeaceKeepingForces
(IPKF).[17]

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