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The following is a '''list of commanders of the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]''' ('''LTTE'''), also known as the Tamil Tigers, a separatist militant [[Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism|Tamil nationalist]] organisation, which operated in northern and eastern [[Sri Lanka]] from the late 1970s to May 2009, until it was defeated by the [[Sri Lankan Military]].<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSCOL391456 | work=Reuters | title=SCENARIOS-The end of Sri Lanka's quarter-century war | date=16 May 2009}}</ref><ref name="VOA">{{cite web|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-17-voa11.cfm |title=VOA News - Sri Lanka Rebels Concede Defeat |access-date=2009-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611092130/http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-17-voa11.cfm |archive-date=11 June 2009 }}</ref>

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! width="140"|[[Nom de Guerre]] !! width="140"|Real Name !! width="100"|Date & Place<br />of Birth !! width="100"|Date & Place<br />of Death !! width="150"|Position(s) !! Notes
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| valign=top|Thambi (used only by closest associates), Anna (elder brother) and Karikalan(another name)|| valign=top|[[Velupillai Prabhakaran|Velupillai<br />Prabhakaran]]{{KIA}} || valign=top|{{Birth date|1954|11|26|df=yes}}<br />[[Valvettithurai]] || valign=top|{{Death date and age|2009|05|18|1954|11|26|df=yes}}<ref name="lttechiefdead-TOI">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Tigers-extinct-now-what-lies-ahead-for-Tamils-in-Lanka/articleshow/4546294.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023235502/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-19/south-asia/28210187_1_tamil-tiger-velupillai-prabhakaran-soosai|url-status=live|archive-date=23 October 2012|title=LTTE chief Prabhakaran killed: Lanka army sources|date=18 May 2009|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=18 May 2009}}</ref><ref name="lttechiefdead-TimesOnline">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6309915.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519190039/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6309915.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 May 2009|title=Tamil Tigers supreme commander Prabhakaran 'shot dead'|date=18 May 2009 |work=The Times |location=London |access-date=18 May 2009 | first=Robert | last=Bosleigh}}</ref><ref name="lttechiefdead-telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/5342331/Tamil-Tiger-leader-Velupillai-Prabhakaran-shot-dead.html|title=Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran 'shot dead'|last=Nelson |first=Dean |date=18 May 2009|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=18 May 2009 | location=London}}</ref><br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|Leader of the LTTE || Supreme leader of the LTTE, which waged a 25-year civil war in Sri Lanka against the Sri Lankan government. His death in Nanthikadal lagoon, [[Vellamullivaikkal]], [[Mullaitivu]], brought an immediate end to the [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]].
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Bharathan || valign=top|Barathan Rajanayagam|| valign=top|{{Birth date|1960|12|06|df=yes}}<br />[[Thirunelveli, Sri Lanka|Thirunelveli]] || valign=top|{{Death date and age|2021|03|18|1960|12|06|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ripbook.com/barathan-rajanayagam-606700833a668/notice/obituary-606700ab9036b | title=Late Barathan Rajanayagam – Obituary }}</ref> <br />[[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|London, United Kingdom]] || valign=top|Founder of Nitharsanam and Pulikalin Kural || Major Commander of the LTTE, Bharathan pushed for the formation of a media division of the LTTE. He created Nitharsanam (meaning reality in truth, it was the television and newspaper department of the LTTE) and Pulikalin Kural (meaning the tigers' voice, it was the radio for the LTTE). Bharathan’s fearless style of cinematography allowed the LTTE to showcase live footage of the battlefield locally and globally. The rapid growth of the LTTE and their following abroad is largely credited to the success of their Media outlet.
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| valign=top|[[Pottu Amman (Tamil militant)|Pottu Amman]] ''alias''<br />Papa Oscar ''alias''<br />Sobhigemoorthy ''alias'' Kailan ''alias'' Kuruvi|| valign=top|Shanmugalingam Shivashankar{{KIA}} || valign="top" |1962<br />Nayanmarkaddu<ref name="dbsj1">{{cite news|url=http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1073 |title="Pottu Amman" and the Intelligence Division of the LTTE|date=11 September 2009|work=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref> || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|05|18}}<br />(aged 47)<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|Leader of Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS) and [[LTTE Black Tiger|Black Tigers]] || Second-in-command of the LTTE. His death was initially disputed because the body was not found. But in October 2010, [[Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act|TADA court]] judge K. Dakshinamurthy dropped charges against Amman, on the [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]], accepting the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]]'s report on his demise.<ref name="ndtv">{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rajiv-trial-names-of-prabhakaran-pottu-amman-dropped-62491|title=Rajiv trial: Names of Prabhakaran, Pottu Amman dropped|date=26 October 2010|publisher=[[NDTV]]|access-date=17 June 2011 }}</ref><ref name="army.lk2">{{cite news|url=http://www.army.lk/detailed.php?NewsId=486|title=Notorious Pottu Amman, Bhanu confirmed killed|date=18 May 2009|publisher=[[Sri Lanka Army]]|access-date=6 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328002346/http://www.army.lk/detailed.php?NewsId=486|archive-date=28 March 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| valign=top|[[Selvarasa Pathmanathan]]{{POW}}<br />''alias'' Kumaran Pathmanathan<br />''alias'' KP (23+ aliases) || valign=top|Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam || valign=top|{{Birth date|1955|04|06|df=yes}}<br />[[Kankesanthurai]]|| || valign=top|Leader of the LTTE since the death of Prabhakaran. Prior to that, served as the chief procurer of arms and head of the "Department of International Relations" of the LTTE || As the chief arms procurer since the origin of the organisation, Pathmanathan was involved in all the vital administrative issues of the LTTE. He held 200+ passports with himself. On 21 July 2009, the Executive Committee of the LTTE, issued a statement announcing that Patmanathan had been appointed leader of the LTTE. But on 5 August 2009, [[State Intelligence Service (Sri Lanka)|Sri Lankan intelligence agents]] with the aid of the local authorities, captured Pathmanathan in [[Malaysia]] and deported him to Sri Lanka.
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| valign=top|Colonel [[Karuna Amman]] || valign=top|Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan || valign=top|	1966<br />[[Kiran, Sri Lanka|Kiran]], [[Batticaloa]] || || valign=top|LTTE leader of the [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern Province]] || Major commander of the LTTE. He was involved in many successful LTTE attacks including the [[Second Battle of Elephant Pass]]. In March 2004, he broke away from the Tamil Tigers and claimed to renounce violence. In 2007, he created the political party [[TMVP]]. In 2008, he was appointed as a National List Member of [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]]. Later, he was sworn in as Minister of National Integration.
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| valign=top|Lt. [[Seelan]]{{KIA}} || valign=top|Charles Lucas Anthony || valign=top|Church Street,<br />[[Trincomalee]] || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|1983|07|15}}<br />Meesalai || valign=top|Second-in-command of LTTE as of 1983 || Prabhakaran's right-hand man in the early stages of the LTTE. He was instrumental in the transformation of the LTTE from an armed criminal gang to a deadly military force. Seelan's death on 15 July 1983 prompted Prabhakaran to ambush the [[Sri Lanka Army]] patrol [[Four Four Bravo]] to avenge his death. The killing of 13 soldiers on 23 July 1983, resulted in the [[Black July]] ethnic riots, which marked the beginning of 26-year civil war.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story, Chapter 29 – Prisoners massacred |url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC02Df02.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020331150953/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DC02Df02.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=31 March 2002|work=Asia Times|date=2 March 2002 |access-date=12 July 2011}}</ref> Prabhakaran paid tribute to Seelan by naming his elder son and the premier fighting brigade of LTTE after him.
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| valign=top|Colonel [[Kittu (Tamil militant)|Kittu]]{{KIA}} || valign=top|Sathasivam Krishnakumar || valign=top|{{Birth date|1960|01|02|df=yes}}<br />[[Velvettithurai]] || valign=top|{{Death date and age|1993|01|16|1960|01|02|df=yes}}<br />[[Indian Ocean]] || valign=top|Second-in-Command of LTTE, Leader of shipping || Second-in-Command of the LTTE in the 1980s. He became crippled in a shoot-out in 1987. In 1993, Kittu committed suicide before he could be captured by the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite news |first= K. T. |last= Rajasingham |title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story – Chapter 57: Kittu, the LTTE legend |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI14Df01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021021094345/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI14Df01.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=21 October 2002|work=Asia Times|date=2 March 2002 |access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref>
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| valign=top|[[Mahattaya]] || valign=top|Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja || valign=top|1956<br />[[Point Pedro]] || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|1994|12|28}} (aged 38)<br />[[Chavakacheri]] || valign=top|Second-in-Command of LTTE (1987–1993), Leader of [[People's Front of Liberation Tigers]], Political wing of LTTE || The LTTE intelligence wing found that Mahattaya was leaking information to India's [[Research and Analysis Wing]], and plotting to assassinate Prabhakaran. He was arrested in March 1993, and executed in December 1994, on Prabhakaran’s orders. It was said that Mahattaya, along with nearly 257 cadres who were loyal to him, were lined up in a coconut estate located near [[Chavakacheri]] and shot, and their bodies dumped.<ref>{{cite news |first= K. T. |last= Rajasingham |title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story – Chapter 56: The execution of Mahattaya |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI07Df01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021025020427/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI07Df01.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=25 October 2002|work=Asia Times|date=2 March 2002 |access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref>
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| valign=top|Thamilselvan || valign=top|[[S. P. Thamilselvan]] || valign=top|{{Birth date|df=yes|1967|08|29}}<br />[[Chavakacheri]] || valign=top|{{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|11|02|1967|08|29}}<br />[[Kilinochchi]] || valign=top|Political leader of LTTE || valign=top|One of the prominent negotiators of LTTE. Killed by a precise [[Sri Lanka Air Force]] bombing targeting him.
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|valign=top|Colonel [[Shankar (Tamil militant)|Shankar]] || valign=top|Vaithilingam Sornalingam{{KIA}} || valign=top|September 1949|| valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2001|09|26}} (aged 52)<br />[[Oddusuddan]] || valign=top|Founder and leader of the air wing and marine division of LTTE || Shankar was a relative and one of the closest lieutenants of LTTE leader Prabhakaran. He was killed by a [[claymore mine|claymore]] attack of the [[Sri Lanka Army|Sri Lankan Army]]’s [[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)|deep penetration unit]] in 2001.
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| valign=top|Admiral Colonel [[Soosai]]{{KIA}} || valign=top|Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan || valign=top|{{Birth date|df=yes|1963|10|16}} || valign=top|{{Death date and age|df=yes|2009|05|18|1963|10|16}}<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|Head of the [[Sea Tigers]], naval wing of the LTTE || Responsible for many successful attacks against the [[Sri Lanka Navy]]. He narrowly escaped during the [[Vadamarachchi Operation]], but was killed during the [[Sri Lanka Army]]'s final onslaught towards LTTE held areas in 2009.
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| valign=top|Brigadier [[Balraj]] <br />''alias'' Leema || valign=top|Balasegaram Kandiah || valign=top|{{Birth date|df=yes|1965|11|27}}<br />[[Kokkuththoduvai]] || valign=top|{{Death date and age|df=yes|2008|05|18|1965|11|27}}<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|Commander of the Charles Antony Brigade || Responsible for many successful operations, including the [[Second Battle of Elephant Pass]]. Died of a sudden heart attack in 2008.
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| valign=top|Brigadier [[Theepan]]{{KIA}}<br />''alias'' Tango Papa || valign=top|Velayuthapillai Baheerathakumar || valign=top|1965<br />[[Vavuniya]] || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|04|05}}<br />(aged 44)<br />[[Aanandapuram]] || valign=top|Overall military commander of LTTE in the final phase of [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]] || Posthumously promoted to Brigadier.<ref name="thesundayleader.lk" /> He was a native of [[Thenmarachi]] division of [[Jaffna District]]. He joined LTTE in 1984 and eventually became a senior commander. He participated and led a number of battles<ref name="LTTE suffers worst defeat" /> against the [[Sri Lankan Army]]. He was killed along with 615 others in early April 2009 in [[Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)]]. Before his death he was the unofficial military commander of the LTTE Northern fighting formations.<ref>[http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=45957 THEEPAN OF THE LTTE: HEROIC SAGA OF A NORTHERN WARRIOR] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414100818/http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=45957 |date=14 April 2009 }}</ref>
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| valign=top|Rathnam Master{{KIA}} || || || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|05|18}}<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|Head of LTTE Military Intelligence wing, head of the [[Air Tigers|air wing]] and the Radha Brigade || valign=top|A personal bodyguard of Prabhakaran; led the LTTE military wing after Colonel Theepan was killed in April 2009.
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| valign=top|Mathavan Master{{KIA}} || valign=top|Ragunathan Pathmanathan || valign=top|1958<br />[[Alaveddy]]|| valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|05|18}}<br />(aged 50)<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|Head of LTTE Intelligence Training Centre, Training and Technology Department, Research & Publications Department. || valign=top|Senior member of the Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS). He joined the LTTE in 1987. He was responsible for the training and development of advanced technologies for support of both the National and Military Intelligence: modifying weapons, explosive-filled vehicles, spy tools, etc. He also undertook the task of training TOSIS operatives. He was killed while fighting in [[Vellamullivaikkal]], [[Mullaitivu]] in 2009 and his body was recovered by the SLA, which listed him as the LTTE Internal Intelligence leader.
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| valign=top|Kapil Amman{{KIA}} || Rajadurai Selvaraja || 11.11.1957 
Trincomalee 
|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|05|18}}<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] 
|Deputy leader of Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS)
|Long-time deputy of the LTTE intelligence head Pottu Amman.
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| valign=top|Nadesan || valign=top|[[Balasingham Nadesan]] || || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|05|18}}<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|Political leader of LTTE (Since November 2007), Chief of LTTE Police || Police Chief of the LTTE. He also held the position of political leader since the death of S. P. Thamilselvan in 2007. Nadesan was killed on 18 May 2009 in [[Vellamullivaikkal]], [[Mullaitivu]].
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| valign=top|Brigadier Bhanu<br />(Banu) ''alias''<br />Bravo{{KIA}} || valign=top|Sivanadan Somasekaran || valign=top|1960 || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|05|18}}<br />(aged 49)<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|Leader of the LTTE's Mortar wing || Led the LTTE's Kutti Sri Mortar Regiment and Johnson Mortar Regiment in the [[Second Battle of Elephant Pass]] and hoisted the LTTE flag at the [[Elephant Pass]] base in 2000. He later became the leader of the Kutti Sri Mortar regiment.<ref>{{cite news|title=The taking of Elephant Pass|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1710/17100100.htm|work=HinduOnNet|date=13 May 2000|access-date=7 October 2008|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917171521/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1710/17100100.htm|archive-date=17 September 2008}}</ref> He was killed during the final battle of the war, on 18 May 2009.<ref name="army.lk2" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Identified LTTE leaders who were killed during the Last Battle|url=http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090621_02_TerrList|work=Ministry of Defense, Sri Lanka|date=18 May 2009|access-date=18 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903230327/http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090621_02_TerrList|archive-date=3 September 2011}}</ref>
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| valign=top|Colonel [[Charles (Tamil militant)|Charles]]{{KIA}} || valign=top|Shanmuganathan Ravishankar || valign=top|1965 || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2008|01|06}} (aged 43)<br />[[Mannar District]] || valign=top|Head of LTTE Military Intelligence wing || Killed by a Sri Lankan Army [[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)|LRRP]] unit in 2008. He was involved in the planning of the [[Central Bank bombing]] and many other successful Black Tiger attacks.<ref name="Vanni pays homage to Col. Charles" />
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| valign=top|Colonel Ramesh{{KIA}}<br />''alias'' Romeo Siera || T. Thurairajasingham || || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|05|18}}<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|[[Batticaloa District]] & [[Ampara District]] commander || LTTE commander for the [[Batticaloa District|Batticaloa]] and [[Ampara District|Ampara]] districts during the 2002 ceasefire era.<ref>{{cite news |title=SL propaganda aims to create fear psychosis in East-Ramesh|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=12251|work=Tamilnet|date=20 June 2004|access-date=21 January 2009}}</ref> Believed to have been killed on 18 May 2009.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}
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| valign=top|Colonel [[Sornam]]<br />(Swarnam){{KIA}} || Soosapillai Joseph Anthonydas || valign=top|{{Birth date|1964|04|01|df=yes}}<br />[[Trincomalee]] || valign=top|{{Death date and age|2009|05|16|1964|04|01|df=yes}}<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|LTTE leader of [[Trincomalee]] || Personal bodyguard of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, and a senior commander of the LTTE. Believed to have been killed in May 2009.<ref name="tamilnet.com">{{cite news |title=Colonel Sornam visits army-controlled areas in Trinco | url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=13797 |work=Tamilnet |date=7 October 2008 |access-date=7 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="army.lk">{{cite news|title=LTTE's Swarnam & Shashi Master reported killed|url=http://www.army.lk/detailed.php?NewsId=465|work=[[Sri Lanka Army]]|date=16 May 2009|access-date=6 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419143835/http://www.army.lk/detailed.php?NewsId=465|archive-date=19 April 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| valign=top|Pulidevan{{KIA}} || [[Seevaratnam Pulidevan]] || || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|05|18}}<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|Head of the LTTE Peace Secretariat || Member of the LTTE negotiating team during peace talks.
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| valign=top|Shashikumar Master{{KIA}} || Mithiran Selvarathnam || || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|05|18}}<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] || valign=top|Head of the LTTE mapping and surveying division || valign=top|Died during the final battle on 18 May 2009.<ref name="army.lk" />
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| valign=top|Daya Master{{POW}} || valign=top|Velayutham Dayanidhi || || || valign=top|Head of the LTTE media division || valign=top|Surrendered to the Sri Lankan Army during the final stages of the war.<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite news |title=LTTE killed Tamil civilians: surrendered Tiger leaders | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ltte-killed-tamil-civilians-surrendered-tig/452611/ |work=The Indian Express|date=29 April 2009 |access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="lankanewspapers">{{cite news |title=Who is George Master? Who is Daya Master? | url=https://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/4/42639_space.html |work=lankanewspapers.com |date=22 April 2009 |access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref>
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| valign=top|George Master{{POW}} || valign=top|Velupillai Kumaru Pancharatnam || || || valign=top|Translator of LTTE leader Prabhakaran and S. P. Thamilsenvan || valign=top|Surrendered to the Sri Lankan Army towards the end of the war.<ref name="indianexpress" /><ref name="lankanewspapers" />
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| valign=top|Brigadier Gadaffi{{KIA}} || || valign=top|1961 || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|04|05}}<br />(aged 48)<br />[[Aanandapuram]] || valign=top|Head of LTTE military school || Senior commander of the LTTE. He was from [[Nelliyady Sri Lanka|Nelliyady]]. He was killed in early April 2009 in [[Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)]]. At the time of his death, he was the head of [[Tamil Tigers|Tamil Tiger]] military school.<ref name="LTTE suffers worst defeat">[http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=45885 LTTE suffers worst defeat] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413145818/http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=45885 |date=13 April 2009 }}</ref> He also functioned as either deputy or leader of some of the [[Tamil Tigers|Tamil Tiger]] military divisions. It is claimed<ref name="thesundayleader.lk">[http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090412/FOCUS.HTM LTTE debacle at Aanandapuram: Top Tiger leaders killed]</ref> that Gadaffi brought down several [[Sri Lankan Air Force]] aircraft using shoulder fired SAM-7 missiles.
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| valign=top|Colonel Jeyam<ref>{{cite news |title=Peace sacrificed for counter insurgency by Colombo – Col. Jeyam|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=18263|work=Tamilnet|date=24 May 2006 |access-date=20 December 2008}}</ref><br />(Jayam){{KIA}} || || || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|04|21}}<br />[[Mullaitivu District]] || || A senior LTTE commander, originally from the east of Sri Lanka. He was a member of the LTTE delegation that attended the [[Geneva]] peace talks between the LTTE and the [[Government of Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Northern LTTE puts command changes to the east on hold|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/927|work=AsianTribume|date=5 July 2006 |access-date=18 January 2009}}</ref> He is not to be confused with a [[TMVP]] commander by the same name, who is also from the east of Sri Lanka.
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| valign=top|Colonel Ilankeeran{{KIA}} <br />''alias'' A Chetan <br /> ''alias'' AC <br />''alias'' Ravi|| || valign="top" |1972<br /> [[Batticaloa]] || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|03|19}}<br />[[Aanandapuram]] || valign=top|Special commander and later appointed as Leader of the [[Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam#Victor Anti-Armour Regiment|Victor anti-tank regiment]] ||Served as the special commander and leader of Victor anti-armor/tank regiment from 2006–2009. He led these forces when it was first formed in LTTE's counter attack of Operation Jayasikuru (1997), and led the forces in the decisive battles of Elephant Pass under Brigadier Balraj (1999–2000). He was killed along with 17 others in early March 2009 in [[Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)]]
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| valign=top|Colonel [[Raju (Tamil militant)|Raju]] ''alias''<br />Kuyilan || valign=top|Ambalavanar Neminathan || valign=top|Elalai, [[Jaffna]] || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2002|08|25}} || || Served as the special commander of the elite LTTE Leopard Commandos and played a key role in developing its artillery wing.
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| valign=top|Captain Ram
|| Ramesh Arivazhagan K.|| 1980, Jaffna|| || valign=top|Commander of Jaffna District|| The former LTTE commander for the [[Trincomalee District]] during the 2002 ceasefire period.<ref>{{cite news |title=Colonel Pathuman speaks to TamilNet|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=11430|work=Tamilnet|date=9 March 2004|access-date=21 January 2009}}</ref>
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| valign=top|Colonel Ramanan{{KIA}} || valign=top|[[Kandiah Ulaganathan]] || valign=top|1966<br />Palukamam, [[Batticaloa]] || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2006|05|21}}<br />(aged 40)<br />[[Vavunathivu]] || || valign=top|LTTE explosives expert.
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| valign=top|Nediyavan || valign=top|[[Perinpanayagam Sivaparan]] || || || valign=top|LTTE leader of [[Norway]] || With the demise of LTTE in May 2009, Nediyavan appeared as the military leader of the LTTE. He was apprehended by Norwegian authorities in May 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dutch officials question KP and 12 others|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110619/News/nws_03.html|date=19 June 2011|access-date=19 June 2011}}</ref>
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| valign=top|Brigadier Thurka{{KIA}} || || || valign=top|{{Death date|2009|04|05|df=yes}}<br />[[Aanandapuram]] || valign=top|Commander of [[Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam#Sothiya Regiment|Sothiya Regiment]] || A female commander of the LTTE, she was the leader of the all-female [[Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam#Sothiya Regiment|Sothiya Regiment]]. Reported to have been killed on 5 April 2009 during the [[Battle of Aanandapuram]].<ref name="dbsj2" />
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| valign=top|[[Brigadier Vithusha]]{{KIA}} || || || valign=top|{{Death date|2009|04|05|df=yes}}<br />[[Aanandapuram]] || valign=top|Commander of [[Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam#Malathi Regiment|Malathi Regiment]] || A female commander of the LTTE, and the leader of the all-female Malathi Regiment.<ref name="tamilnet">{{cite news |title= Reserved hero: Brigadier Balraj TamilNet|url= http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=25730|work=Tamilnet|date=23 May 2008|access-date=21 January 2009}}</ref> Reported to have been killed on 5 April 2009 during the [[Battle of Aanandapuram]].<ref name="dbsj2" />
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Akbar{{KIA}} || valign=top|Veerapathirar Pernibarasa || || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2006|10|07}}<br />[[Muhamalai Forward Defence Line|Muhamalai FDL]] || Leader of the [[Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam#Victor Anti-Armour Regiment|Victor anti-tank regiment]] || Killed on 7 October 2006 at the [[Muhamalai Forward Defence Line]].
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Amuthab{{KIA}} || || || valign=top|{{Death date|2009|04|05|df=yes}}<br />[[Aanandapuram]] || valign=top|[[Charles Anthony Brigade]] commander || Senior LTTE commander,<ref name="tamilnet2">[http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=17735 Charles Anthony Brigade celebrates 15th anniversary of inauguration]</ref> and the head<ref name="Two top LTTE leaders killed">[http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200904/20090403two_top_ltte_leaders_killed.htm Two top LTTE leaders killed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215085643/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200904/20090403two_top_ltte_leaders_killed.htm |date=15 December 2009 }}</ref> of the [[Charles Anthony Brigade]]. Killed in April 2009 in the [[Battle of Aanandapuram]].<ref name="dbsj2">{{cite web|url=http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/315|title=Anatomy of the LTTE military debacle at Aanandapuram|date=10 April 2009|publisher=dbsjeyaraj.com|access-date=7 February 2012|archive-date=14 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414105720/http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/315|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Appaiah<ref>{{KIA}}{{cite news |title=One Hundred Tamils of the 20th century|url=http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/index.htm#Appaiah|work=Tamilnation|date=21 April 1999|access-date=3 January 2009}} {{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> || valign=top|I. Rasiah || || valign=top|{{Death date|1997|12|24|df=yes}} || || Known as the 'Scientist of the LTTE'.
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Arivu{{KIA}} || || || || valign=top|[[Trincomalee District]] || Senior commander<ref name="tamilnet2" /> of the LTTE, served in [[Charles Anthony Brigade]] as a senior commander. Believed to have been in killed<ref>[http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/318 Theepan of the LTTE: Heroic saga of a Northern warrior]</ref> in [[Trincomalee District]] in the mid 2000s.
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Gobith{{KIA}} || || || valign=top|{{Death date|2009|04|05|df=yes}}<br />[[Aanandapuram]] || valign=top|Commander of [[Charles Anthony Brigade]] || Senior LTTE commander; head<ref name="Two top LTTE leaders killed" /> of the [[Charles Anthony Brigade]]. Killed in April 2009 in the [[Battle of Aanandapuram]].<ref name="dbsj2" />
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Kumarappa{{KIA}} || valign=top|B. Rathnapalan || || valign=top|{{Death date|1987|10|5|df=yes}}<br />[[Palali, Sri Lanka|Palali]] || || He was taken into custody by [[Sri Lanka Navy]] along with 16 others at sea, and brought to a [[Palaly Military Base|Sri Lanka Army base in Palali]]. When the Sri Lanka Army attempted to take the detainees to [[Colombo]] for interrogation, he committed suicide on 5 October 1987.<ref name="http">{{cite news |title=Kumarappa, Pulendran Eighteenth anniversary held in Jaffna|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16019|work=Tamilnet|date=5 October 2005|access-date=20 December 2008}}</ref>
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| valign=top|{{Visible anchor|Lt. Colonel Lawrence}}{{KIA}} || || || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|2009|05|16}}<br />[[Vellamullivaikkal]] ||| || He was a senior commander of the LTTE, he served in the northern front.<ref>[http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=7463 SLA meets LTTE's Northern Forces Commander]</ref><ref name="tamilnet3">[http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=18281 LTTE FDL commander dies in accidental explosion]</ref> It is believed that he was killed in May 2009.
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| valign=top|Colonel Nakulan{{KIA}}<br />(Nagulan) || || || May 2007<br />[[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern Province]] ||| || He was a senior commander<ref name="tamilnet2" /> of the [[Tamil Tigers]]; served in the [[Charles Anthony Brigade]] as a senior commander. Believed to have been killed<ref>[http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/5/15279_space.html Col Nagulan Charles Anthoney head and former boss of velu's security detail, killed...] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908183923/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/5/15279_space.html |date=8 September 2007 }}</ref> in eastern [[Sri Lanka]] in May 2007.
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Nizam{{KIA}} || valign=top|Thambirasa Kuhasanthan || || valign=top|2001<br />[[Mullaitivu District]] || valign=top|Head of Military Intelligence (East)|| LTTE military intelligence wing leader for the east of Sri Lanka. He was killed by a Sri Lanka Army [[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)|LRRP]] unit in 2001.<ref name="lrrp.wordpress.com">{{cite news |title=LRRP infiltration demolishes impregnable Tiger terrain myth|url=https://lrrp.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/lrrp-infiltration-demolishes-impregnable-tiger-terrain-myth/|work=LRRP WordPress|date=12 March 2008|access-date=20 December 2008}}</ref>
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Ponnamman{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Lt Col Ponnamman's 19th anniversary celebrated |url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=17218|work=Tamilnet|date=17 February 2006|access-date=18 December 2008}}</ref> || valign=top|Yogaratnam Kugan || || valign=top|1987<br />[[Navatkuly]] || || Graduate of [[Jaffna Hindu College]] and a college all-rounder. He was killed in 1987 in an explosion during an attempt to attack the Sri Lanka Army camp in [[Navatkuly]], [[Jaffna]].
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Pulendran{{KIA}} || valign=top|K. Dharmarajah || || valign=top|{{Death date|1987|10|10|df=yes}}<br />[[Palali, Sri Lanka|Palali]] || valign=top|[[Trincomalee District]] commander || One of the early members of the LTTE. He was the military commander in the [[Trincomalee District]]. He was the head of the unit responsible for the [[Aluth Oya massacre]] in April 1987. He committed suicide as the Army attempted to take him to [[Colombo]] for interrogation, after being apprehended.<ref name="http" /><ref name=Krishna>{{cite book | last=Krishna | first=Sankaran | title= Postcolonial Insecurities: India, Sri Lanka, and the Question of Nationhood | year=2005 | publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]] |isbn=0-8166-3330-4}} p.182-183</ref>
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| valign=top|Lt Colonel Radha{{KIA}} || valign=top|Anthony Kaththiar ||valign=top| Arialai, [[Jaffna]] || ||valign=top| [[Mannar District]] commander ||  [[Mannar District]] commander of the Tamil Tigers following Victor's death. While under Victor's command, he organized and executed the Anuradhapura massacre.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} He has been credited<ref>[http://www.tamilnation.org/women/90womenguerillas.htm Women & the Struggle for Tamil Eelam]</ref><ref>[http://www.tamilnation.org/tamileelam/maveerar/sothia.htm Maria Vasanthi Michael – Sothia]</ref> with many attack against Sri Lankan forces. He was killed in the late 1980s. The [[Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam#Ratha regiment|Radha Regiment]]<ref>[http://www.srilankawatch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=174&Itemid=2 Prabha's Pet Regiment Hit, 3 Charles Anthony Lt. Colonels Killed]</ref> is named in honour of him.
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Santhosham{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Death anniversary of Lt. Col Santhosham observed |url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=7686|work=Tamilnet|date=23 October 2002|access-date=18 December 2008}}</ref> || valign=top|K. Umainesan || || valign=top|{{Death date|1987|10|21|df=yes}}<br />[[Kondavil]] || || Killed on 21 October 1987 at Kondavil in Jaffna in a battle with the [[IPKF]]. He was active in the [[Trincomalee District]] of Sri Lanka. He was from [[Ariyalai]], [[Jaffna District]], [[Sri Lanka]].
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Thileepan || valign=top|[[Rasaiah Parthipan]] || valign=top|1962 || valign=top|{{Death date|df=yes|1987|09|26}} (aged 25)<br />[[Jaffna]] || || valign=top|Died during a [[hunger strike]] against the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force|IPKF]] operations in Sri Lanka.
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Veeramani{{KIA}} || valign=top|Subramaniam Vadivel || || valign=top|{{Death date|2006|05|24|df=yes}} || || He was a senior commander<ref name="tamilnet2" /> of the LTTE, he was killed in an accidental explosion<ref name="tamilnet3" /> on 24 May 2006. He served as a senior commander in the [[Charles Anthony Brigade]] and [[Tamil Tigers|Tamil Tiger]] northern forces. He was from [[Vavuniya District]].
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| valign=top|Lt. Colonel Victor{{KIA}} || valign=top| {{visible anchor|Marcelin Fuselus}} || || valign=top|1984 || valign=top|[[Mannar District]] commander || He was a [[Mannar District]] commander of the Tamil Tigers, until he was killed in October 1986 by the [[Sri Lanka Army]]. He ordered the infamous [[Anuradhapura massacre]], which killed 146 Sinhalese civilians in May 1985.<ref name="richardson">{{cite book |last1=Richardson |first1=John Martin |title=Paradise Poisoned: Learning about Conflict, Terrorism, and Development from Sri Lanka's Civil Wars |date=2005 |publisher=International Center for Ethnic Studies |isbn=9789555800945 |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-sIRxpjfd-EC&pg=PA76 |access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref> The [[Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam#Victor Anti-Armour Regiment|Victor Anti Tank and Armoured Unit]] of the LTTE was named after him.
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| valign=top|Major Mano{{KIA}} || || || 2001 || valign=top|Head of Communications (East) || The LTTE's head of eastern communications, he was killed by a Sri Lanka Army [[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)|LRRP]] unit in 2001.<ref name="lrrp.wordpress.com" />
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| valign=top|Captain Miller{{KIA}} || valign=top|[[Captain Miller (Tamil militant)|Vallipuram Vasanthan]] || valign=top|{{Birth date|1966|01|01|df=yes}}|| valign=top|{{Death date and age|1987|07|05|1966|01|01|df=yes}} || || First [[Black Tigers|Black Tiger]] for the LTTE. He drove a small truck laden with explosives into a Sri Lanka Army camp in Nelliady MMV, Karaveddy in Jaffna peninsula, killing himself and 128 Sri Lankan soldiers.
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| valign=top|Captain Pandithar{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Limbo between war and peace |url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC23Df05.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021001211016/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC23Df05.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=1 October 2002|work=AsiaTimes|date=23 March 2002|access-date=2 January 2009}}</ref> || valign=top|S. Ravindran || || valign=top|{{Death date|1985|01|09|df=yes}} || || He was a childhood friend of Velupillai Prabhakaran and was the LTTE's accredited vice captain.<ref>[https://www.nation.lk/2007/12/23/special5.htm After Prabha, who?] – D. B. S. Jeyaraj</ref> He was killed by the Sri Lanka Army on 9 January 1985.
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| valign=top|[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sathasivam_Selvanayakam&redirect=no# Lieutenant Sellakil] i{{KIA}}<ref name="sangam.org">{{cite news |title=The loss of Sellakili |url=https://www.sangam.org/articles/view/?id=349|work=SangamOrg|date=30 April 2004|access-date=2 January 2009}}</ref> || valign="top" |Sathasivam Selvanayakam || || valign=top|{{Death date|1983|07|23|df=yes}}<br />[[Thirunelveli (Sri Lanka)|Thirunelveli]] || || He was the only LTTE cadre to be killed in an ambush in [[Thirunelveli (Sri Lanka)|Thirunelveli]] in Jaffna that killed 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers on 23 July 1983, the incident that sparked the [[Black July]] riots across the country. He was the leader of the group that carried out the attack.<ref name="sangam.org" />
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| valign=top|Lt.Conol Cheliyan{{KIA}} || || || valign=top|October 2008?<br />May 2009? || valign=top|Deputy Leader, [[Sea Tigers]] || He was a [[Sea Tiger]] deputy leader. It is claimed that a Sri Lankan Army [[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)|LRRP]] killed him in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheliyan – Deputy Sea Tiger Leader killed|url=http://lankadailynews.com/2008/10/cheliyan-%E2%80%93-deputy-sea-tiger-leader-killed/|work=LankaDailyNews|date=11 October 2008|access-date=28 December 2008}}</ref> However, there were reports that he was killed in May 2009.<ref>[http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/11/sec03.asp Cheliyan Killed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513182501/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/11/sec03.asp |date=13 May 2009 }}</ref>
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| valign=top|Lt.Conol Gangai Amaran{{KIA}} || || || valign=top|2001 || valign=top|Deputy Leader, [[Sea Tigers]] || He was a deputy [[Sea Tigers|Sea Tiger]] commander.<ref name="lrrp.wordpress.com" /> He was killed along with his family by a Sri Lanka Army [[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)|LRRP]] unit in 2001.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040117080556/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/08/16/stories/03160005.htm LTTE leaders come under bomb attacks] ''The Hindu'' – 16 August 2001</ref>
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| valign=top|Colonel Gopal{{KIA}} || valign=top|Nadarasa Dushiyanthan || || valign=top|{{Death date|2009|04|05|df=yes}}<br />[[Aanandapuram]] || valign=top|2nd Commander of [[Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam#Kutti Sri mortar Brigade|Kutti Sri mortar regiment]] || He was a senior commander of the LTTE and was also the leader of Kutti Sri Mortar Unit.<ref name="LTTE suffers worst defeat" /> He participated in many battles against the [[Sri Lankan Army]], was killed in early April 2009 in [[Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)]].
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| valign=top|Colonel Keerthi{{KIA}} || valign=top|Manikkapodi Easwaran || || valign=top|{{Death date|2009|04|05|df=yes}}<br />[[Aanandapuram]] || valign=top|Head of Intelligence, [[Batticaloa District]]|| He was a senior commander of the [[Tamil Tigers]], he was killed in early April 2009 in [[Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)]]. He was from [[Batticaloa District]] and served as the [[Tamil Tigers|Tamil Tiger]] intelligence chief there.<ref name="thesundayleader.lk" /> He also served in the [[Jeyanthan Brigade]] as a senior commander.
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| valign=top|Marshall{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news | title=War Worsens as Sri Lanka Puts Pressure on Rebels|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/world/asia/28lanka.html?fta=y|work=The New York Times|date=27 September 2008|access-date=18 January 2009}}</ref> || valign=top|Irasaiah Ilanthirayan || || || valign=top|LTTE spokesperson || He was the [[LTTE]]'s military spokesperson and was often in contact with international media during the immediate post-ceasefire era.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4792943.stm Sri Lanka fears for school safety] BBC News – 14 August 2006</ref>
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| valign=top|Colonel Nagesh{{KIA}} || valign=top|Selvarathnam Sundaram || valign=top|{{Birth date|1970|01|15|df=yes}}<br />[[Batticaloa District]] || valign=top|{{Death date and age|2009|04|05|1970|01|05|df=yes}}<br />[[Aanandapuram]] || || He was a senior commander of the LTTE, participated in may battles<ref name="LTTE suffers worst defeat" /> against the [[Sri Lankan Army]] in the east and north of [[Sri Lanka]]. He was killed in early April 2009 in [[Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)]]. He was a senior commander of the [[Jeyanthan Brigade]].
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| || valign=top|[[Ramalingam Paramadeva]]{{KIA}} || || valign=top|1984 || Senior leader, [[Batticaloa]] || One of the architects of the [[1983 Batticaloa Jailbreak]].
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| valign=top|Major Sothiya<br />(Sothia){{KIA}} || valign=top|Maria Vasanthi Michael || valign=top|{{Birth date|1963|9|20|df=yes}}|| valign=top|{{Death date and age|1990|01|11|1963|9|20|df=yes}} || || She died of illness in 1990 and had one of the female fighting formations of the LTTE, the Sothiya Regiment, named after her.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maria Vasanthi Michael – Sothia |url=http://www.tamilnation.org/tamileelam/maveerar/sothia.htm |work=TamilNation |date=17 December 2008 |access-date=17 December 2008}} {{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
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| valign=top|[[Captain Morris (M.O)|Captain Morris]]{{KIA}} || valign=top|Paratharajan Thiyagarajah|| valign=top|{{Birth date|1969|9|12|df=yes}}|| valign=top|{{Death date and age|1989|05|01|1969|9|12|df=yes}}<br />[[Point Pedro]] || valign=top|Point Pedro District Leader ||  He was in charge of Point Pedro area & was killed in May 1989 in the battle of military offensives of Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF).<ref name="Vanni pays homage to Col. Charles" /> It was during that difficult time Col.Charles functioning under the leadership of Captain Morris who was in charge of Point Pedro area, faced the military offensives of Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF).
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| valign=top|Lt.Conol Jonny (MO){{KIA}} || valign=top|Viyakumar|| valign=top|{{Birth date|1962|9|12|df=yes}}|| valign=top|{{Death date and age|1988|05|01|1969|9|12|df=yes}}<br />[[Point Pedro]] || valign=top|Point Pedro District Leader ||  He was in charge of Point Pedro area & was killed in May 1989 in the battle of military offensives of Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF).<ref name="Vanni pays homage to Col. Charles">{{cite news |title=Vanni pays homage to Col. Charles|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=24205|work=Tamilnet |date=6 January 2008 |access-date=17 December 2008}}</ref> Jony who was killed by IPKF{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} on his way back to India after meeting LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran at his Manal Aru hideout. (IPKF).
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|Lt. Col. Bhutto{{KIA}}
|Kanakaratnam Stanley Julian
|25 July 1974
[[Mannar District]]
|11 August 2006 (aged 32)
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|Julian, escapes from Indian forces in Sri Lanka and joins a militant movement fighting for Tamil Eelam. Julian goes through intense training and becomes a skilled fighter, leader, and strategist. He uses his talents in painting, poetry, and singing to entertain and inspire his fellow soldiers. Julian becomes known as "Bhutto" and is tasked with coordinating attacks and leading teams. He plays a key role in the successful defeat of enemy camps in [[Mullaitivu]] but also faces danger and injury.<ref>{{Cite web |title=தேசத்தையும், தலைவரையும் நேசித்த "நம்பர் வண்" கரும்புலி லெப். கேணல் பூட்டோ.! |url=https://www.thaarakam.com/news/147071 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=www.thaarakam.com}}</ref>
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|Lt. Col. Johnson{{KIA}}
|Junaideen 
|22 August 1963
Ottumadam, [[Jaffna District]]
|30 November 1985 (aged 22)
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|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-03 |title=தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகளின் முதல் முஸ்லிம் மாவீரன் லெப் ஜுனைதீன் (ஜோன்சன்) |url=https://telibrary.com/lt-junaidin-johnson/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Tamil Heritage |language=ta-IN}}</ref>
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== See also ==
*[[Black July]]
*[[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]
*[[1987 Suicide of Tamil Tigers]]
*[[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)]]
*[[List of Sri Lankan Civil War battles]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam members]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil people]]
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