List of commanders of the LTTE

The following is a list of commanders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, a separatist militant 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.{{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}}{{cite web|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-17-voa11.cfm |title=Archived copy |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 }}

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valign=top\|Thambi (used only by closest associates), Anna (elder brother) and Karikalan(another name)	valign=top\|Velupillai Prabhakaran{{KIA}}	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1954\|11\|26\|df=yes}} Valvettithurai	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|2009\|05\|18\|1954\|11\|26\|df=yes}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} 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.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Bharathan	valign=top\|Barathan Rajanayagam	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1960\|12\|06\|df=yes}} Thirunelveli	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|2021\|03\|18\|1960\|12\|06\|df=yes}}{{cite web \| url=https://ripbook.com/barathan-rajanayagam-606700833a668/notice/obituary-606700ab9036b \| title=Late Barathan Rajanayagam – Obituary }} 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.
valign=top\|Pottu Amman alias Papa Oscar alias Sobhigemoorthy alias Kailan alias Kuruvi	valign=top\|Shanmugalingam Shivashankar{{KIA}}	valign="top" \|1962 Nayanmarkaddu{{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}}	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} (aged 47) Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Leader of Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS) and Black Tigers	Second-in-command of the LTTE. His death was initially disputed because the body was not found. But in October 2010, TADA court judge K. Dakshinamurthy dropped charges against Amman, on the Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, accepting the CBI's report on his demise.{{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 }}{{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}}
valign=top\|Selvarasa Pathmanathan{{POW}} alias Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP (23+ aliases)	valign=top\|Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1955\|04\|06\|df=yes}} 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, Sri Lankan intelligence agents with the aid of the local authorities, captured Pathmanathan in Malaysia and deported him to Sri Lanka.
valign=top\|Colonel Karuna Amman	valign=top\|Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan	valign=top\| 1966 Kiran, Batticaloa		valign=top\|LTTE leader of the 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. Later, he was sworn in as Minister of National Integration.
valign=top\|Lt. Seelan{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Charles Lucas Anthony	valign=top\|Church Street, Trincomalee	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|1983\|07\|15}} 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.{{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}} Prabhakaran paid tribute to Seelan by naming his elder son and the premier fighting brigade of LTTE after him.
valign=top\|Colonel Kittu{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Sathasivam Krishnakumar	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1960\|01\|02\|df=yes}} Velvettithurai	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|1993\|01\|16\|1960\|01\|02\|df=yes}} 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.{{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}}
valign=top\|Mahattaya	valign=top\|Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja	valign=top\|1956 Point Pedro	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|1994\|12\|28}} (aged 38) 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.{{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}}
valign=top\|Thamilselvan	valign=top\|S. P. Thamilselvan	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|df=yes\|1967\|08\|29}} Chavakacheri	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2007\|11\|02\|1967\|08\|29}} 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.
valign=top\|Colonel Shankar	valign=top\|Vaithilingam Sornalingam{{KIA}}	valign=top\|September 1949	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2001\|09\|26}} (aged 52) 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 attack of the Sri Lankan Army’s deep penetration unit in 2001.
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}} 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.
valign=top\|Brigadier Balraj alias Leema	valign=top\|Balasegaram Kandiah	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|df=yes\|1965\|11\|27}} Kokkuththoduvai	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2008\|05\|18\|1965\|11\|27}} 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.
valign=top\|Brigadier Theepan{{KIA}} alias Tango Papa	valign=top\|Velayuthapillai Baheerathakumar	valign=top\|1965 Vavuniya	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|04\|05}} (aged 44) Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Overall military commander of LTTE in the final phase of Sri Lankan Civil War	Posthumously promoted to Brigadier. 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 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.[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 }}
valign=top\|Rathnam Master{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Head of LTTE Military Intelligence wing, head of the 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.
valign=top\|Mathavan Master{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Ragunathan Pathmanathan	valign=top\|1958 Alaveddy	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} (aged 50) 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.
valign=top\|Kapil Amman{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Deputy leader of Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS)	valign=top\|Long-time deputy of the LTTE intelligence head Pottu Amman.
valign=top\|Nadesan	valign=top\|Balasingham Nadesan		valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} 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.
valign=top\|Brigadier Bhanu (Banu) alias Bravo{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Sivanadan Somasekaran	valign=top\|1960	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} (aged 49) 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.{{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}} He was killed during the final battle of the war, on 18 May 2009.{{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}}
valign=top\|Colonel Charles{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Shanmuganathan Ravishankar	valign=top\|1965	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2008\|01\|06}} (aged 43) Mannar District	valign=top\|Head of LTTE Military Intelligence wing	Killed by a Sri Lankan Army LRRP unit in 2008. He was involved in the planning of the Central Bank bombing and many other successful Black Tiger attacks.
valign=top\|Colonel Ramesh{{KIA}} alias Romeo Siera	T. Thurairajasingham		valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Batticaloa District & Ampara District commander	LTTE commander for the Batticaloa and Ampara districts during the 2002 ceasefire era.{{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}} Believed to have been killed on 18 May 2009.{{citation needed\|date=February 2012}}
valign=top\|Colonel Sornam (Swarnam){{KIA}}	Soosapillai Joseph Anthonydas	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1964\|04\|01\|df=yes}} Trincomalee	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|2009\|05\|16\|1964\|04\|01\|df=yes}} 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.{{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}}{{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}}
valign=top\|Pulidevan{{KIA}}	Seevaratnam Pulidevan		valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Head of the LTTE Peace Secretariat	Member of the LTTE negotiating team during peace talks.
valign=top\|Shashikumar Master{{KIA}}	Mithiran Selvarathnam		valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Head of the LTTE mapping and surveying division	valign=top\|Died during the final battle on 18 May 2009.
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.{{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}}{{cite news \|title=Who is George Master? Who is Daya Master? \| url=http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/4/42639_space.html \|work=lankanewspapers.com \|date=22 April 2009 \|access-date=6 February 2012}}
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.
valign=top\|Brigadier Gadaffi{{KIA}}		valign=top\|1961	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|04\|05}} (aged 48) Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Head of LTTE military school	Senior commander of the LTTE. He was from Nelliyady. He was killed in early April 2009 in Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu). At the time of his death, he was the head of Tamil Tiger military school.[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 }} He also functioned as either deputy or leader of some of the Tamil Tiger military divisions. It is claimed[http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090412/FOCUS.HTM LTTE debacle at Aanandapuram: Top Tiger leaders killed] that Gadaffi brought down several Sri Lankan Air Force aircraft using shoulder fired SAM-7 missiles.
valign=top\|Colonel Jeyam{{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}} (Jayam){{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|04\|21}} 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.{{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}} He is not to be confused with a TMVP commander by the same name, who is also from the east of Sri Lanka.
valign=top\|Colonel Ilankeeran{{KIA}} alias A Chetan alias AC alias Ravi		valign="top" \|1972 Batticaloa	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|03\|19}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Special commander and later appointed as Leader of the 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)
valign=top\|Colonel Raju alias 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.
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.{{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}}
valign=top\|Colonel Ramanan{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Kandiah Ulaganathan	valign=top\|1966 Palukamam, Batticaloa	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2006\|05\|21}} (aged 40) Vavunathivu		valign=top\|LTTE explosives expert.
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.{{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}}
valign=top\|Brigadier Thurka{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Commander of Sothiya Regiment	A female commander of the LTTE, she was the leader of the all-female Sothiya Regiment. Reported to have been killed on 5 April 2009 during the Battle of Aanandapuram.
valign=top\|Brigadier Vithusha{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Commander of Malathi Regiment	A female commander of the LTTE, and the leader of the all-female Malathi Regiment.{{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}} Reported to have been killed on 5 April 2009 during the Battle of Aanandapuram.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Akbar{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Veerapathirar Pernibarasa		valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2006\|10\|07}} Muhamalai FDL	Leader of the Victor anti-tank regiment	Killed on 7 October 2006 at the Muhamalai Forward Defence Line.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Amuthab{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Charles Anthony Brigade commander	Senior LTTE commander,[http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=17735 Charles Anthony Brigade celebrates 15th anniversary of inauguration] and the head[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 }} of the Charles Anthony Brigade. Killed in April 2009 in the Battle of Aanandapuram.{{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}}
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Appaiah{{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}}	valign=top\|I. Rasiah		valign=top\|{{Death date\|1997\|12\|24\|df=yes}}		Known as the 'Scientist of the LTTE'.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Arivu{{KIA}}				valign=top\|Trincomalee District	Senior commander of the LTTE, served in Charles Anthony Brigade as a senior commander. Believed to have been in killed[http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/318 Theepan of the LTTE: Heroic saga of a Northern warrior] in Trincomalee District in the mid 2000s.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Gobith{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Commander of Charles Anthony Brigade	Senior LTTE commander; head of the Charles Anthony Brigade. Killed in April 2009 in the Battle of Aanandapuram.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Kumarappa{{KIA}}	valign=top\|B. Rathnapalan		valign=top\|{{Death date\|1987\|10\|5\|df=yes}} Palali		He was taken into custody by Sri Lanka Navy along with 16 others at sea, and brought to a 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.{{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}}
valign=top\|{{Visible anchor\|Lt. Colonel Lawrence}}{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|16}} Vellamullivaikkal	\|	He was a senior commander of the LTTE, he served in the northern front.[http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=7463 SLA meets LTTE's Northern Forces Commander][http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=18281 LTTE FDL commander dies in accidental explosion] It is believed that he was killed in May 2009.
valign=top\|Colonel Nakulan{{KIA}} (Nagulan)			May 2007 Eastern Province	\|	He was a senior commander of the Tamil Tigers; served in the Charles Anthony Brigade as a senior commander. Believed to have been killed[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 }} in eastern Sri Lanka in May 2007.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Nizam{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Thambirasa Kuhasanthan		valign=top\|2001 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 LRRP unit in 2001.{{cite news \|title=LRRP infiltration demolishes impregnable Tiger terrain myth\|url=http://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}}
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Ponnamman{{KIA}}{{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}}	valign=top\|Yogaratnam Kugan		valign=top\|1987 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.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Pulendran{{KIA}}	valign=top\|K. Dharmarajah		valign=top\|{{Death date\|1987\|10\|10\|df=yes}} 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.{{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
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[http://www.tamilnation.org/women/90womenguerillas.htm Women & the Struggle for Tamil Eelam][http://www.tamilnation.org/tamileelam/maveerar/sothia.htm Maria Vasanthi Michael – Sothia] with many attack against Sri Lankan forces. He was killed in the late 1980s. The Radha Regiment[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] is named in honour of him.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Santhosham{{KIA}}{{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}}	valign=top\|K. Umainesan		valign=top\|{{Death date\|1987\|10\|21\|df=yes}} 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.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Thileepan	valign=top\|Rasaiah Parthipan	valign=top\|1962	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|1987\|09\|26}} (aged 25) Jaffna		valign=top\|Died during a hunger strike against the IPKF operations in Sri Lanka.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Veeramani{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Subramaniam Vadivel		valign=top\|{{Death date\|2006\|05\|24\|df=yes}}		He was a senior commander of the LTTE, he was killed in an accidental explosion on 24 May 2006. He served as a senior commander in the Charles Anthony Brigade and Tamil Tiger northern forces. He was from Vavuniya District.
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.{{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}} The Victor Anti Tank and Armoured Unit of the LTTE was named after him.
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 LRRP unit in 2001.
valign=top\|Captain Miller{{KIA}}	valign=top\|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 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.
valign=top\|Captain Pandithar{{KIA}}{{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}}	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.[http://www.nation.lk/2007/12/23/special5.htm After Prabha, who?] – D. B. S. Jeyaraj He was killed by the Sri Lanka Army on 9 January 1985.
valign=top\|[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sathasivam_Selvanayakam&redirect=no# Lieutenant Sellakil] i{{KIA}}{{cite news \|title=The loss of Sellakili \|url=http://www.sangam.org/articles/view/?id=349\|work=SangamOrg\|date=30 April 2004\|access-date=2 January 2009}}	valign="top" \|Sathasivam Selvanayakam		valign=top\|{{Death date\|1983\|07\|23\|df=yes}} Thirunelveli		He was the only LTTE cadre to be killed in an ambush in 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.
valign=top\|Lt.Conol Cheliyan{{KIA}}			valign=top\|October 2008? May 2009?	valign=top\|Deputy Leader, Sea Tigers	He was a Sea Tiger deputy leader. It is claimed that a Sri Lankan Army LRRP killed him in October 2008.{{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}} However, there were reports that he was killed in May 2009.[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 }}
valign=top\|Lt.Conol Gangai Amaran{{KIA}}			valign=top\|2001	valign=top\|Deputy Leader, Sea Tigers	He was a deputy Sea Tiger commander. He was killed along with his family by a Sri Lanka Army LRRP unit in 2001.[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
valign=top\|Colonel Gopal{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Nadarasa Dushiyanthan		valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|2nd Commander of Kutti Sri mortar regiment	He was a senior commander of the LTTE and was also the leader of Kutti Sri Mortar Unit. He participated in many battles against the Sri Lankan Army, was killed in early April 2009 in Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu).
valign=top\|Colonel Keerthi{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Manikkapodi Easwaran		valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} 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 Tiger intelligence chief there. He also served in the Jeyanthan Brigade as a senior commander.
valign=top\|Marshall{{KIA}}{{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}}	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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4792943.stm Sri Lanka fears for school safety] BBC News – 14 August 2006
valign=top\|Colonel Nagesh{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Selvarathnam Sundaram	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1970\|01\|15\|df=yes}} Batticaloa District	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|2009\|04\|05\|1970\|01\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram		He was a senior commander of the LTTE, participated in may battles 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.
	valign=top\|Ramalingam Paramadeva{{KIA}}		valign=top\|1984	Senior leader, Batticaloa	One of the architects of the 1983 Batticaloa Jailbreak.
valign=top\|Major Sothiya (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.{{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}}
valign=top\|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}} 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). 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).
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}} 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).{{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}} 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).
Lt. Col. Bhutto{{KIA}} \|Kanakaratnam Stanley Julian \|25 July 1974 Mannar District \|11 August 2006 (aged 32) \| \|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.{{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}}

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valign=top\|Thambi (used only by closest associates), Anna (elder brother) and Karikalan(another name)	valign=top\|Velupillai Prabhakaran{{KIA}}	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1954\|11\|26\|df=yes}} Valvettithurai	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|2009\|05\|18\|1954\|11\|26\|df=yes}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} 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.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Bharathan	valign=top\|Barathan Rajanayagam	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1960\|12\|06\|df=yes}} Thirunelveli	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|2021\|03\|18\|1960\|12\|06\|df=yes}}{{cite web \| url=https://ripbook.com/barathan-rajanayagam-606700833a668/notice/obituary-606700ab9036b \| title=Late Barathan Rajanayagam – Obituary }} 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.
valign=top\|Pottu Amman alias Papa Oscar alias Sobhigemoorthy alias Kailan alias Kuruvi	valign=top\|Shanmugalingam Shivashankar{{KIA}}	valign="top" \|1962 Nayanmarkaddu{{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}}	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} (aged 47) Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Leader of Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS) and Black Tigers	Second-in-command of the LTTE. His death was initially disputed because the body was not found. But in October 2010, TADA court judge K. Dakshinamurthy dropped charges against Amman, on the Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, accepting the CBI's report on his demise.{{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 }}{{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}}
valign=top\|Selvarasa Pathmanathan{{POW}} alias Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP (23+ aliases)	valign=top\|Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1955\|04\|06\|df=yes}} 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, Sri Lankan intelligence agents with the aid of the local authorities, captured Pathmanathan in Malaysia and deported him to Sri Lanka.
valign=top\|Colonel Karuna Amman	valign=top\|Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan	valign=top\| 1966 Kiran, Batticaloa		valign=top\|LTTE leader of the 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. Later, he was sworn in as Minister of National Integration.
valign=top\|Lt. Seelan{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Charles Lucas Anthony	valign=top\|Church Street, Trincomalee	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|1983\|07\|15}} 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.{{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}} Prabhakaran paid tribute to Seelan by naming his elder son and the premier fighting brigade of LTTE after him.
valign=top\|Colonel Kittu{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Sathasivam Krishnakumar	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1960\|01\|02\|df=yes}} Velvettithurai	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|1993\|01\|16\|1960\|01\|02\|df=yes}} 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.{{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}}
valign=top\|Mahattaya	valign=top\|Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja	valign=top\|1956 Point Pedro	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|1994\|12\|28}} (aged 38) 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.{{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}}
valign=top\|Thamilselvan	valign=top\|S. P. Thamilselvan	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|df=yes\|1967\|08\|29}} Chavakacheri	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2007\|11\|02\|1967\|08\|29}} 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.
valign=top\|Colonel Shankar	valign=top\|Vaithilingam Sornalingam{{KIA}}	valign=top\|September 1949	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2001\|09\|26}} (aged 52) 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 attack of the Sri Lankan Army’s deep penetration unit in 2001.
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}} 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.
valign=top\|Brigadier Balraj alias Leema	valign=top\|Balasegaram Kandiah	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|df=yes\|1965\|11\|27}} Kokkuththoduvai	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2008\|05\|18\|1965\|11\|27}} 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.
valign=top\|Brigadier Theepan{{KIA}} alias Tango Papa	valign=top\|Velayuthapillai Baheerathakumar	valign=top\|1965 Vavuniya	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|04\|05}} (aged 44) Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Overall military commander of LTTE in the final phase of Sri Lankan Civil War	Posthumously promoted to Brigadier. 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 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.[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 }}
valign=top\|Rathnam Master{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Head of LTTE Military Intelligence wing, head of the 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.
valign=top\|Mathavan Master{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Ragunathan Pathmanathan	valign=top\|1958 Alaveddy	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} (aged 50) 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.
valign=top\|Kapil Amman{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Deputy leader of Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS)	valign=top\|Long-time deputy of the LTTE intelligence head Pottu Amman.
valign=top\|Nadesan	valign=top\|Balasingham Nadesan		valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} 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.
valign=top\|Brigadier Bhanu (Banu) alias Bravo{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Sivanadan Somasekaran	valign=top\|1960	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} (aged 49) 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.{{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}} He was killed during the final battle of the war, on 18 May 2009.{{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}}
valign=top\|Colonel Charles{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Shanmuganathan Ravishankar	valign=top\|1965	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2008\|01\|06}} (aged 43) Mannar District	valign=top\|Head of LTTE Military Intelligence wing	Killed by a Sri Lankan Army LRRP unit in 2008. He was involved in the planning of the Central Bank bombing and many other successful Black Tiger attacks.
valign=top\|Colonel Ramesh{{KIA}} alias Romeo Siera	T. Thurairajasingham		valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Batticaloa District & Ampara District commander	LTTE commander for the Batticaloa and Ampara districts during the 2002 ceasefire era.{{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}} Believed to have been killed on 18 May 2009.{{citation needed\|date=February 2012}}
valign=top\|Colonel Sornam (Swarnam){{KIA}}	Soosapillai Joseph Anthonydas	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1964\|04\|01\|df=yes}} Trincomalee	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|2009\|05\|16\|1964\|04\|01\|df=yes}} 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.{{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}}{{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}}
valign=top\|Pulidevan{{KIA}}	Seevaratnam Pulidevan		valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Head of the LTTE Peace Secretariat	Member of the LTTE negotiating team during peace talks.
valign=top\|Shashikumar Master{{KIA}}	Mithiran Selvarathnam		valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|18}} Vellamullivaikkal	valign=top\|Head of the LTTE mapping and surveying division	valign=top\|Died during the final battle on 18 May 2009.
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.{{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}}{{cite news \|title=Who is George Master? Who is Daya Master? \| url=http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/4/42639_space.html \|work=lankanewspapers.com \|date=22 April 2009 \|access-date=6 February 2012}}
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.
valign=top\|Brigadier Gadaffi{{KIA}}		valign=top\|1961	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|04\|05}} (aged 48) Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Head of LTTE military school	Senior commander of the LTTE. He was from Nelliyady. He was killed in early April 2009 in Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu). At the time of his death, he was the head of Tamil Tiger military school.[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 }} He also functioned as either deputy or leader of some of the Tamil Tiger military divisions. It is claimed[http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090412/FOCUS.HTM LTTE debacle at Aanandapuram: Top Tiger leaders killed] that Gadaffi brought down several Sri Lankan Air Force aircraft using shoulder fired SAM-7 missiles.
valign=top\|Colonel Jeyam{{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}} (Jayam){{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|04\|21}} 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.{{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}} He is not to be confused with a TMVP commander by the same name, who is also from the east of Sri Lanka.
valign=top\|Colonel Ilankeeran{{KIA}} alias A Chetan alias AC alias Ravi		valign="top" \|1972 Batticaloa	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|03\|19}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Special commander and later appointed as Leader of the 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)
valign=top\|Colonel Raju alias 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.
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.{{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}}
valign=top\|Colonel Ramanan{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Kandiah Ulaganathan	valign=top\|1966 Palukamam, Batticaloa	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2006\|05\|21}} (aged 40) Vavunathivu		valign=top\|LTTE explosives expert.
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.{{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}}
valign=top\|Brigadier Thurka{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Commander of Sothiya Regiment	A female commander of the LTTE, she was the leader of the all-female Sothiya Regiment. Reported to have been killed on 5 April 2009 during the Battle of Aanandapuram.
valign=top\|Brigadier Vithusha{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Commander of Malathi Regiment	A female commander of the LTTE, and the leader of the all-female Malathi Regiment.{{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}} Reported to have been killed on 5 April 2009 during the Battle of Aanandapuram.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Akbar{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Veerapathirar Pernibarasa		valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2006\|10\|07}} Muhamalai FDL	Leader of the Victor anti-tank regiment	Killed on 7 October 2006 at the Muhamalai Forward Defence Line.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Amuthab{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Charles Anthony Brigade commander	Senior LTTE commander,[http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=17735 Charles Anthony Brigade celebrates 15th anniversary of inauguration] and the head[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 }} of the Charles Anthony Brigade. Killed in April 2009 in the Battle of Aanandapuram.{{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}}
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Appaiah{{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}}	valign=top\|I. Rasiah		valign=top\|{{Death date\|1997\|12\|24\|df=yes}}		Known as the 'Scientist of the LTTE'.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Arivu{{KIA}}				valign=top\|Trincomalee District	Senior commander of the LTTE, served in Charles Anthony Brigade as a senior commander. Believed to have been in killed[http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/318 Theepan of the LTTE: Heroic saga of a Northern warrior] in Trincomalee District in the mid 2000s.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Gobith{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|Commander of Charles Anthony Brigade	Senior LTTE commander; head of the Charles Anthony Brigade. Killed in April 2009 in the Battle of Aanandapuram.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Kumarappa{{KIA}}	valign=top\|B. Rathnapalan		valign=top\|{{Death date\|1987\|10\|5\|df=yes}} Palali		He was taken into custody by Sri Lanka Navy along with 16 others at sea, and brought to a 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.{{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}}
valign=top\|{{Visible anchor\|Lt. Colonel Lawrence}}{{KIA}}			valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|2009\|05\|16}} Vellamullivaikkal	\|	He was a senior commander of the LTTE, he served in the northern front.[http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=7463 SLA meets LTTE's Northern Forces Commander][http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=18281 LTTE FDL commander dies in accidental explosion] It is believed that he was killed in May 2009.
valign=top\|Colonel Nakulan{{KIA}} (Nagulan)			May 2007 Eastern Province	\|	He was a senior commander of the Tamil Tigers; served in the Charles Anthony Brigade as a senior commander. Believed to have been killed[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 }} in eastern Sri Lanka in May 2007.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Nizam{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Thambirasa Kuhasanthan		valign=top\|2001 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 LRRP unit in 2001.{{cite news \|title=LRRP infiltration demolishes impregnable Tiger terrain myth\|url=http://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}}
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Ponnamman{{KIA}}{{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}}	valign=top\|Yogaratnam Kugan		valign=top\|1987 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.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Pulendran{{KIA}}	valign=top\|K. Dharmarajah		valign=top\|{{Death date\|1987\|10\|10\|df=yes}} 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.{{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
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[http://www.tamilnation.org/women/90womenguerillas.htm Women & the Struggle for Tamil Eelam][http://www.tamilnation.org/tamileelam/maveerar/sothia.htm Maria Vasanthi Michael – Sothia] with many attack against Sri Lankan forces. He was killed in the late 1980s. The Radha Regiment[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] is named in honour of him.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Santhosham{{KIA}}{{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}}	valign=top\|K. Umainesan		valign=top\|{{Death date\|1987\|10\|21\|df=yes}} 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.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Thileepan	valign=top\|Rasaiah Parthipan	valign=top\|1962	valign=top\|{{Death date\|df=yes\|1987\|09\|26}} (aged 25) Jaffna		valign=top\|Died during a hunger strike against the IPKF operations in Sri Lanka.
valign=top\|Lt. Colonel Veeramani{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Subramaniam Vadivel		valign=top\|{{Death date\|2006\|05\|24\|df=yes}}		He was a senior commander of the LTTE, he was killed in an accidental explosion on 24 May 2006. He served as a senior commander in the Charles Anthony Brigade and Tamil Tiger northern forces. He was from Vavuniya District.
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.{{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}} The Victor Anti Tank and Armoured Unit of the LTTE was named after him.
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 LRRP unit in 2001.
valign=top\|Captain Miller{{KIA}}	valign=top\|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 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.
valign=top\|Captain Pandithar{{KIA}}{{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}}	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.[http://www.nation.lk/2007/12/23/special5.htm After Prabha, who?] – D. B. S. Jeyaraj He was killed by the Sri Lanka Army on 9 January 1985.
valign=top\|[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sathasivam_Selvanayakam&redirect=no# Lieutenant Sellakil] i{{KIA}}{{cite news \|title=The loss of Sellakili \|url=http://www.sangam.org/articles/view/?id=349\|work=SangamOrg\|date=30 April 2004\|access-date=2 January 2009}}	valign="top" \|Sathasivam Selvanayakam		valign=top\|{{Death date\|1983\|07\|23\|df=yes}} Thirunelveli		He was the only LTTE cadre to be killed in an ambush in 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.
valign=top\|Lt.Conol Cheliyan{{KIA}}			valign=top\|October 2008? May 2009?	valign=top\|Deputy Leader, Sea Tigers	He was a Sea Tiger deputy leader. It is claimed that a Sri Lankan Army LRRP killed him in October 2008.{{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}} However, there were reports that he was killed in May 2009.[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 }}
valign=top\|Lt.Conol Gangai Amaran{{KIA}}			valign=top\|2001	valign=top\|Deputy Leader, Sea Tigers	He was a deputy Sea Tiger commander. He was killed along with his family by a Sri Lanka Army LRRP unit in 2001.[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
valign=top\|Colonel Gopal{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Nadarasa Dushiyanthan		valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram	valign=top\|2nd Commander of Kutti Sri mortar regiment	He was a senior commander of the LTTE and was also the leader of Kutti Sri Mortar Unit. He participated in many battles against the Sri Lankan Army, was killed in early April 2009 in Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu).
valign=top\|Colonel Keerthi{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Manikkapodi Easwaran		valign=top\|{{Death date\|2009\|04\|05\|df=yes}} 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 Tiger intelligence chief there. He also served in the Jeyanthan Brigade as a senior commander.
valign=top\|Marshall{{KIA}}{{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}}	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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4792943.stm Sri Lanka fears for school safety] BBC News – 14 August 2006
valign=top\|Colonel Nagesh{{KIA}}	valign=top\|Selvarathnam Sundaram	valign=top\|{{Birth date\|1970\|01\|15\|df=yes}} Batticaloa District	valign=top\|{{Death date and age\|2009\|04\|05\|1970\|01\|05\|df=yes}} Aanandapuram		He was a senior commander of the LTTE, participated in may battles 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.
	valign=top\|Ramalingam Paramadeva{{KIA}}		valign=top\|1984	Senior leader, Batticaloa	One of the architects of the 1983 Batticaloa Jailbreak.
valign=top\|Major Sothiya (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.{{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}}
valign=top\|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}} 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). 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).
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}} 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).{{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}} 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).
Lt. Col. Bhutto{{KIA}} \|Kanakaratnam Stanley Julian \|25 July 1974 Mannar District \|11 August 2006 (aged 32) \| \|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.{{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}}

List of commanders of the LTTE

See also

References