List of commanders of the LTTE explained

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.[1] [2]

Real Name Date & Place
of Birth 		Date & Place
of Death 		Position(s) Notes
valign=topThambi (used only by closest associates), Anna (elder brother) and Karikalan(another name)valign=topvalign=topvalign=topvalign=topLeader 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=topLt. Colonel Bharathan valign=topBarathan Rajanayagamvalign=topvalign=topvalign=topFounder 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=topPottu Amman alias
Papa Oscar alias
Sobhigemoorthy alias Kailan alias Kuruvi		valign=topShanmugalingam Shivashankar 1962
Nayanmarkaddu[7] 		valign=topvalign=topSecond-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.[8] [9]
valign=topSelvarasa Pathmanathan
alias Kumaran Pathmanathan
alias KP (23+ aliases) 		valign=topShanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam valign=top6 April 1955
Kankesanthurai		valign=topLeader 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=topvalign=topVinayagamoorthy Muralitharan valign=topvalign=topMajor 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=topvalign=topCharles Lucas Anthony valign=topvalign=top
Meesalai 		valign=topSecond-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.[10] Prabhakaran paid tribute to Seelan by naming his elder son and the premier fighting brigade of LTTE after him.
valign=topvalign=topSathasivam Krishnakumar valign=topvalign=topvalign=topSecond-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.[11]
valign=topvalign=topGopalaswamy Mahendraraja valign=topvalign=topvalign=topSecond-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.[12]
valign=topThamilselvan valign=topvalign=topvalign=topvalign=topPolitical leader of LTTE valign=topOne of the prominent negotiators of LTTE. Killed by a precise Sri Lanka Air Force bombing targeting him.
valign=topvalign=topVaithilingam Sornalingam valign=topSeptember 1949valign=topvalign=topFounder 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=topvalign=topThillaiyampalam Sivanesan valign=top1963 10, df=yes valign=topvalign=topHead 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=topBrigadier Balraj
alias Leema 		valign=topBalasegaram Kandiah valign=topvalign=topvalign=topCommander 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=topBrigadier Theepan
alias Tango Papa 		valign=topVelayuthapillai Baheerathakumar valign=topvalign=topvalign=topPosthumously 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.[13]
valign=topRathnam Master valign=topvalign=topHead of LTTE Military Intelligence wing, head of the air wing and the Radha Brigade valign=topA personal bodyguard of Prabhakaran; led the LTTE military wing after Colonel Theepan was killed in April 2009.
valign=topMathavan Master valign=topRagunathan Pathmanathan valign=top1958
Alaveddy		valign=topvalign=topHead of LTTE Intelligence Training Centre, Training and Technology Department, Research & Publications Department. valign=topSenior 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=topKapil Amman valign=topvalign=topDeputy leader of Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS) valign=topLong-time deputy of the LTTE intelligence head Pottu Amman.
valign=topNadesan valign=topvalign=topvalign=topPolitical 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=topBrigadier Bhanu
(Banu) alias
Bravo 		valign=topSivanadan Somasekaran valign=top1960 valign=topvalign=topLeader 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.[14] He was killed during the final battle of the war, on 18 May 2009.[15]
valign=topvalign=topShanmuganathan Ravishankar valign=top1965 valign=topvalign=topHead 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=topColonel Ramesh
alias Romeo Siera 		T. Thurairajasingham valign=topvalign=topBatticaloa District & Ampara District commander LTTE commander for the Batticaloa and Ampara districts during the 2002 ceasefire era.[16] Believed to have been killed on 18 May 2009.
valign=topColonel Sornam
(Swarnam) 		Soosapillai Joseph Anthonydas valign=topvalign=topvalign=topPersonal bodyguard of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, and a senior commander of the LTTE. Believed to have been killed in May 2009.[17] [18]
valign=topPulidevan valign=topvalign=topHead of the LTTE Peace Secretariat Member of the LTTE negotiating team during peace talks.
valign=topShashikumar Master Mithiran Selvarathnam valign=topvalign=topHead of the LTTE mapping and surveying division valign=topDied during the final battle on 18 May 2009.
valign=topDaya Master valign=topVelayutham Dayanidhi valign=topHead of the LTTE media division valign=topSurrendered to the Sri Lankan Army during the final stages of the war.[19] [20]
valign=topGeorge Master valign=topVelupillai Kumaru Pancharatnam valign=topTranslator of LTTE leader Prabhakaran and S. P. Thamilsenvan valign=topSurrendered to the Sri Lankan Army towards the end of the war.
valign=topBrigadier Gadaffi valign=top1961 valign=topvalign=topHead 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.[21] He also functioned as either deputy or leader of some of the Tamil Tiger military divisions. It is claimed[22] that Gadaffi brought down several Sri Lankan Air Force aircraft using shoulder fired SAM-7 missiles.
valign=topColonel Jeyam[23]
(Jayam) 		valign=topA 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.[24] He is not to be confused with a TMVP commander by the same name, who is also from the east of Sri Lanka.
valign=topColonel Ilankeeran
alias A Chetan
alias AC
alias Ravi		valign=topvalign=topServed 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=topColonel Raju alias
Kuyilan 		valign=topAmbalavanar Neminathan valign=topvalign=topServed as the special commander of the elite LTTE Leopard Commandos and played a key role in developing its artillery wing.
valign=topCaptain RamRamesh Arivazhagan K.1980, Jaffnavalign=topCommander of Jaffna DistrictThe former LTTE commander for the Trincomalee District during the 2002 ceasefire period.[25]
valign=topColonel Ramanan valign=topvalign=topvalign=topvalign=topLTTE explosives expert.
valign=topNediyavan valign=topvalign=topWith 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.[26]
valign=topBrigadier Thurka valign=topvalign=topA 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=topvalign=topvalign=topA female commander of the LTTE, and the leader of the all-female Malathi Regiment.[27] Reported to have been killed on 5 April 2009 during the Battle of Aanandapuram.
valign=topLt. Colonel Akbar valign=topVeerapathirar Pernibarasa valign=topKilled on 7 October 2006 at the Muhamalai Forward Defence Line.
valign=topLt. Colonel Amuthab valign=topvalign=topCharles Anthony Brigade commander Senior LTTE commander,[28] and the head[29] of the Charles Anthony Brigade. Killed in April 2009 in the Battle of Aanandapuram.[30]
valign=topLt. Colonel Appaiah[31] valign=topI. Rasiah valign=topKnown as the 'Scientist of the LTTE'.
valign=topLt. Colonel Arivu valign=topSenior commander of the LTTE, served in Charles Anthony Brigade as a senior commander. Believed to have been in killed[32] in Trincomalee District in the mid 2000s.
valign=topLt. Colonel Gobith valign=topvalign=topSenior LTTE commander; head of the Charles Anthony Brigade. Killed in April 2009 in the Battle of Aanandapuram.
valign=topLt. Colonel Kumarappa valign=topB. Rathnapalan valign=topHe 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.[33]
valign=topvalign=topHe was a senior commander of the LTTE, he served in the northern front.[34] [35] It is believed that he was killed in May 2009.
valign=topColonel Nakulan
(Nagulan) 		He was a senior commander of the Tamil Tigers; served in the Charles Anthony Brigade as a senior commander. Believed to have been killed[36] in eastern Sri Lanka in May 2007.
valign=topLt. Colonel Nizam valign=topThambirasa Kuhasanthan valign=topvalign=topHead 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.[37]
valign=topLt. Colonel Ponnamman[38] valign=topYogaratnam Kugan valign=topGraduate 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=topLt. Colonel Pulendran valign=topK. Dharmarajah valign=topvalign=topTrincomalee 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.[39]
valign=topLt Colonel Radha valign=topAnthony Kaththiar valign=topvalign=topMannar 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. He has been credited[40] [41] with many attack against Sri Lankan forces. He was killed in the late 1980s. The Radha Regiment[42] is named in honour of him.
valign=topLt. Colonel Santhosham[43] valign=topK. Umainesan valign=topKilled 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=topLt. Colonel Thileepan valign=topvalign=top1962 valign=topvalign=topDied during a hunger strike against the IPKF operations in Sri Lanka.
valign=topLt. Colonel Veeramani valign=topSubramaniam Vadivel valign=topHe 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=topLt. Colonel Victor valign=topvalign=top1984 valign=topMannar 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.[44] The Victor Anti Tank and Armoured Unit of the LTTE was named after him.
valign=topMajor Mano 2001 valign=topHead of Communications (East) The LTTE's head of eastern communications, he was killed by a Sri Lanka Army LRRP unit in 2001.
valign=topCaptain Miller valign=topvalign=top1 January 1966valign=topFirst 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=topCaptain Pandithar[45] valign=topS. Ravindran valign=topHe was a childhood friend of Velupillai Prabhakaran and was the LTTE's accredited vice captain.[46] He was killed by the Sri Lanka Army on 9 January 1985.
valign=topLieutenant Sellakil i[47] Sathasivam Selvanayakam valign=topHe 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=topLt.Conol Cheliyan valign=topOctober 2008?
May 2009? 		valign=topHe was a Sea Tiger deputy leader. It is claimed that a Sri Lankan Army LRRP killed him in October 2008.[48] However, there were reports that he was killed in May 2009.[49]
valign=topLt.Conol Gangai Amaran valign=top2001 valign=topHe was a deputy Sea Tiger commander. He was killed along with his family by a Sri Lanka Army LRRP unit in 2001.[50]
valign=topColonel Gopal valign=topNadarasa Dushiyanthan valign=topvalign=topHe 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=topColonel Keerthi valign=topManikkapodi Easwaran valign=topvalign=topHead of Intelligence, Batticaloa DistrictHe 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=topMarshall[51] valign=topIrasaiah Ilanthirayan valign=topLTTE spokesperson He was the LTTE's military spokesperson and was often in contact with international media during the immediate post-ceasefire era.[52]
valign=topColonel Nagesh valign=topSelvarathnam Sundaram valign=topvalign=topHe 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=topvalign=top1984 One of the architects of the 1983 Batticaloa Jailbreak.
valign=topMajor Sothiya
(Sothia) 		valign=topMaria Vasanthi Michael valign=top20 September 1963valign=topShe died of illness in 1990 and had one of the female fighting formations of the LTTE, the Sothiya Regiment, named after her.[53]
valign=topCaptain Morris (MO) valign=topParatharajan Thiyagarajahvalign=top12 September 1969valign=topvalign=topPoint 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=topLt.Conol Jonny (MO) valign=topViyakumarvalign=top12 September 1962valign=topvalign=topPoint 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).[54] Jony who was killed by IPKF on his way back to India after meeting LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran at his Manal Aru hideout. (IPKF).
Lt. Col. BhuttoKanakaratnam Stanley Julian25 July 1974Mannar District11 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.[55]

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Notes and References

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