The following is a list of notable people assassinated by the

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...

, commonly known as Tamil Tigers or as LTTE. The LTTE is a now-defunct militant organisation that was based in northern Sri Lanka, which fought for a separate Tamil state in the

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and

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between 1983 and 2009. The LTTE was decisively defeated by the

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in May 2009 and it has been banned by 33 countries, including the

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and the 27 member nations of the

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. At the height of its power, the LTTE possessed a well-developed militia and carried out many high-profile attacks, including the assassinations of an Indian prime minister, Sri Lankan president and several other high-ranking Sri Lankan politicians. Some of the notable people who survived the assassination attempts of LTTE, are also included at the bottom of this list.

Heads of state and government

Ranasinghe Premadasa Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa ( si, රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස ''Raṇasiṃha Premadāsa'', ta, ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா ''Raṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā''; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was t ...

- Former

President of Sri Lanka The President of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi''; ta, இலங்கை சனாதிபதி ''Ilankai janātipati'') is the head of state and head of government of t ...

Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...

- Former

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Government ministers

Lalith Athulathmudali Lalith William Samarasekera Athulathmudali, PC (; 26 November 1936 – 23 April 1993), known as Lalith Athulathmudali, was a Sri Lankan statesman. He was a prominent member of the United National Party, who served as Minister of Trade and Sh ...

- Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Trade, National Security, Agriculture, Education and deputy minister of defence. *

Gamini Dissanayake Dissanayake Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Lionel Gamini Dissanayake, PC (known as Gamini Dissanayake; si, ලයනල් ගාමිණි දිසානායක, ta, காமினி திஸாநாயக்க; 20 March 1942 – 24 Octob ...

Jane's Sentinel on LTTE success in resisting Sri Lankan forces
Tamil nation - Former

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

presidential candidate and Leader of the Opposition, Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Irrigation, Power, Highways, Land, Land Development, Plantation Industries, Mahaweli and Mahaweli Development & Former chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board *

Ranjan Wijeratne General Ranjan Wijeratne (4 April 1931 – 2 March 1991) was a Sri Lankan planter and politician. He served in the Premadasa cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs and then Minister of Plantation Industries, while holding the office of State ...

- Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Plantation Industries and Minister of State for Defense *

Lakshman Kadirgamar Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar, President's Counsel, PC ( ta, லக்ஷமன் கதிர்காமர்; si, ලක්ෂ්මන් කදිර්ගාමර්, 12 April 1932 – 12 August 2005) was a Sri Lankan lawyer ...

Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Prominent Tamil diplomat, politician and lawyer. *

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Jeyaraj Fernandopulle ( si, ජෙයරාජ් ප්‍රනාන්දුපුල්ලේ, ta, ஜெயராஜ் பெர்னான்டோபுள்ளே, 11 January 1953 – 6 April 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician ...

- Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Highways & Road Development, the chief government whip of the parliament of Sri Lanka * C. V. Gunaratne - Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Industries Development. *

Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi Member of Parliament from 1977 to 1994 Deputy Mayor Colombo 1970-1971 Member Colombo Municipal Council 1962-1977 District Minister of Colombo 1978-1988 Minister of Petroleum Services 1988-1989 State Minister of Industries 1989-1990 Weerasinghe Mall ...

- Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Food, Co-operative, and Janasaviya-Poverty Alleviation *

G. M. Premachandra Gamini M. Premachandra (24 August 1940 – 24 October 1994) was the Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාති� ...

- Former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training * D. M. Dassanayake - Former Sri Lankan non-cabinet Minister of Nation Building

Members of Sri Lankan parliament

Ossie Abeygunasekera Ahangama Withanage Oswin Nandimithra Abeyagoonasekera (known as ''Ossie Abeygunasekera'') was a Member of Parliament and chairman and the leader of the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya or Party. He was assassinated by a female suicide bomber of the ...

- Former Chairman and Leader of the

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, Former candidate of the Presidential election in 1989 *

A. Amirthalingam Appapillai Amirthalingam ( ta, அப்பாப்பிள்ளை அமிர்தலிங்கம்; si, අප්පාපිල්ලෙයි අමිර්තලිංගම්; 26 August 1927 – 13 July 1989) was a leading ...

- Leading

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politician and former

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. * A. Thangathurai- Former

Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front ( ta, தமிழர் ஐக்கிய விடுதலை முன்னணி, translit=Tamil Onrupattatu Viduthulai Munnai, si, ද්‍රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති ප� ...

(TULF) Member of Parliament for

Trincomalee District Trincomalee District ( ta, திருக்கோணமலை மாவட்டம் ''Tirukōṇamalai Māvaṭṭam;'' si, ත්‍රිකුණාමළය දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''Trikuṇāmalaya distrikkaya'') is one ...

. *

Alfred Duraiappah Alfred Thangarajah Duraiappah (15 June 1926 – 27 July 1975) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician, Mayor of Jaffna and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Duraiappah was born on 15 June 1926. He was the son of an ice and aerated wa ...

- Former

Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka� ...

member of the parliament for Jaffna District and former mayor of

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. * M. Canagaratnam Former

MP for Pottuvil *

A. L. Abdul Majeed Abdul Latiff Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament. Early life Abdul Majeed was born on 15 November 1933. He was educated at Sivananda Vidyalayam, Batticaloa and Trincomale ...

- Former Sri Lanka Freedom Party MP for Mutur * S. Shanmuganathan Former

Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front−DPLF (), a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE). History DPLF was established in 1987. While People's Liberation Organisation of ...

MP for Vanni District *

Nimalan Soundaranayagam Ashley Nimalanayagam Soundaranayagam (6 November 1950 – 7 November 2000) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament. Soundaranayagam was born on 6 November 1950, in Morokkotanchenai, Batticaloa District in Eastern ...

- Former

MP for

Batticaloa District Batticaloa District ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம் ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu Māvaṭṭam''; si, මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''maḍakalapūva distrikkaya'') is one of the 25 dist ...

Sam Tambimuttu Samuel Pennington Thavarasa Tambimuttu was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Tambimuttu was born in 1932. He was the grand nephew of E. R. Tambimuttu, member of the State Council of Ceylon. He w ...

Former

Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) is a series of Sri Lankan political parties and a former militant separatist group. Militant separatists The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K. Pathmanabha (Padmanaba), Douglas Devananda, Su ...

MP for Batticaloa District *

Neelan Tiruchelvam Neelakandan Tiruchelvam, PC ( ta, நீலகண்டன் திருச்செல்வம்; 31 January 1944 – 29 July 1999) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, academic, human rights activist and politician. He was a Member of Parli ...

- Scholar, international activist, legislator, lawyer, social scientist and politician. Former Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament from National List *

G. Yogasangari Veerasingam Ganeshasangari Yogasangari (died 19 June 1990) was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant, politician and Member of Parliament. Yogasangari was the son of V. Ganeshasangaree, brother of Tamil United Liberation Front politician V. Anandasangaree. ...

- Former Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front MP for Jaffna District *

V. Yogeswaran Vettivelu Yogeswaran ( ta, வெற்றிவேலு யோகேஸ்வரன்; 5 February 1934 – 13 July 1989) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Yogeswaran was born 5 Febr ...

Former Tamil United Liberation Front MP for Jaffna district

Senior military and police officers

* Admiral

Clancy Fernando Admiral Wannakuwatta Waduge Erwin Clancy Fernando VSV, USP, MSc, ndc, psc, MNI, SLN (In Sinhalese: ක්ලැන්සි ෆර්නැන්ඩෝ) (10 October 1938 – 16 November 1992) was the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy fr ...

- Former Commander of the

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* Lieutenant General

Denzil Kobbekaduwa Lieutenant General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP ( si, ඩෙන්සිල් ලක්ෂ්මණ් කොබ්බෑකඩුව; 27 July 1940 – 8 August 1992) was a senior Sri Lankan Army officer who served in t ...

- General Officer Commanding, Northern Sector,

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* Lieutenant General

Parami Kulatunga Lieutenant General Parami Sugandika Bandara Kulatunga, RSP, VSV, USP ( Sinhala:පාරමී කුලතුංග) (9 October 1951 in Kandy – 26 June 2006) was a senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He was serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff ...

- Deputy Chief of Staff,

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* Lieutenant Generall

Nalin Angammana Lieutenant General Nalin K. B. Angammana ( si, ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන) (1945 – 1995) was a senior Sri Lanka Army officer, who was the former General Officer Commanding, 3 Divisi ...

- General Officer Commanding, 3rd Army Division, Sri Lankan Army * Major General

Lucky Wijayaratne Major General Chulabhaya Lakshman 'Lucky' Wijayaratne RWP, RSP, M.Sc, LI was a Sri Lankan army officer, who was one of the most distinguished Generals in the Sri Lanka army. Major General Wijayaratne died on 18 December 1990 at the 10th milep ...

- Former Commander, 22 Brigade, Sri Lanka Army * Major General Larry Wijeratne -Former Brigade Commander, 51-4 Brigade * Major General

Lakshman Algama Major General Chulasoka Lakshman "Lucky" Algama, VSV, USP, ndc, psc (2 June 1940 – 18 December 1999) was a senior Sri Lankan army officer. He was a former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and a United National Party activist after ret ...

- Former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army * Major General

Vijaya Wimalaratne Major General Vanigamuni Indrajith Vijeyakumar Mendis Wimalaratne, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, psc, GR ( si, විජය විමලරත්න; 25 August 1940 – 8 August 1992) was a senior Sri Lanka Army officer. One of the most distinguish ...

- Former Commander of Jaffna, Sri Lanka Army * Major General

Percy Fernando Major General Percy Fernando, RWP, RSP, psc, CR (died 2000) was a Sri Lankan Army officer, who was the Deputy GOC, 54 Division based at Elephant Pass and prior to which he was the brigade commander of the independent Special Forces Brigade. ...

- Former Deputy General Officer Commanding, 54 Division, Sri Lanka Army * Major General

Ananda Hamangoda Major General Ananda Sri Sisira Kumara Hamangoda, RWP, RSP, USP (1 November 1950 – 4 July 1996) was a senior Sri Lanka Army officer, who was the former brigade commander of the 51-2 Brigade based in Jaffna, when he was killed by a LTTE ...

Situation Report 7th July 1996 - How 2 brave soldiers saved minister By Iqbal Athas
www.sundaytimes.lk - Former Brigade Commander, 51-2 Brigade, Sri Lanka Army * Major General Susantha Mendis - Former Brigade Commander, 51-4 Brigade * Major General

Janaka Perera Major General Janaka Perera, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, VSP, rcds, psc, CR (1 February 1946 – 6 October 2008) was a Sri Lankan General and politician. He served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and is considered one of the most d ...

- Former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army, Former High Commissioner to Australia & Ambassador to Indonesia, Former opposition leader of the

North Central Provincial Council North Central Province ( si, උතුරු මැද පළාත ''Uturumæda Paḷāta'', ta, வட மத்திய மாகாணம் ''Wada Maththiya Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administ ...

* Rear Admiral Mohan Jayamaha - Former Commander, Northern Naval Area, Sri Lanka Navy * Air Commodore

Shirantha Goonatilake Air Commodore Shirantha Goonetileke RWP, RSP, SLAF (? - 29 April 1995 ) was a Sri Lankan aviator and the most senior Air Force officer to be killed in action. He was the youngest son of Air Chief Marshal Harry Goonatilake the 5th Commander of ...

- Former Commanding Officer of No. 1 Flying Training Wing,

Sri Lanka Air Force The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) ( si, ශ්‍රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව, Śrī Laṃkā guwan hamudāva; ta, இலங்கை விமானப்படை, Ilaṅkai vimāṉappaṭai) is the air arm and the yo ...

* Colonel

Tuan Nizam Muthaliff Colonel Tuan Nizam Muthaliff, RWP, MI (July 12, 1966 – May 31, 2005) was a Sri Lanka Army officer and intelligence officer who, while serving as the commanding officer, 1 Military Intelligence Corps, was assassinated by the Liberation Tig ...

- Former Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion,

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, Sri Lanka Army * Senior Deputy Inspector General T. N. De Silva - SDIG, Colombo Range, Sri Lanka Police * Senior Superintendent of Police Chandra Perera - Former SSP, Jaffna * Assistant Superintendent of Police Ivan Boteju - Former Assistant Superintendent, Kalmunai,

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Prelates

Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera Matara Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera (29 May 1924 - 26 May 1995), also known as Dimbulagala Hamuduruwo, was a 20th century Sri Lankan Buddhist monk. He was a pioneer in restoring the ancient Buddhist monastery Dimbulagala Raja Maha Vihara i ...

- Chief incumbent of the

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, former Chief Sangha Nayake of Northern and Eastern provinces * Hegoda Sri Indrasara Thera - Chief incumbent of Vidyananda Maha Pirivena -

Ampara Ampara ( si, අම්පාර, ta, அம்பாறை) is the main town of Ampara District, governed by an Urban Council. It is located in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, about east of Colombo and approximately south of Batticaloa. Hi ...

, former Chief Sangha Nayake of Northern and Eastern provinces * Sivashri Kungaraja Kurukkal - Former head pandit of the Koneswaram temple of

Trincomalee Trincomalee (; ta, திருகோணமலை, translit=Tirukōṇamalai; si, ත්‍රිකුණාමළය, translit= Trikuṇāmaḷaya), also known as Gokanna and Gokarna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee Dis ...

* Selliah Parameswaran Kurukkal - Chief Pujari of the Santhiveli Pilleyar Kovil,

Batticaloa Batticaloa ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu''; si, මඩකලපුව, ''Maḍakalapuwa'') is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the B ...

Activists and journalists

Chelvy Thiyagarajah Thiagarajah Selvanithy or (Selvi) from Sri Lanka an International PEN award winner in 1992, who was abducted and executed by the LTTE. Biography Selvi was born into a peasant family in Semamadu, a village about 80 miles south of Jaffna. Ac ...

- Founder of feminist journal called Tholi,

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winner in 1992 * Balanadarajah Iyer - Sri Lankan Tamil activist, writer and poet *

Kethesh Loganathan Kethesh Loganathan (full name Ketheeswaran Loganathan, 1952–12 August 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil political activist, a Human Rights advocate and deputy secretary general of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP). He was ...

- Tamil political activist, Human Rights advocate and deputy secretary general of the

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. *

Rajani Thiranagama Dr. Rajani Thiranagama (née Rajasingham) (23 February 1954 – 21 September 1989) was a Tamil human rights activist and feminist who was assassinated by Tamil Tigers cadres after she had criticised them for their atrocities. At the time of her ...

- University lecturer,

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human rights activist and

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* Relangi Selvarajah - Tamil broadcaster and actress.

Others

* C. E. Anandarajah - Sri Lankan

educationist Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Var ...

and former principal of

St. John's College, Jaffna '' , motto_translation = Light Shines in the Darkness , location = , streetaddress = Main Street, Chundikuli , region = , city = Jaffna, Jaffna District , state = , p ...

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V. M. Panchalingam V. Muthiah Panchalingam ( – 1 May 1989) was a Sri Lankan civil servant. He was assassinated by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Early life Panchalingam was the son of Muthiah, a businessman from Kandy in central Ceylon. He was e ...

- Leading Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant and former District Secretary of Jaffna * S. Nadarajah - Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and former member of the

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Sarojini Yogeswaran Sarojini Yogeswaran (née Ponnambalam) was a Sri Lankan politician. Yogeswaran was a member of the Tamil United Liberation Front. In 1997, she was elected mayor of Jaffna, the first elected mayor in 14 years and also the first woman mayor of th ...

- Former Mayor of Jaffna *

Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja (1956 – 28 December 1994), also known as Mahattaya was a member of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam who was killed for leaking secrets to India's RAW. Personal life Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja was related to Velup ...

- Former Deputy leader of the LTTE *

Uma Maheswaran Kadirgamapillai (Kathirkamar) Nallainathan ( ta, க. உமாமகேசுவரன்; 18 February 1945 – 16 July 1989; commonly known by the nom de guerre Uma Maheswaran) was a Sri Lankan Tamil rebel and founder/leader of the People's ...

- Founder of the

People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) is a former Tamil militant group that had become a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front. Ori ...

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Kumaraswamy Nandagopan Kumaraswamy Nanthakopan (Tamil: குமாரசுவாமி நந்தகோபன்; 1970 – November 14, 2008), also known as his ''nom de guerre'' Ragu, was the president of the political party of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal in ...

- Former president of the

Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) ( ta, தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப்புலிகள், en, Tamil Peoples Liberation Tigers), previously known as the "Karuna Group", is a political party in Sri Lanka. It ...

Attempted assassinations

Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga ( si, චන්ද්‍රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග, ta, சந்திரிகா பண்டாரநாயக்க குமாரதுங்க; born 29 Ju ...

- Former president of Sri Lanka *

Maithreepala Sirisena Maithripala Yapa Sirisena ( si, පල්ලෙවත්‍ත ගමරාළලාගේ මෛත්‍රීපාල යාපා සිරිසේන; ta, பல்லேவத்த கமராளலாகே மைத்திரி� ...

- Former president of Sri Lanka, Former minister of Health and Agriculture * Field Marshal

Sarath Fonseka Field Marshal Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka ( si, ගාර්දිහේවා සරත් චන්ද්‍රලාල් ෆොන්සේකා, ta, சரத் பொன்சேகா; born 18 December 1950), commonly know ...

- Eighteenth Commander of Sri Lankan Army *

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa ( si, නන්දසේන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ; ta, நந்தசேன கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ; born 20 June 1949) is a former Sri Lankan military ...

- Former President of Sri Lanka, Former Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka *

Douglas Devananda Kathiravelu Nythiananda Devananda, commonly known as Douglas Devananda ( ta, டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா), is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Cabinet Minister and leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party. Originally a Sri ...

- Leader of the

Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda. Background Douglas Devananda was one of the founding members of the Eelam Re ...

Nimal Siripala de Silva Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP (born 6 September 1944) is a Sri Lankan politician currently serving as the Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation and former Cabinet Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation in 15th Parliament of Sri Lank ...

Nimal: I'm going back to Jaffna
The Sunday Times - Current Minister of Transport in the Parliament of Sri Lanka

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{{DEFAULTSORT:People assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in the Sri Lankan Civil War

LTTE The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Assassinated, LTTE Sri Lanka, LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War-related lists