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Prominent Political Leaders Assassinated by
The LTTE 
| Name
|
Post
Held |
Date
Assassinated |
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Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
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Highway Minister
|
April 7, 2008
|
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D.M. Dissanayake
|
Non-Cabinet Minister for Nation Building
|
January 8, 2008
|
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T. Maheshwaran
|
Member of Parliament
|
January 1, 2008
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Herath Abeyweera
|
Chief Secretary to the Eastern Province
|
July 16, 2007
|
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Kethesh Logananathan
|
Deputy Secretary-General of the Government's SCOPP
|
August 12, 2006
|
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Nataraja raviraj
|
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP, Jaffna
|
August 8, 2006
|
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Joseph Pararajasingham
|
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP, Batticaloa
|
December 25, 2005
|
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Lakshman Kadirgamar
|
Foreign Affairs Minister
|
August 12, 2005
|
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M.L. Baithullah
|
Peoples Alliance Candidate
|
2 October 2000
|
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Cheliyan Perimpanayakam
|
Peoples Alliance Candidate & Former Mayor, Batticoloa
|
10 September 2000
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C. V. Goonaratne
|
Federal Minister, Industrial Development
|
7 June 2000
|
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Aruna De Silva
|
Deputy Mayor, Dehiwala
|
7 June 2000
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Marias Anton aka David
|
People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE)
leader, Mannar
|
10 December 1999
|
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Atputharajah Nadarajah, Alias Ramesh
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Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) leader
|
2 November, 1999
|
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Nagalingam Manikkadasan
|
Military wing leader, PLOTE
|
2 September 1999
|
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Neelan Thiruchelvam
|
MP and TULF leader
|
29 July 1999
|
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Muthulingam Ganesh Kumar a.k.a Razeek
|
Leader, Razeek group, Batticaloa
|
29 May 1999
|
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Ponnuyhurai Sivapalan
|
Jaffna Mayor; succeeded Yogeswaran
|
11 September 1998
|
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S. Shanmuganadan
|
MP
|
15 July 1998
|
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Ms. Sarojini Yogeswaran
|
Jaffna Mayor
|
17 May 1998
|
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Mohammad Maharoof
|
Member of Parliament (MP), Trincomalee
|
20 July 1997
|
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Arunachalam Thangathurai
|
MP, Trincomalee
|
5 July 1997
|
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Thomas Anton
|
Deputy Mayor, Batticaloa
|
26 October 1995
|
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Karavai Kandamasamy
|
Deputy Chairman, Democratic People's Liberation Front
|
31 December 1994
|
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Gamini Disanayake
|
Presidential candidate, UNP
|
24 October 1994
|
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G. M. Premachandra
|
MP
|
24 October 1994
|
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Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
|
MP
|
24 October 1994
|
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Dr. Ganini Wijesekarea
|
MP
|
24 October 1994
|
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Ossie Abeygunasekara
|
MP
|
24 October 1994
|
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Ranasinghe Premadasa
|
President, Sri Lanka
|
1 May 1993
|
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Rajiv Gandhi
|
Former Prime Minister, India
|
22 May 1991
|
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Ranjan Wijeratne
|
Minister of State, Defence, Sri Lanka
|
2 March 1991
|
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K. Kanagaratnam
|
MP, Eastern Province
|
15 July 1990
|
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T. Ganeshalingam
|
Minister, North East Provincial Council
|
28 June 1990
|
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K. Padmanabha
|
General Secretary, Eelam Peoples Revolutionary Liberation Front
(EPRLF)
|
19 June 1990
|
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V. Yogasankari
|
MP, Jaffna
|
19 June 1990
|
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P. Kirubakaran
|
Finance Minister, North East Provincial Council
|
19 June 1990
|
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Sam Tambimuttu
|
MP, Batticaloa
|
7 May 1990
|
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Uma Maheswaran
|
PLOTE Leader
|
July 16, 1989
|
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A. Amrithalingam
|
General Secretary, TULF
|
13 July 1989
|
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V. Yogeswaran
|
Former MP, Jaffna
|
13 July 1989
|
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A. Majeed
|
Former MP, Mutur,
|
13 November 1987
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Sri Sabarathnam
|
TELO leader
|
6 May 1986
|
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K. Alalasunderam
|
MP, Kopay
|
3 September 1985
|
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V. Dharmalingam
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MP, Manipay
|
3 September 1985
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A. Thiagarajah
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MP, Vaddukoddai
|
25 May 1981
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Alfred Duraiyapah
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Former Mayor, Jaffna
|
27 July 1975
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Suicide
killings Child
soldiers of the LTTE |
