Pottu Amman (Tamil militant)

Pottu Amman
பொட்டு அம்மான்
Born	S. Sivashankar 1962 (1962)
Died	18 May 2009(2009-05-18) (aged 46–47)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Military service
Allegiance	Tamil Eelam
Service/branch	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Years of service	1981 –2009
Commands	Head of Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service
Battles/wars	Sri Lankan Civil War Eelam War I, between 1983 and 1987 Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War, between 1987 and 1990 Eelam War II, between 1990 and 1995 Eelam War III, between 1995 and 2002 Eelam War IV, between 2006 and 2009

Shanmugalingam Sivashankar (Tamil: சண்முகலிங்கம் சிவசங்கர்; 1962 – 18 May 2009; commonly known by the nom de guerre Pottu Amman) was a Sri Lankan Tamil rebel and leading member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.