What is Alfred Duraiappah?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|Hon.]] |name = Alfred Duraiappah |native_name = அல்பிரட் துரையப்பா |native_name_lang = ta |honorific-suffix = |image = |imagesize = |constituency_MP1 = [[Jaffna Electoral District (1947–1989)|Jaffna]] |parliament1 = Ceylonese |majority1 = |term_start1 = 1960 |term_end1 = 1965 |predecessor1 = [[G. G. Ponnambalam]] |successor1 = [[G. G. Ponnambalam]] |order2 = [[List of Mayors of Jaffna|12th]] |office2 = Mayor of Jaffna |term_start2 = 15 February 1970 |term_end2 = 27 July 1975 |predecessor2 = [[S. Nagarajah]] |successor2 = R.Viswanathan |birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|06|15|df=yes}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|07|27|1926|06|15|df=yes}} |death_place = [[Jaffna]], [[Sri Lanka]] |citizenship = |nationality = |party = [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] |otherparty = |spouse = |partner = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = [[Ceylon Law College]] |occupation = |profession = Lawyer |website = |footnotes = |blank1 = Ethnicity |data1 = [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamil]] }} '''Alfred Thambirajah Duraiappah''' (died 27 July 1975) was a [[Sri Lanka]]n politician. He was a [[Member of Parliament]] and [[mayor]] of [[Jaffna]]. He was assassinated by the [[Tamil Tigers]]. ==First political murder== Alfred Duraiappah was a member of the [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]. He became a [[Member of Parliament]] and [[mayor]] of [[Jaffna]]. He was [[assassination|murdered]] by the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tiger]] leader [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]] in July 1975. Duraiappah was killed on his way to a [[Hindu]] temple for prayers, although he himself was a Christian. == His tenure and