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| 2 | List of Mayors of Jaffna - Mayors and chairmen |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Name | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Title | Refs |
| 4 | - | Canagaratnam, A.A. Canagaratnam | - | - | - | Chairman | - |
| 5 | - | Nalliah, R. R.R. R. Nalliah | - | - | - | Chairman | - |
| 6 | - | Sabapathy, Sam A.Sam A. Sabapathy | - | 1937 | 1939 | Chairman | - |
| 7 | - | Aiyadurai, K.K. Aiyadurai | - | 1942 | 1943 | Chairman | - |
| 8 | - | Sabapathy, Sam A.Sam A. Sabapathy | - | 6 January 1949 | 31 December 1949 | Mayor | - |
| 9 | - | Ponnambalam, CathiraveluCathiravelu Ponnambalam | - | 6 January 1950 | 31 December 1951 | Mayor | - |
| 10 | - | Sabapathy, Sam A.Sam A. Sabapathy | - | 11 January 1952 | 31 December 1954 | Mayor | - |
| 11 | - | Sultan, M. A. M. M.M. A. M. M. Sultan | - | 5 January 1955 | 31 December 1955 | Mayor | - |
| 12 | - | Navaratnam, S. A.S. A. Navaratnam | - | 16 January 1956 | 31 December 1957 | Mayor | - |
| 13 | - | Kasipillai, P.P. Kasipillai | - | 6 July 1960 | 31 December 1960 | Mayor | - |
| 14 | - | Thurairajah, T. S.T. S. Thurairajah | - | 7 January 1961 | 12 February 1962 | Mayor | - |
| 15 | - | Jacob, M.M. Jacob | - | 19 February 1962 | 15 May 1963 | Mayor | - |
| 16 | - | Tharmalingam, S. A.S. A. Tharmalingam | - | 28 May 1962 | 4 April 1963 | Mayor | - |
| 17 | - | John, P. M.P. M. John | - | 11 April 1963 | 6 May 1963 | Mayor | - |
| 18 | - | Thurairajah, T. S.T. S. Thurairajah | - | 15 May 1963 | 6 May 1963 | Mayor | - |
| 19 | - | Mahadeva, S. S.S. S. Mahadeva | - | 8 July 1965 | 31 December 1965 | Mayor | - |
| 20 | - | Nagarajah, S.S. Nagarajah | - | 8 January 1966 | 24 March 1966 | Mayor | - |
| 21 | - | Duraiappah, AlfredAlfred Duraiappah | - | 15 February 1970 | 21 April 1971 | Mayor | - |
| 22 | - | Duraiappah, AlfredAlfred Duraiappah | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 22 April 1971 | 27 July 1975 | Mayor | - |
| 23 | - | Viswanathan, R.R. Viswanathan | - | 1 June 1979 | 31 May 1983 | Mayor | - |
| 24 | - | Yogeswaran, SarojiniSarojini Yogeswaran | Tamil United Liberation Front | 11 March 1998 | 17 May 1998 | Mayor | - |
| 25 | - | Sivapalan, PonPon Sivapalan | Tamil United Liberation Front | 29 June 1998 | 11 September 1998 | Mayor | - |
| 26 | - | Raviraj, NadarajahNadarajah Raviraj | Tamil United Liberation Front | 9 January 2001 | 18 December 2001 | Mayor | - |
| 27 | - | Kandaiyan, SellanSellan Kandaiyan | Tamil United Liberation Front | 15 January 2002 | 13 February 2003 | Mayor | - |
| 28 | - | Patkunarajah, YogeswariYogeswari Patkunarajah | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 1 September 2009 | - | Mayor | - |
| 29 | - | Arnold, E.E. Arnold | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | 26 February 2018 | - | Mayor | - |

Question: When did the first two mayors from the Tamil United Liberation Front leave office?
Answer: The Tamil United Liberation Front Mayor of Jaffna Sarojini Yogeswaran left office on 17 May 1998 and her successor Pon Sivapalan left office on 11 September 1998.