List of assassinated people

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This is an incomplete list of persons who were assassinated; that is, important people who were murdered, usually for ideological or political reasons. Template:TOCright

Contents

1 Assassinations in Africa

2 Assassinations in the Americas

3 Assassinations in Asia

4 Assassinations in Australia and Oceania

5 Assassinations in Europe

6 Assassinations in the former Soviet Union

7 Deaths under suspicious circumstances

8 Related articles and lists

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Assassinations in Africa

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Algeria

Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia, by Jugurtha
Mohamed Khemisti, (1963), foreign minister of Algeria, in Algiers by an unknown gunman
Mustafa Bouyali, (1987), Islamic fundamentalist, in Algiers
Mohamed Boudiaf, (1992), president of Algeria
Youcef Sebti, (1993), Algerian poet
Kasdi Merbah, (1993), former Algerian prime minister
Cheb Hasni, (1994), Algerian ra� singer
Loun�s Matoub, (1998), Algerian singer
Abdelkader Hachani, (1999), a leader of the Islamic Salvation Front

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Burkina Faso

Thomas Sankara, (1987), military leader of Burkina Faso
Norbert Zongo, (1998), editor of L'Ind�pendant newspaper, 50 miles from Ouagadougou

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Burundi

Prince Louis Rwagasore, (1961), Burundian prince and prime minister, by members of a pro-Belgian faction
Pierre Ngendandumwe, (1965), Burundian prime minister
Joseph Bamina, (1965), Burundian prime minister
Ntare V of Burundi, (1975), King of BurundiHe is also said by many sources to have been murdered at the ibwami royal palace in Gitega, though little information is available on the exact circumstances
Melchior Ndadaye, (1993), President of Burundi

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C�te d'Ivoire

Robert Gu��, (2002), military ruler of C�te d'Ivoire from 1999 to 2000
�mile Boga Doudou, (2002), interior minister of C�te d'Ivoire killed on the same day as Gu�i as the country plunged into civil war and street fighting occurred in the cities
Mohammed Ahmad al-Rasheed, (2003), Saudi Arabian ambassador to C�te d'Ivoire

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Egypt

Pompey the Great, (48 BC), Roman politician killed in Egypt
Germanicus, (19), Roman military leader, poisoned in Alexandria by Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso under orders from Tiberius
Al-Afdal Shahanshah, (1121), vizier of Fatimid Egypt
Qutuz, (1260), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Khalil, (1293), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Boutros Ghali, (1910), Prime Minister of Egypt, by Ibrahim El-Wardan
Sir Lee Stack, (1924), governor-general of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, in Cairo
Walter Edward Guinness, Lord Moyne, (1944), the UK's Minister Resident in the Middle East; killed in Cairo by the Stern Gang
Ahmed Maher Pasha, (1945), Prime Minister of Egypt, in Cairo by Mahmud Issawy
Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi, (1948), Prime Minister of Egypt, by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood
Anwar Sadat, (1981), President of Egypt
Rifaat al-Mahgoub, (1990), speaker of Egyptian parliament
Farag Foda, (1992), Egyptian politician and intellectual

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Equatorial Guinea

Atanasio Ndongo Miyone, Saturnino Ibongo, Bonifacio Ond� Edu, Armando Balboa, Pastor Torao and many others, (1969), Equatorial Guinean politicians, in murderous crackdown after coup attempt against President Francisco Mac�as Nguema

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Ethiopia

Tilahun Gizaw, (1969), Ethiopian student leader

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Guinea

Am�lcar Cabral, (1973), Pan-African intellectual, in Conakry, Guinea

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Kenya

Tom Mboya, (1969), Kenyan politician
Josiah Kariuki, (1975), Kenyan politician
Robert Ouko, (1990), foreign minister of Kenya

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Liberia

William R. Tolbert, Jr., (1980), president of Liberia killed in military coup
Samuel Doe, (1990), president of Liberia. A semiliterate army officer who himself overthrew and allowed the assassination of William Tolbert. The instability following his death led to the outbreak of full-scale war

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Madagascar

Richard Ratsimandrava, (1975), president of Madagascar killed just days after taking power in military coup

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Mozambique

Carlos Cardoso, (2000), Mozambican journalist

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Niger

Ibrahim Bar� Ma�nassara, (1999), President of Niger

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Nigeria

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, (1966), Prime Minister of Nigeria killed during military coup
Murtala Ramat Mohammed, (1976), President of Nigeria
Bola Ige, (2001), justice minister of Nigeria

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Rwanda

Dian Fossey, (1985), primatologist, in the province of Ruhengeri; assassination probably planned by Protais Zigiranyirazo
Agathe Uwilingiyimana, (1994), Prime Minister of Rwanda killed one day after genocide began

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Somalia

Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, (1969), president of Somalia
George Adamson, (1989), British naturalist, at Kora

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South Africa

Shaka, (1828), king of the Zulus, near Stanger (now KwaDukuza) by Dingane and Mhlangana
Hendrik Verwoerd, (1966), Prime Minister of South Africa, stabbed in parliament by Dimitri Tsafendas
Onkgopotse Tiro, (1974), South African student leader
Vernon Nkadimeng, (1985), South African dissident
Chris Hani, (1993), leader of the South African Communist Party

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Tanzania

Abeid Karume, (1972), first President of Zanzibar, First Vice President of Tanzania

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Togo

Sylvanus Olympio, (1963), president of Togo, in a coup lead by Gnassingb� Eyad�ma

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Tunisia

Khalil Wazir ("Abu Jihad"), (1988), military leader of the PLO, in Tunis
Salah Khalaf ("Abu Iyad"), (1991), deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis, Tunisia

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Uganda

Benedicto Kiwanuka, (1972), chief minister of Uganda from 1961 until 1962

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Zimbabwe

Herbert Chitepo, (1975), Zimbabwean politician
Attati Mpakati, (1983), left-wing Malawian politician

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Assassinations in the Americas

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Argentina

Carlos Prats, (1974), Chilean general

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Bermuda

Sir Richard Sharples, (1973), governor of Bermuda

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Bolivia

Manuel Isidoro Belzu, (1865), President of Bolivia
Mariano Melgarejo, (1871), President of Bolivia
Che Guevara, (1967), revolutionary leader
Juan Jos� Torres, (1976), former President of Bolivia

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Brazil

Chico Mendes, (1988), Brazilian environmental activist
Dorothy Stang, (2005), American nun killed by business interests

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Canada

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, (1868), Canadian father of Confederation
George Brown, (1880), newspaper editor and Senator
Sergio P�rez Castillo, (1968), Cuban diplomat killed by anti-Castro forces in Montreal
Pierre Laporte, (1970), Quebec Minister of Labour
Atilla Altžkat, (1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by Armenian nationalists in Ottawa
Tara Singh Hayer, (1998), journalist killed by Sikh separatists

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Chile

Ren� Schneider, (1970), Chilean general

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Colombia

Jorge Eli�cer Gait�n, (1948), Colombian Liberal Party leader
Luis Carlos Gal�n, (1989), Colombian presidential candidate
Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, (1990), Colombian presidential candidate
Jaime Garz�n, (1999), Colombian journalist and satirist

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Dominican Republic

Ulises Heureaux, (1899), president of the Dominican Republic
Rafael Le�nidas Trujillo, (1961), Dominican Republic dictator
Orlando Mazara, (1967)
Flavio Suero, (1968)
Henry Segarra, (1969)
Am�n Abel Hasb�n, (1970)
Otto Morales, (1970)
Amaury Germ�n Aristy, (1972)
Francisco Alberto Caama�o De��, (1973)
Gregorio Garc�a Castro, (1973)
Florinda Soriano, (1974)
Guido Gil D�az, (1974)
Orlando Mart�nez, (1975)
Narciso Gonz�lez, (1994)

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Ecuador

Gabriel Garc�a Moreno, (1875), president of Ecuador known for his support of the Catholic church

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El Salvador

Maximiliano Hern�ndez Mart�nez, (1966), president of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944
�scar Romero, (1980), archbishop of San Salvador, by right-wing death squad

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Guatemala

Carlos Castillo Armas, (1957), president of Guatemala
Karl von Spreti, (1970), German ambassador in Guatemala

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Guyana

Walter Rodney, (1980), Guyanese historian and political figure

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Haiti

Jean-Jacques Dessalines, (1806), Emperor of Haiti

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Mexico

Francisco I. Madero, (1913), President of Mexico
Emiliano Zapata, (1919), revolutionary
Venustiano Carranza, (1920), President of Mexico
Francisco "Pancho" Villa, (1923), revolutionary
�lvaro Obreg�n, (1928), President-elect
Leon Trotsky, (1940), Russian communist leader
Enrique Camarena, (1985), policeman
Luis Donaldo Colosio, (1994), Presidential candidate
Jos� Francisco Ruiz Massieu, (1994), Secretary-General of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional
Paco Stanley, (1999), Comedian
Digna Ochoa, (2001), human rights attorney

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Nicaragua

Augusto C�sar Sandino, (1934), Nicaraguan revolutionary
Anastasio Somoza Garc�a, (1956), President of Nicaragua
Pedro Chamorro, (1978), newspaper editor, Nicaraguan Somoza opposition
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, (1980), President of Nicaragua

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Panama

Jos� Antonio Rem�n, (1955), president of Panama

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Paraguay

Luis Mar�a Arga�a, (1999), vice president of Paraguay

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Peru

Francisco Pizarro (1541), Spanish conquistador, in Peru
Luis S�nchez Cerro, (1933), president of Peru

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United States

Joseph Smith, Jr., (1844), Mormon leader, Presidential candidate
Henry Heusken, (1861), American diplomat (accompanying Townsend Harris from Amsterdam)
Abraham Lincoln, (1865), President of the United States
Thomas Hindman, (1868), Confederate General
Edward Canby, (1873), Union General, leader of a peace confrence
Crazy Horse, (1877), Oglala Sioux chief killed by American troops
James Garfield, (1881), President of the United States
William Goebel, (1900), Governor of Kentucky
William McKinley, (1901), President of the United States
Frank Steunenberg, (1905) former governor of Idaho
Don Mellett, (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime
Anton Cermak, (1933), mayor of Chicago
Huey P. Long, (1935), Louisiana senator and former governor
Curtis Chillingworths, (1955), a Florida judge
John F. Kennedy, (1963), President of the United States
Lee Harvey Oswald, (1963), alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy
Medgar Evers, (1963), U.S. civil rights activist
Malcolm X, (1965), leader
George Lincoln Rockwell, (1967), founder of the American Nazi Party
Martin Luther King Jr., (1968), U.S. civil rights activist
Robert F. Kennedy, (1968), Presidential candidate
Orlando Letelier, (1976), Chilean ambassador to the United States under the administration of Salvador Allende
Harvey Milk, (1978), gay rights campaigner and city supervisor of San Francisco, California
George Moscone, (1978), Mayor of San Francisco killed along with Milk
John Wood, (1979), first US federal judge killed in the twentieth century
Alan Berg, (1984), Radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-nazis
Alejandro Gonz�lez Malave, (1986), famous undercover policeman, in Bayam�n, Puerto Rico
Don Aronow, (1987), inventor of the cigarette boat
Ioan P. Culianu, (1991), professor of divinity
Tommy Burks, (1998), Tennessee State Senator
James Davis, (2003), New York City Council Member
Rowland Barnes, (2005), Atlanta judge

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Venezuela

Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, (1950), chairman of the military junta of Venezuela
Danilo Anderson, (2004), State prosecutor

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Assassinations in Asia

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Afghanistan

Habibullah Khan, (1919), emir of Afghanistan
Mohammed Nader Shah, (1933), king of Afghanistan since 1929
Mohammed Daoud Khan, (1978), president of Afghanistan killed in communist coup
Adolph Dubs, (1979), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan
Nur Mohammad Taraki, (1979), communist president
Hafizullah Amin, (1979), communist Prime Minister of Afghanistan killed during Soviet invasion
Mohammed Najibullah, (1996), president of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992, killed by the Taliban during the capture of Kabul
Ahmed Shah Massoud, (2001), leader of the Northern Alliance
Abdul Haq, (2001), Northern Alliance commander killed by remnants of the Taliban
Abdul Qadir, (2002), vice-president of Afghanistan
Abdul Rahman, (2002), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism

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Bangladesh

Mujibur Rahman, (1975), president of Bangladesh
Ziaur Rahman, (1981), president of Bangladesh

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Bhutan

Jigme Palden Dorji, (1964), Prime Minister of Bhutan

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Cambodia

Ieu Koeus, (1950), briefly prime minister of Cambodia in 1949

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China

Ferreira do Amaral, (1849), Portuguese Governor of Macau
Ries and Henle, (1897), German missionaries
Ito Hirobumi, (1909), Japanese Resident-General of Korea, in Manchuria
Zhang Zuolin, (1928), Manchurian warlord, by officers of the Japanese Guandong Army

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India

Mohandas Gandhi, (1948), Independence leader
Indira Gandhi, (1984), Indian prime minister
Rajiv Gandhi, (1991), former Indian prime minister, son of Indira
Beant Singh, (1995), chief minister of Punjab
Phoolan Devi, (2001), bandit queen turned politician and activist for people of lower castes
Abdul Ghani Lone, (2002), moderate leader of Kashmiri muslims

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Iran

Xerxes I, (465 BC), Persian king killed by guards
Xerxes II , (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother Sogdianus
Sogdianus, (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother Darius II
Khosrow I, (238), Armenian king
Nader Shah, (1747), Shah of Persia
Nasser-al-Din Shah, (1896), Shah of Persia killed by Mirza Reza Kermani
Taghi Arani, (1940), Communist intellectual
Ali Razmara, (1951), Prime Minister of Iran
Hassan Ali Mansur, (1965), Prime Minister of Iran
Mohammad Beheshti, (1981), killed along with over 60 others in bombing
Mohammad Ali Rajai, (1981), president and
Mohammad Javad Bahonar, (1981), Prime Minister of Iran respectively, killed just weeks after taking office

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Iraq

Gordian III, (244), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops
Ali Garmaii, (1996), dissident Iranian Kurdish activist in Halabja, Iraq
Mohammad Nanva, (1996), dissident Iranian Kurdish activist, in Solaymania, Iraq
Faisal II, (1958), King of Iraq,
Nuri Pasha as-Said, (1958), Iraqi politician, and
Ibrahim Hashim, (1958), Jordanian politician, prime minister several times between the 1930s and shortly before his death - the previous three were all killed during the July 14 military coup in Iraq
Abdul Razak al-Naif, (1978), former Iraqi prime minister
Aquila al-Hashimi, (2003), Iraqi Governing Council member
Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, (2003), ayatollah
S�rgio Vieira de Mello, (2003), UN Special Representative in Iraq
Waldemar Milewicz, (2004), Polish journalist
Mounir Bouamrane, (2004), Algerian-Polish TV operator, killed alongside with Milewicz
Hatem Kamil, (2004), deputy governor of Baghdad Province
Ezzedine Salim, (2004), chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council
Barawiz Mahmoud, (2005), judge on the Iraqi Special Tribunal

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Israel and Palestine

Hugh II of Le Puiset, (1134), count of Jaffa
Miles of Plancy, (1174), regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Conrad of Montferrat, (1192), King of Jerusalem, leader in the Third Crusade
Folke Bernadotte, (1948), Middle East peace mediator, assassinated by Lehi
Yitzhak Rabin, (1995), Prime Minister of Israel and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Yahya Ayyash, (1996), Hamas' explosives expert
Rehavam Zeevi, (2001), Israeli general and politician
Abu Ali Mustafa, (2001), leader of PFLP
Salah Shahade, (2002), leader of Hamas' military wing
Ibrahim al-Makadmeh, (2003), co-founder of Hamas
Adnan al-Ghoul, (2004), Hamas' explosives expert
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, (2004), leader of Hamas
Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil, (2004), Hamas operative
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, (2004), leader and founder of Hamas

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Japan

Emperor Sushun of Japan, (592), Emperor of Japan
The Sogas, (645), Japanese political family
Mimura Iechika, daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
Matsudaira Hirotada, (1549), feudal leader in Japan
Ouchi Yoshitaka, (1551), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
Oda Nobuyuki, (1557), Japanese samurai, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga
Ashikaga Yoshiteru, (1565), Shogun, feudal leader in Japan
Yamanaka Shikanosuke, (1578), Japanese samurai
Oda Nobunaga, (1582), samurai warlord
Shakushain, (1669), Ainu chief
Shimazu Nariaki, (1858), Japanese daimyo in Satsuma Province, now Kagoshima prefecture
Hashimoto Sanai, (1859), Japanese political activist
Ii Naosuke, (1860), Japanese politician
Tokugawa Nariaki, (1860), Japanese daimyo, a relative of Tokugawa shoguns
Serizawa Kamo, (1863), a chief of Shinsen-gumi
Charles Lenox Richardson, (1862), English diplomat, by Shimazu Hisamitsu's samaurai in Namamugi. Called the Namamugi Incident
Yoshida Toyo, (1863), Japanese political activist
Ikeuchi Daigaku, (1864), Japanese politician
Kusaka Gennai, (1864), Japanese politician
Sakuma Shozan, (1864), Japanese politician
Sakamoto Ryoma, (1867), Japanese author
Yokoi Shonai, (1869), Japanese political activist
Sirosawa Saneomi, (1871), Japanese political activist
Okubo Toshimichi, (1878), Prime Minister of Japan
Hara Takashi, (1921), Prime Minister of Japan
Hamaguchi Osachi, (1931), Prime Minister of Japan
Takuma Dan, (1932), zaibatsu leader
Inukai Tsuyoshi, (1932), Prime Minister of Japan
Takahashi Korekiyo, (1936), Prime Minister of Japan
Isoroku Yamamoto, (1943), Japanese Admiral
Inejiro Asanuma, (1960), Socialist Party of Japan chairman
Hitoshi Igarashi, (1991), translated The Satanic Verses into Japanese
Hideo Murai, (1995), one of the leading members of Aum Shinrikyo
Koki Ishii, (2002), Japanese politician

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Jordan

Abdullah I, (1951), King of Jordan
Hazza al-Majali, (1960), Prime Minister of Jordan
Wasfi al-Tal, (1971), Prime Minister of Jordan
Laurence Foley, (2004), USAID official, by Al-Qaeda operatives

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Korea

Queen Min of Joseon, (1895), the last empress of Korea
Park Chung Hee, (1979), President of South Korea

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Lebanon

Raymond II of Tripoli, (1152), count of Tripoli
Philip of Montfort, (1270), Lord of Tyre
Kamal Jumblatt, (1977), Lebanese Druze leader
Bachir Gemayel, (1982), president-elect of Lebanon
Rashid Karami, (1987), Prime Minister of Lebanon
Ren� Moawad, (1989), President of Lebanon
Elie Hobeika, (2002), Lebanese militia leader
Rafik Hariri, (2005), former Prime Minister of Lebanon
Bassel Fleihan, (2005), Lebanese legislator and Minister of Economy and Commerce
Samir Kassir, (2005), Columnist at "An Nahar" Daily Lebanese Newspaper, long a fiery critic of Syria
George Hawi, (2005), former chief of Communist Party of Lebanon

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Myanmar

Aung San, (1947), Burmese nationalist leader
Lee Bum Suk, (1983), foreign minister of South Korea, killed along with several other South Korean cabinet members by North Korean agents while visiting Burma

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Nepal

Birendra, (2001), King of Nepal (along with Queen Aiswary and 9 other members of the royal family)

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Pakistan

Liaquat Ali Khan, (1951), Prime Minister of Pakistan
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, (1989), militant Islamist, near Peshawar
Fazle Haq, (1991), former governor of the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan, from 1978 to 1985
Iqbal Masih, (1995), 13-year-old anti-child labor activist, in Rakh Baoli
Siddiq Khan Kanju, (2001), former foreign minister of Pakistan from 1991 to 1993

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Philippines

Benigno Aquino Jr., (1983), senator and politician, leader of his political party
Romulo Kintanar (2003) leader of the New People's Army (NPA)
Arturo Tabara (2004) leader of Revolutionary Workers' Party
Romeo Sanchez and Abelardo Ladera, (2005), local Filipino politicians and
William Tadena, (2005), clergyman with the Philippine Independent Church, by anti-NPA vigilantes

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Saudi Arabia

Umar ibn al-Khattab, (644), second caliph
Faisal of Saudi Arabia, (1975), king

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Sri Lanka

Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, (1959), Sri Lankan socialist prime minister killed by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama
Ranasinghe Premadasa, (1993), President of Sri Lanka
C. V. Gunaratne, (2000), cabinet minister
Kousalyan, (2005), LTTE politician, by members of the breakaway Tamil National Army. Chandra Nehru, former member of Parliament, also killed

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Syria

Antiochus II Theos, (246 BC), Seleucid king
Seleucus III Ceraunus, (223 BC), Seleucid king
Seleucus IV Philopator, (176 BC), Seleucid king
Alexander Balas, (146 BC), Seleucid king
Antiochus VI Dionysus, (138 BC), Seleucid heir to the throne
Numerian, (285), Roman Emperor, by his father-in-law, Arrius Aper, in Emesa (modern-day Homs)
Zengi, (1146), ruler of Aleppo and Mosul and founder of the Zengid Dynasty
Abdul Rahman Shahbandar, (1940), Syrian nationalist

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Turkey

Caracalla, (217), Roman Emperor, between Edessa and Carrhae (modern-day Sanli Urfa and Harran) by Martialis, possibly under orders of Macrinus
Aurelian, (275), Roman Emperor, near Caenophrurium (modern-day Corlu)
Florianus, (276), Roman Emperor, near Tarsus
Celal Pasha, (1929), former Ottoman Minister for the Navy, in Istanbul
Nihat Erim, (1980), former prime minister of Turkey, by a Dev Sol operative in Istanbul
Ahmet Taner Kislali, (1999), politician, university professor and columnist, by Islamist militants in Ankara
Ugur Mumcu, (1993), writer and newspaper journalist, in Ankara
Roger Short, (2003), British Consul-General in Istanbul

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Vietnam

Ngo Dinh Nhu, (1963), Vietnamese politician
Ngo Dinh Diem, (1963), first president of South Vietnam

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Yemen

Imam Yahya, (1948), King of Yemen
Ibrahim al-Hamadi, (1977), president of North Yemen
Ahmad al-Ghashmi, (1978), president of North Yemen killed by bomb along with envoy from South Yemen
Jarallah Omar, (2002), deputy secretary-general of Yemeni Socialist Party

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Assassinations in Australia and Oceania

Haruo Remeliik, (1985), president of the Pacific island of Palau
Jean-Marie Tjibaou, (1989), New Caledonia opposition leader of FLNKS
John Paul Newman, (1994), New South Wales state minister and member for Cabramatta
Ivens Buffett, (2004), Deputy Chief Minister of Norfolk Island

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Assassinations in Europe

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Austria

Elisabeth of Bavaria, (1898), wife of Emperor Franz Josef
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, (1914), death triggered WW I
Karl von St�rgkh, (1916), Prime Minister of Austria
Franz Birnecker, (1923), Austrian labour representative at Semperit
Engelbert Dollfuss, (1934), chancellor of Austria

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Belgium

Maximiliano G�mez, (1971), Dominican communist leader
Gerald Bull, (1990), Canadian developer of the Martlet cannon, assassinated by Israeli agents in Brussels, Belgium
Andr� Cools, (1991), Belgian politician

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Bulgaria

Stefan Stambolov, (1895), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Andrey Lukanov, (1996), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria

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Cyprus

Youssef El-Sebai, (1979), Egyptian writer, in Cyprus

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Czech Republic

V�clav I (Saint Wenceslas), (935 or 929), Duke of Bohemia
V�clav III, (1306), King of Bohemia
Albrecht von Wallenstein, (1634), Czech general during the Thirty Years' War
Alois Raš�n, (1923), Minister of Finances of Czechoslovakia
Reinhard Heydrich, (1942), a General in the Nazi German paramilitary corps and governor of occupied Czechoslovakia

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Finland

Bishop Henry, (1156) English bishop in Finland
Eliel Soisalon-Soininen, (1904), attorney General
Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, (1905), Governor-General of Finland.
Heikki Ritavuori, (1922), Minister of the Interior of Finland

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France

Henri III, (1589), King of France
Henri IV, (1610), King of France
Jean-Paul Marat, (1793), revolutionary
Marie Fran�ois Sadi Carnot, (1894), President of France
Jean Jaur�s, (1914), politician, pacifist
Gaston Calmette, (1914), editor of Le Figaro newspaper
Marius Plateau, (1923), secretary of Action Fran�aise
Paul Doumer, (1932), President of France
Louis Barthou, (1934), foreign minister of France killed along with King Alexander I of Yugoslavia at Marseille
Ernst vom Rath, (1938), German diplomat in France
Constant Chevillon, (1944), head of FUDOFSI, by Gestapo in Lyon
Camille Blanc, (1961), mayor of Evian
Outel Bono, (1973), Chadian medical doctor and anti-Tombalbaye activist
Jos� Miguel Be�aran Orde�ana "Argala", (1978), Basque leader
Pierre-Jean Massimi, (1983), secretary of the d�partement Haute-Corse
Ren� Audran, (1985), General
Georges Besse, (1986), Renault executive
Andr� M�cili ("Ali M�cili"), (1987), Algerian opposition leader, in France
Dulcie September, (1988), African National Congress representative, in Paris
Shahpur Bakhtiar, (1991), Prime Minister of Iran briefly in 1979, stabbed to death at his home in France
Claude Erignac, (1998), prefect of Corsica

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Germany

Alexander Severus, (235), Roman emperor, near Moguntiacum (present-day Mainz by his troops
Postumus, (268), Gallic emperor, in Mainz
Laelianus, (268), Gallic emperor, in Mainz
Philipp von Hohenstaufen, (1208), Emperor, in Bamberg
Engelbert I. von K�ln, (1225)), Archbishop of Cologne
Konrad von Marburg, (1233), inquisitor
Johann Windlock, (1356), Bishop of Constance
Talat Pasha, (1921), former Ottoman Interior Minister, in Berlin by Armo Tehlirian
Matthias Erzberger, (1921), politician
Walther Rathenau, (1922), industrialist and politician
Dr Erich Klausener, (1934), Minister of Police
Gustav von Kahr, (1934), politician
General Kurt von Schleicher, (1934), advisor to Reich President Paul von Hindenburg
Belkacem Krim, (1970), Algerian politician
G�nter von Drenkmann, (1974), Berlin chief justice
Siegfried Buback, (1977), German attorney general
J�rgen Ponto, (1977), CEO Dresdner Bank
Hanns-Martin Schleyer, (1977), president of the German employers' organization
Heinz-Herbert Karry, (1981), Minister of Economy in Hesse
Ernst Zimmermann, (1985), industrialist
Karl Heinz Beckurts, (1986), Siemens executive
Gerold von Braunm�hl, (1986), official in the German Foreign Ministry
Alfred Herrhausen, (1989), Deutsche Bank CEO
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, (1991), director of Treuhandanstalt for former East Germany

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Greece

Hipparchus, (514 BC), tyrant of Athens
Ephialtes, (461 BC), leader of the radical democracy movement in Athens
Alcibiades, (404 BC), Athenian general and politician
Philip II of Macedon, (336 BC), king of Macedon, by Pausanias in Pella
Seleucus I Nicator, (281 BC), founder of the Seleucid dynasty, near Lysimachia
Cleon of Sicyon, (272 BC), tyrant of Sicyon
Tidas, (252 BC), tyrant of Sicyon
Ioannis Capodistrias, (1831), first president of Greece
Nikos Momferratos, (1985), Greek newspaper publisher
Costis Peratikos, (1987), Greek shipowner
George I of Greece, (1913), king
George Tsantes, (1983), U.S. military attach� in Athens
Stephen Saunders, (2000), Brigadier and British military attach� in Athens

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Hungary

Istv�n Tisza, (1918), former premier of Hungary

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Ireland

Lord Frederick Cavendish, (1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland
Thomas Henry Burke, (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland
Michael Collins, (1922), President of the Provisional Government and "IRA" guerrilla leader
Kevin O'Higgins, (1927), Irish politician
Christopher Ewart-Biggs, (1976), British ambassador to Ireland
Rev. Robert Bradford, (1981), Unionist MP in Northern Ireland

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Italy

Titus Tatius, (748 BC), Sabine king, in Rome
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, (579 BC), Etruscan king of Rome, in Rome by the sons of Ancus Marcius
Servius Tullius, (534 BC), Etruscan king of Rome, in Rome by Tarquin II
Tiberius Gracchus, (133 BC), Roman tribune, in Rome by Roman senators
Julius Caesar, (44 BC), Roman general and dictator, in Rome by members of the Roman Senate
Cicero, (43 BC), Roman orator, outside of Rome under orders from Mark Anthony
Caligula, (41), Roman Emperor, in Rome by Cassius Chaerea through a conspiracy with the Praetorian guard and the Senate
Claudius, (54), Roman Emperor, poisoned in Rome by his wife, Agrippina
Vitellius, (69), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Flavian army
Galba, (69), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders from Otho
Domitian, (96), Roman Emperor, in Rome by Stephanus, steward to Julia Flavia
Commodus, (192), Roman Emperor, killed in Rome by Narcissus the wrestler
Pertinax, (193), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
Didius Julianus, (193), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
Publius Septimius Geta, (212), Roman Emperor, in Rome by centurions under orders of Caracalla
Elagabalus, (222), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders of Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea
Maximinus Thrax, (238), Roman Emperor, outside Aquileia by his troops
Pupienus, (238), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
Balbinus, (238), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
Volusianus, (253), Roman Emperor, near Interamna by his troops
Trebonianus Gallus, (253), Roman Emperor, near Interamna by his troops
Martin Bovelino (Martino Bovollino), (1531), envoy of the Grisons
Pellegrino Rossi, (1848), Italian Minister of Justice
Umberto I of Italy, (1900), king
Giacomo Matteotti, (1924), Italian socialist politician
Benito Mussolini, (1945), fascist Prime Minister of Italy
Aldo Moro, (1978), former Prime Minister of Italy kidnapped and killed by the Red Brigades
Leamon Hunt, (1984), U.S. chief of the Sinai Multinational Force and Observer Group (assassinated in Rome)
Giovanni Falcone, (1992), anti-mafia judge
Paolo Borsellino, (1992), anti-mafia judge
Pino Puglisi, (1993), priest, by the Mafia
Massimo D'Antona, (1999), advisor of the Italian Minister of Labour
Marco Biagi, (2002), Italian Labor Ministry advisor

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Malta

Fathi Shakaki, (1995), leader of Islamic Jihad

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The Netherlands

William I of Orange, (1584), leader of the Dutch war of independence from Spanish rule (Eighty Years War)
Johan de Witt, (1672), politician, and his brother
Cornelis de Witt, (1672)
Pim Fortuyn, (2002), publicist and politician, leader of his political party
Theo van Gogh, (2004), film director, writer and critic

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Poland

Gabriel Narutowicz, (1922), President of Poland
Jerzy Popiełuszko, (1984), Polish priest
Marek Papała, (1998), policeman

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Portugal

Charles of Portugal, (1908), king

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Romania

Mihai Viteazul, (1601), Ruler of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania
Ion Duca, (1933), Prime Minister of Romania
Armand Călinescu, (1939), Prime Minister of Romania
Nicolae Iorga, (1940), former Prime Minister of Romania, historian

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Spain

Antonio C�novas del Castillo, (1897), Prime Minister of Spain
Jos� Canalejas, (1912), Prime Minister of Spain
Eduardo Dato Iradier, (1921), Prime Minister of Spain
Buenaventura Durruti, (1936), Spanish anarchist killed by a sniper
Federico Garc�a Lorca, (1936), Spanish poet and dramatist
Mohamed Khider, (1967), Algerian politician, in Madrid
Luis Carrero Blanco, (1973), Spanish prime minister
Ricardo Tejero Magro, (1985), Spanish Central Bank director
Francisco Tom�s y Valiente, (1996), former president of the Spanish Constitutional Court
Fernando Buesa Blanco, (2000), Basque politician and party leader
Ernest Lluch Mart�n, (2000), former Spanish minister

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Sweden

Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, (1436), statesman
King Charles XII of Sweden, (1718)
King Gustav III of Sweden, (1792)
Axel von Fersen, (1810)
Andreas von Mirbach, (1975), German military attach� in Stockholm
Heinz Hillegaart, (1975), German diplomat in Stockholm
Olof Palme, (1986), Swedish prime minister
Anna Lindh, (2003), Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Switzerland

Berthold von Helfenstein, (1233), Bishop of Chur
Albert I of Habsburg, (1308), German King and Duke of Austria, by his nephew John Parricida, whom he had deprived of his inheritance, at Windisch on the Reuss River
Guichard Tavelli, (1375), Bishop of Sion
Pompejus von Planta-Wildenberg, (1621)
J�rg Jenatsch, (1639), in Chur
Rudolf von Planta, (1640), judge in lower Engadin, at the Umbrail pass
Rudolf von Planta-Wildenberg, (1641), at Rietberg
Josef Leu, (1845), Catholic politician from Lucerne
Elisabeth ("Sissi"), (1898), empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, in Geneva
Vaslav Vorovsky, (1923), Soviet diplomat assassinated in Lausanne
Wilhelm Gustloff, (1936), German leader of the Swiss Nazi party
Kazem Rajavi, (1990), Iranian opposition leader, in Geneva

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United Kingdom

Carausius, (293), usurper of the Western Roman Empire
King Edmund I, (946), king of England, stabbed at a banquet
Edward the Martyr, (979), King of England
Thomas Becket, (1170), Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany, (1567), consort of Mary, Queen of Scots
James Sharp, (1679), Archbishop of St Andrews, in Fife, near St Andrews
Spencer Perceval, (1812), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in London by John Bellingham; only British prime minister to be assassinated
Lord Frederick Cavendish, (1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland
Thomas Henry Burke, (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland
Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, (1922), British field marshal, Conservative politician
Paddy Wilson, (1972), of the SDLP, probably by the Ulster Volunteer Force
Ross McWhirter, (1975), co-author of the Guinness Book of Records and far right wing political activist
Christopher Ewart-Biggs, (1976), British ambassador to Ireland
Georgi Markov, (1978), Bulgarian dissident
Airey Neave, (1979), British Conservative politician
Lord Mountbatten of Burma, (1979), Admiral of the Fleet, last Viceroy of India
Rev. Robert Bradford, (1981), Unionist MP in Northern Ireland
Ian Gow, (1990), British Conservative politician

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Yugoslavia (and successor states)

Gallienus, (268), Roman emperor, near Naissus
Probus, (282), Roman emperor. Assassinated at Sirmium
Carinus, (284), Roman emperor. Assassinated at Margus
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie, (1914), killed by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, see: Assassination in Sarajevo
Milorad Drašković, (1921), Yugoslav interior minister killed by Communist Alija Alijagić
Đuro Basariček, Pavle Radić and Stjepan Radić, (1928), Croatian MPs killed in the Parliament of Kingdom of SHS by Puniša Račić
Ivan Kramberger, (1992), Slovenian presidential candidate
Irfan Ljubijankić, (1995), foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Željko Ražnatović ("Arkan"), (2000), Serb paramilitary leader
Pavle Bulatović, (2000), defense minister of Yugoslavia
Boško Perošević, (2000), prefect of Vojvodina
Zoran Đinđić, (2003), Prime Minister of Serbia killed by organized crime groups

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Assassinations in the former Soviet Union

Peter III of Russia, (1762), Emperor of Russia
Paul of Russia, (1801), Emperor of Russia
Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich, (1825), military Governor of St.Petersburg
Nikolay Vladimirovich Mezentsev, (1878), Executive Director of the Third Section
Alexander II of Russia, (1881), Emperor of All the Russias
Dmitry Sipyagin, (1902), Russian Interior Minister
Vyacheslav Pleve, (1904), Russian Interior Minister
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov, (1905), former Governor-General of Moscow
Peter Stolypin, (1911), Russian Prime Minister
Grigori Rasputin, (1916), friar, adventurer, mystic wonder-worker
Wilhelm Mirbach, (1918), German Ambassador in Moscow
Nicholas II of Russia, (1918), deposed Tsar
Simon Petlyura, (1926), Ukrainian independence leader
Sergei Kirov, (1934), Bolshevik party leader in Leningrad
Giorgi Chanturia, (1994), Georgian opposition leader
Dzhokhar Dudayev, (1996), first Chechen separatist President and anti-Russian guerrilla leader
Otakhon Latifi, (1998), Tajik journalist and opposition figure
Vasgen Sarkissian, (1999), Prime Minister of Armenia
Karen Demirchian, (1999), speaker of Armenian parliament
Leonard Petrossian, (1999), Karabakh politician
Georgiy Gongadze, (2000), Ukrainian journalist
Valentin Tsvetkov, (2002), governor of Magadan
Georgy Tal, (2004), leading Russian businessman
Paul Klebnikov, (2004), editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine
Akhmad Kadyrov, (2004), Kremlin-backed President of the Chechen Republic
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, (2004), separatist President of Chechnya from 1996 until 1997
Aslan Maskhadov, (2005), President of Chechnya
Elmar Huseynov, (2005), Azerbaijani journalist
Zhirgalbek Surabaldiyev, (2005), Kyrgyz MP and businessman

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Deaths under suspicious circumstances

Ehtiram Jalilov, (2005), Azerbaijani politician
Nicola Calipari, (2005), Italian intelligence agent (circumstances of the death are well-established; the motives are unclear)
Zurab Zhvania, (2005), Prime Minister of Georgia
Enrique Salinas, (2004), brother of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas. Found with a plastic bag over the head in a parked car
Yassir Arafat, (2004) conspiracy theorists believe that he was poisoned
George Bacchus, (2004); accused a Guyanese government minister of links to death squads
Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush, (2003), Iraqi general, died in American custody
Paul Wellstone, (2002), liberal Democratic United States Senator from Minnesota, killed in mysterious plane crash during his reelection campaign
Giorgi Sanaia, (2001), Georgian journalist known for opposition to government, shot in apartment
Juv�nal Habyarimana, (1994), President of Rwanda, and
Cyprien Ntaryamira, (1994), President of Burundi, killed in mysterious plane crash; the resulting political instability led to the genocide in Rwanda and the outbreak of full-scale war in Burundi
Pablo Escobar, (1993), head of the Medell�n Cartel
Zviad Gamsakhurdia, (1993), former president of Georgia - apparent suicide, though unconfirmed
Joseph Rendjambe, (1990), leader of the Gabonese Progress Party. Found dead of poisoning in a hotel owned by President Omar Bongo
Samora Machel, (1986), President of Mozambique, killed in air crash on the border of South Africa; Machel was a leading anti-Apartheid campaigner
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, (1988), military ruler of Pakistan
Uwe Barschel, (1987), minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein
Roberto Calvi, (1982), CEO of Banco Ambrosiano, found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London
Eduardo Frei Montalva, (1982), president of Chile from 1964 to 1970
Omar Torrijos, (1981), brigadier general and president of Panama, died in a plane crash
Pope John Paul I, (1978), has been contended by author David Yallop to have been assassinated
Haile Selassie, (1975), Ethiopian emperor who was deposed and imprisoned a year earlier by the military after an eventful reign of over 40 years
Edmundo Bosio, (1975), dismissed Vice President of Equatorial Guinea
Aman Mikael Andom, (1974), Ethiopian military figure
Salvador Allende, (1973), President of Chile, died during a violent coup; either suicide or killed by followers of Augusto Pinochet
Edward Mutesa, (1969), possibly from poisoning
Dag Hammarskj�ld, (1961), United Nations Secretary General, killed in plane crash in Zaire
Barth�lemy Boganda, (1959), Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, in a plane crash
Joseph Stalin, (1953), Soviet leader
Jan Masaryk, (1948), son of Tom�š Garrigue Masaryk Czech diplomat, politician and Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia
King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand, (1946). Died of gunshot wounds; suicide, accident or assassination
Ghazi of Iraq, (1939), King of Iraq
Ottavio Bottecchia, (1927), Italian Cyclist
S. L. MacGregor-Mathers, (1918), well-known magician and occultist, died of an unknown cause; it is known that he had many enemies
�mile Zola, (1902), French author
Emperor Komei of Japan, (1840), Emperor of Japan
Pius VIII, (1830), Pope, possibly poisoned
Napol�on Bonaparte, (1821, French general and emperor
Moctezuma II, (1520), Aztec emperor. According to Spanish accounts he was killed by his own people, according to Aztec accounts he was murdered by the Spanish
Pope Alexander VI, (1503), Roman pope of the 15th century
Regiomontanus (aka Johannes M�ller), (1476), German mathematician and astronomer
Agn�s Sorel, (1450), mistress of King Charles VII of France
King Jean I of France, (1316)
King William II of England, (1100), killed by an arrow while hunting
Flavius Claudius Julianus, (363), Roman emperor
Carus, (283), Roman emperor

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List of assassinated people

From Academic Kids

Assassinations in Africa

Algeria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Chad

Comoros

Congo (Brazzaville)

Congo (Kinshasa)

C�te d'Ivoire

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Ethiopia

Guinea

Kenya

Liberia

Madagascar

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Somalia

South Africa

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zimbabwe

Assassinations in the Americas

Argentina

Bermuda

Bolivia

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

United States

Venezuela

Assassinations in Asia

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Cambodia

China

India

Iran

Iraq

Israel and Palestine

Japan

Jordan

Korea

Lebanon

Myanmar

Nepal

Pakistan

Philippines

Saudi Arabia

Sri Lanka

Syria

Turkey

Vietnam

Yemen

Assassinations in Australia and Oceania

Assassinations in Europe

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Cyprus