List of assassinated people

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This is a list of notable assassinations and where they were assassinated. This list does not include executed persons.^[1]

[edit] Assassinations in Africa

[edit] Algeria

Hiempsal (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia
Charles de Foucauld (December 1, 1916), French Catholic religious and priest
François Darlan (December 24, 1942), senior figure of Vichy France
Mohamed Khemisti (April 11, 1963), Algerian foreign minister^[2]
Mustafa Bouyali (February 3, 1987), Islamic fundamentalist
Mohamed Boudiaf (June 29, 1992), Head of State of Algeria, shot at Annaba^[3]
Kasdi Merbah (August 22, 1993), former Prime Minister of Algeria
Abdelkader Alloula (March 10, 1994), playwright
Cheb Hasni (September 29, 1994), singer
Seven monks of the Trappistes of Tibérine (March 27, 1996)
Pierre Claverie (August 1, 1996), Catholic bishop of Oran
Tahar Djaout Poet (June 2, 1993)
Said Mekbel Journalist, assassinated with a car bomb in Aïn Bénian, Algiers (December 3, 1994)
Lounès Matoub (June 25, 1998), berberist singer
Abdelkader Hachani (November 22, 1999), Islamic fundamentalist
Ali Tounsi (February 25, 2010), chief of the national police

[edit] Angola

Jeremias Chitunda (November 2, 1992), Vice President of UNITA
Elias Salupeto Pena (November 2, 1992), UNITA senior advisor

[edit] Burkina Faso

Thomas Sankara (October 15, 1987), Head of State of Burkina Faso
Norbert Zongo (December 13, 1998), journalist

[edit] Burundi

Louis Rwagasore (October 13, 1961), Prime Minister of Burundi
Pierre Ngendandumwe (January 15, 1965), Prime Minister of Burundi^[4]
Joseph Bamina (September 30, 1965), Prime Minister of Burundi
Melchior Ndadaye (October 21, 1993), President of Burundi, Founder of The Burundi Workers' Party
Cyprien Ntaryamira (April 6, 1994), President of Burundi, airplane shot down^[1]
Kassi Manlan (November 20, 2001), World Health Organisation representative

[edit] Cameroon

Ruben Um Nyobé (September 13, 1958), leader of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC)

[edit] Chad

François Tombalbaye (April 13, 1975), President of Chad

[edit] Comoros

Ali Soilih (May 29, 1978), former President of Comoros
Ahmed Abdallah (November 26, 1989), President of Comoros
Combo Ayouba (June 13, 2010), army chief of staff and former interim head of state

[edit] Congo (Brazzaville)

Marien Ngouabi (March 18, 1977), President of the Congo, shot in Brazzaville^[1]

[edit] Congo (Kinshasa)

Patrice Lumumba (1961 January 17), former Prime Minister of the Congo^[2]
Maurice Mpolo (1961 January 17), former Youth Minister, and Lumumba associate^[1]
Joseph Okito (1961 January 17), Senate Vice-President and Lumumba associate^[2]
Laurent Kabila (2001 January 16), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, shot by bodyguard^[1]

[edit] Egypt

Pompey the Great (48 BC), Roman general and politician killed in Egypt
Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1121), vizier of Fatimid Egypt
Al-Amir (1130), Fatimid Caliph
Qutuz (1260), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Jean Baptiste Kléber (1800), French general
Boutros Ghali (1910), Prime Minister of Egypt
Sir Lee Stack (1924), Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Walter Edward Guinness, Lord Moyne (1944), the UK's Minister Resident in the Middle East
Ahmed Maher Pasha (1945 February 24), Prime Minister of Egypt^[5]
Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi (1948 December 28), Prime Minister of Egypt^[6]
Hassan al-Banna (1949), founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
Wasfi al-Tal (1971 November 28), Prime Minister of Jordan shot during visit to Cairo^[1]
Anwar Sadat (1981 October 6), President of Egypt, shot while reviewing military parade^[1]
Rifaat al-Mahgoub (1990), speaker of Egyptian parliament
Farag Foda (1992), Egyptian politician and intellectual

[edit] The Gambia

Deyda Hydara (2004), journalist

[edit] Guinea

Amílcar Cabral (1973), Pan-African intellectual, in Conakry, Guinea

[edit] Guinea Bissau

Batista Tagme Na Waie (2009), chief of staff of the army
Joao Bernardo Vieira (2009, March 2), President of Guinea Bissau
Baciro Dabó (2009), government minister and independent presidential candidate
Hélder Proença (2009), former government minister

[edit] Kenya

Pio Gama Pinto (1965), socialist politician
Tom Mboya (1969 July 5), Kenyan Minister of Economic Planning and politician^[7]
Josiah Mwangi Kariuki (1975), Kenyan politician
Robert Ouko (1990), foreign minister of Kenya
Seth Sendashonga (1998), former interior minister of Rwanda
Oscar Kamau Kingara (2009), human rights activist
John Paul Oulo (2009), human rights activist

[edit] Liberia

William R. Tolbert, Jr. (1980 April 12), president of Liberia killed in military coup^[1]
Samuel Doe (1990), president of Liberia

[edit] Libya

Muammar Gaddafi (20 October 2011), Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya, killed after capture during the Libyan civil war.

[edit] Madagascar

Radama II of Madagascar (1863), king of Madagascar
Richard Ratsimandrava (1975 February 11), president of Madagascar shot 6 days after taking power in military coup^[1]

[edit] Mozambique

Eduardo Mondlane (1969), leader of the independence FRELIMO movement, allegedly killed by the Portuguese branch of Gladio
Carlos Cardoso (2000), Mozambican journalist

[edit] Namibia

Clemens Kapuuo (1978), Herero chief and politician
Anton Lubowski (1989), leading white SWAPO activist

[edit] Niger

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1999 April 9), President of Niger, ambushed by soldiers^[1]

[edit] Nigeria

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1966), Prime Minister of Nigeria killed during military coup
Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello (1966)
Adekunle Fajuyi (1966)
Samuel Akintola (1966)
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1966), military head of state
Murtala Ramat Mohammed (1976 February 13), President of Nigeria^[1]
Dele Giwa (1986), journalist
Bola Ige (2001), justice minister of Nigeria
Modu Bintube (2011), Borno state legislator

[edit] Rwanda

Dian Fossey (1985), primatologist, in the province of Ruhengeri
Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1994), Prime Minister of Rwanda killed one day after genocide began
Juvénal Habyarimana (1994 April 6), his plane was shot out of the sky as it approached Kigali airport, and signalled the start of the Rwandan Genocide^[1]

[edit] Senegal

Demba Diop (1967), government minister and mayor

[edit] Somalia

Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (1969), president of Somalia
Abdallah Derow Isaq (2006), former acting President of Somalia
Ali Said (2009), Mogadishu police chief
Omar Hashi Aden (2009), security minister
Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan Farah (2011), interior minister

[edit] South Africa

Shaka (1828), king of the Zulus, near Stanger (now KwaDukuza) by Dingane and Mhlangana
Hendrik Verwoerd (1966 September 6), Prime Minister of South Africa, stabbed in parliament by Dimitri Tsafendas^[1]
Ruth First (1982), anti-apartheid scholar and wife of Communist party leader Joe Slovo, by pro-apartheid "Koevoet" leader Craig Williamson
Vernon Nkadimeng (1985), South African dissident
Dulcie September (1988), head of the African National Congress in Paris, by South African Defense Force sergeant Joseph Klue
Chris Hani (1993), leader of the South African Communist Party shot by Janusz Walus
Johan Heyns (1995), prominent leader in the Dutch Reformed Church
Mbongeleni Zondi (2009), South African politician

[edit] Sudan

Cleo Noel Jr and George Curtis Moore (1973 March 2), US Chief of Mission/Deputy Chief ot Mission (see 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations)^[1]
Guy Eid (1973), Belgian Chargé d'affaires (see 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations)
John Granville (2008), diplomat for the United States Agency for International Development
Jimmy Lemi Milla (2011), Southern Sudan government minister

[edit] Swaziland

Gabriel Mkhumane (2008), political opposition leader

[edit] Tanzania

Abeid Amani Karume (1972), first President of Zanzibar, First Vice President of Tanzania
David Sibeko (1979), South African political activist

[edit] Togo

Sylvanus Olympio (1963 January 13), first president of independent Togo, in a coup led by dictator Gnassingbé Eyadéma^[2]
Tavio Amorin (1992), socialist leader (shot in Lomé, died in Paris)

[edit] Tunisia

Khalil Wazir ("Abu Jihad") (1988 April 16), military leader of the PLO, shot by Israeli commandos in Tunis^[1]
Salah Khalaf ("Abu Iyad") (1991), deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis, Tunisia

[edit] Uganda

Benedicto Kiwanuka (1972), Chief Justice of Uganda
Janani Luwum (1977), Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire from 1974 until 1977

[edit] Western Sahara

Mohamed Bassiri (1970), Sahrawi leader and journalist, disappeared in El Aaiún

[edit] Zambia

Herbert Chitepo (1975), Zimbabwean nationalist leader

[edit] Zimbabwe

Attati Mpakati (1983), left-wing Malawian politician

[edit] Assassinations in the Americas

[edit] Antigua and Barbuda

Daniel Parke (1710), British governor of the Leeward Islands

[edit] Argentina

Justo José de Urquiza (1870), former president of Argentina, killed by people from his own party, who saw him as a traitor.
Ramón Falcón (1909), chief of the National Police, assassinated by anarchists as a retaliation for his brutal repression of workers.
Pedro Aramburu (1970), former de facto president of Argentina, executed by the peronist guerrilla Montoneros in revenge for the abduction of Evita's body and for the execution of those implicated in a failed uprising fifteen years before, during Aramburu's dictatorship.
Carlos Prats (1974), Chilean General, former Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. Killed by the secret service of the Pinochet dictatorship, during his exile in Argentina.
Zelmar Michelini (1976), Uruguayan senator, founder of the Broad Front. Exiled in Argentina as a result of the 1973 Uruguayan coup, he was killed after the 1976 Argentine coup, under the Operation Condor, which involved the collaboration between military dictatorships in the Southern Cone.
Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz (1976), former speaker of the Uruguayan House of Representatives, exiled in Argentina. Killed alongside Zelmar Michelini.
Juan José Torres (1976), former military President of Bolivia, exiled in Argentina after his overthrow by Hugo Banzer. He was killed after the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, under the Operation Condor, which involved the collaboration between military dictatorships in the Southern Cone.
João Goulart (1976), former President of Brazil (1961-1964), and Labor Minister (1953-1954) under Getúlio Vargas. Overthrown in 1964, he was exiled in Argentina since 1973 (invited by the third Perón government). He officially died of a heart attack in December 1976, nine months after the 1976 Argentine coup d'état. However, recent findings reveal he was actually poisoned by the secret service of the Brazilian military dictatorship as part of Operation Condor, which involved the collaboration between military dictatorships of the Southern Cone.^[8]

[edit] Bermuda

Sir Richard Sharples (1973), governor of Bermuda

[edit] Bolivia

Pedro Blanco Soto (1829), President of Boliva
Manuel Isidoro Belzu (1865), President of Bolivia
Mariano Melgarejo (1871), President of Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel (1946), President of Bolivia
Che Guevara (1967), Argentine revolutionary leader
René Barrientos Ortuño (1969), former President of Bolivia

[edit] Brazil

Pinheiro Machado (politician) (1915), Brazilian politician
João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque (1930)
Adib Shishakli (1964), Syrian military dictator
Vladimir Herzog (1975), Journalist
Zuzu Angel (1976), Brazilian activist
Chico Mendes (1988), Brazilian environmental activist
Paulo César Farias (1996), Collor de Mello's campaign treasurer
Antonio da Costa Santos (2001), Mayor of Campinas
Dorothy Stang (2005), American nun killed by business interests

[edit] Canada

Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1868), Father of Canadian Confederation
George Brown (1880), newspaper editor and Senator
William C. Hopkinson (1914), immigration officer, British intelligence agent, by Ghadarite sympathizer, Mewa Singh
Pierre Laporte (1970), Quebec Minister of Labour, was kidnapped and murdered by the FLQ
Atilla Altıkat (1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by Armenian nationalists in Ottawa

[edit] Chile

René Schneider (1970), Chilean general, Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army at the moment of his assassination. After several attempts, he was kidnapped and killed by far-right paramilitary squads, due to his opposition to any intervention of the armed forces to block the election of left-wing candidate Salvador Allende in 1970.
Edmundo Pérez Zujovic (1971), Chilean ex Secretary of Interior Affairs.
Victor Jara (1973), chilean left-wing singer, killed after the coup of 1973.
Eduardo Frei Montalva (1982), former President of Chile and opponent of the Pinochet dictatorship. Though he officially died by septicemia after a low-risk surgery, recent research suggests he was poisoned by the secret service of Pinochet. However, there isn't an absolute certainty about the real causes of his death.^[9]
Tucapel Jiménez (1982), Chilean trade-unionist, killed by the military dictatorship of Pinochet.^[10]
Jaime Guzmán (1991), Chilean pinochetist Senator, killed by far-left guerrillas after the return of democracy.

[edit] Colombia

Antonio José de Sucre (1830), Venezuelan politician, statesman, soldier
Rafael Uribe Uribe (1914), Lawyer, journalist, diplomat, soldier
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1948), Liberal Party leader
Rodrigo Lara Bonilla (1984), Minister of Justice
Jaime Pardo Leal (1987), Presidential candidate, leader of the Patriotic Union party
Guillermo Cano Isaza (1986), Director of El Espectador newspaper
Luis Carlos Galán (1989), Presidential candidate, leader of the Colombian Liberal Party
Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa (1990 March 22), Presidential candidate, leader of the Patriotic Union party^[1]
Carlos Pizarro Leongómez (1990), Presidential candidate, leader of the M-19 party
Diana Turbay (1991), journalist and daughter of former Colombian president Julio César Turbay Ayala
Andrés Escobar (1994), International footballer
Manuel Cepeda Vargas (1994), Senator, leader of the Patriotic Union party
Alvaro Gómez Hurtado (1995), former presidential candidate and director of El Nuevo Siglo newspaper
Jaime Garzón (1999), Notable journalist and satirist
Guillermo Gaviria Correa (2003), Governor of Antioquia

[edit] Cuba

Antonio Guiteras (1935), Revolutionary Socialist Leader

[edit] Dominican Republic

Ulises Heureaux (1899), president of the Dominican Republic
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (1961 May 30), Dominican Republic dictator, shot in ambush
Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó (1973)

[edit] Ecuador

Gabriel García Moreno (1875), president of Ecuador known for his support of the Catholic Church
Jaime Hurtado and Pablo Tapia (1999), communist legislators, in Quito
Luis Edgar Devia Silva (a.k.a. Raúl Reyes) (2008), FARC spokesman^[11]

[edit] El Salvador

Manuel Enrique Araujo (1913), President of El Salvador
Farabundo Martí (1932), communist leader and peasant revolt organizer.
Roque Dalton (1975), poet and revolutionary.
Rutilio Grande García, S.J. (1977), Roman Catholic priest
Alfonso Navarro Oviedo (1977), Roman Catholic priest
Ernesto Barrera (1978), Roman Catholic priest
Octavio Ortiz Luna (1979), Roman Catholic priest
Rafael Palacios (1979), Roman Catholic priest
Alirio Napoleón Macías (1979), Roman Catholic priest
Óscar Arnulfo Romero (1980), Archbishop of San Salvador, by right-wing death squad
Enrique Álvarez Córdova (1980) and five other leaders of the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Front ("FDR," for its Spanish initials), captured and killed by government aligned security forces.
Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Dorothy Kazel, and Jean Donovan (1980), Roman Catholic nuns, by the National Guard of El Salvador
Albert Schaufelberger (1983), senior U.S. Naval representative
Ignacio Ellacuría (1989), Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, by Atlacatl Battalion of the Salvadoran Army
Ignacio Martin-Baro (1989), Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, by Atlacatl Battalion of the Salvadoran Army
Segundo Montes (1989), Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, by Atlacatl Battalion of the Salvadoran Army
María Cristina Gómez, 1989, teacher and community leader

[edit] Grenada

Maurice Bishop (1983), Prime Minister of Grenada.

[edit] Guatemala

José María Reina Barrios (1898), President of Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas (1957), president of Guatemala, killed by bodyguard^[2]
Karl von Spreti (1970), German ambassador in Guatemala
Alberto Fuentes Mohr (1979), Social Democratic Party leader
Manuel Colom Argueta (1979), Mayor of Guatemala City
Jorge Carpio Nicolle (1993), Liberal politician and journalist
Juan José Gerardi (1998), Roman Catholic bishop
Valentín Leal (2012), legislator

[edit] Guyana

Leo J. Ryan (1978), US Congressman (D) from San Mateo, California; killed while investigating religious cult led by American Jim Jones
Fr. Bernard Darke, S.J. (1979), Roman Catholic priest and Scouting pioneer in Guyana
Walter Rodney (1980), Guyanese historian and political figure
Satyadeow Sawh (2006), Agriculture Minister was murdered along with his brother and sister, a security guard by masked gunmen dressed in military fatigues

[edit] Haiti

Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1806), Emperor of Haiti
Antoine Izméry (1993), businessman and Lavalas supporter
Guy Malary (1993), minister of justice
Jean Dominique (2000), journalist
Jacques Roche (2005), journalist

[edit] Honduras

Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1966), president of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944
Mario Fernando Hernández (2008), deputy speaker of Congress for the Liberal Party

[edit] Mexico

Motecuhzoma II Xocoyotl (1520), Mexica Emperor
Francisco I. Madero (1913 February 23), President of Mexico^[2] plus Gustavo A. Madero and José María Pino Suárez
Abraham González (1913 March 7), revolutionary, governor of Chihuahua and mentor to Pancho Villa
Emiliano Zapata (1919), revolutionary
Venustiano Carranza (1920 May 20), President of Mexico^[2]
Doroteo Arango a.k.a. Pancho Villa (1923 July 20), revolutionary^[12]
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (1924), Governor of Yucatán
Álvaro Obregón (1928 July 17), President-elect^[12]
Julio Antonio Mella (1929), Cuban revolutionary
Leon Trotsky (1940 August 20), Russian communist leader^[12]
Enrique Camarena (1985), policeman
Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz (1986), Journalist and State governor
Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1993), Roman Catholic Cardinal of Guadalajara, at the Guadalajara Airport
Luis Donaldo Colosio (1994 March 23), Presidential candidate^[1]
Francisco Ortiz Franco (1994), contributing editor to Zeta.
José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (1994), Secretary-General of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional
Paco Stanley (1999), Comedian
Digna Ochoa (2001), human rights lawyer
Jesús Manuel Lara Rodríguez (2010), Mayor of Guadalupe
Rodolfo Torre Cantú (2010), politician

[edit] Nicaragua

Augusto César Sandino (1934), Nicaraguan revolutionary
Anastasio Somoza García (1956 September 21), President of Nicaragua^[1]
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (1978), newspaper editor, Nicaraguan Somoza opposition
Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1980 September 17), former President, ambushed in Paraguay^[1]
Enrique Bermúdez (1991) founder and former top commander of the Nicaraguan Contras.

[edit] Panama

José Antonio Remón Cantera (1955 January 2), President of Panama, killed at racetrack by machine gun^[2]

[edit] Paraguay

Juan Bautista Gill (1877), President of Paraguay
Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1980), former President of Nicaragua
Luis María Argaña (1999 March 23), vice president of Paraguay, ambushed^[1]

[edit] Peru

Francisco Pizarro (1541), Spanish conquistador, in Peru
Jose Balta (1872), President of Peru
Luis M. Sánchez Cerro (1933), president of Peru
María Elena Moyano (1992), a community organizer in Villa El Salvador

[edit] Puerto Rico

Arnaldo Darío Rosado, independence movement supporter
Carlos Soto Arriví, independence movement supporter
Luis Vigoreaux, television show host
Alejandro Gonzalez Malave, undercover policeman involved in the assassinations of Rosado and Soto Arrivi

[edit] Suriname

Bram Behr (1982), Surinamese journalist, in the Decembermoorden

[edit] United States

For a list of assassinated American politicians see List of assassinated American politicians

Elijah P. Lovejoy (1837), editor of an abolitionist newspaper, the "Alton Observer", by a mob of pro-slavery advocates.
Charles Bent (1847) First United States governor of New Mexico, killed by a mob at the start of the Taos Revolt.
James Strang (1856), Michigan State Representative and leader of the Strangite Church.
Abraham Lincoln (1865), 16th President of the United States.
James A. Garfield (1881), 20th President of the United States.
David Hennessy (1890), Police Chief of New Orleans.
Samuel Newitt Wood (1891), Kansas Legislator and Senator.
Carter Harrison (1893), Mayor of Chicago.
William Goebel (1900), governor of Kentucky.
William McKinley (1901), 25th President of the United States.
Don Mellett (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime.
Anton Cermak (1931), Mayor of Chicago.
Huey Long (1935 September), U.S. Senator, Louisiana.
Walter Liggett (1935 December 9), Minnesota newspaper editor.
Carlo Tresca (1943), anarchist organizer.
Curtis Chillingworth (1955), a Florida judge.
Medgar Evers (1963 June 12), U.S. civil rights activist.^[1]
John F. Kennedy (1963 November 22), 35th President of the United States.
Lee Harvey Oswald (1963 November 24), assassin of John F. Kennedy. Killed by Jack Ruby
Malcolm X (1965 February 21), black Muslim leader, killed in a Manhattan banquet room as he began a speech.
George Lincoln Rockwell (1967), founder of the American Nazi Party.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968 April 4), U.S. civil rights activist.^[1]
Robert F. Kennedy (1968 June 6), leading presidential candidate in the 1968 presidential election
Fred Hampton (1969), Deputy Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
Dan Mitrione (1970), FBI agent and torture expert, killed by the guerrilla movement Tupamaros.
Marcus Foster (1973), School District Superintendent in Oakland CA, killed by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Anna Mae Aquash (1975), a Mi'kmaq activist from Nova Scotia, Canada who became the highest-ranking woman in the American Indian Movement.
Don Bolles (1976 June 13), Investigative reporter for Arizona Republic, killed in car bomb, Max Dunlap and James Robison convicted, alleged Mafia ties.
Orlando Letelier (1976 September 21), Chilean ambassador to the United States under the administration of Salvador Allende.
George Moscone (1978, November 27) Mayor of San Francisco, shot and killed by Dan White in San Francisco City Hall.
Harvey Milk (1978, November 27) San Francisco city supervisor, shot and killed by Dan White in San Francisco City Hall.
John Lennon (1980 December 8), British musician, member of The Beatles, shot and killed by Mark David Chapman.
Alan Berg (1984 June 18), radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-nazis.
Henry Liu (1984 October 15), Taiwanese-American writer, allegedly killed by Kuomintang agents.
Alex Odeh (1985), Arab anti-discrimination group leader, killed when bomb exploded in his Santa Ana, California office.
Alejandro González Malavé (1986), famous undercover policeman, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Meir David Kahane (1990), Member of the Israeli Knesset, Founder of the JDL and the Kach Party, Zionist
Ioan P. Culianu (1991), Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, professor at the University of Chicago, assassinated there in Swift Hall, apparently for his political writings.
David Gunn (1993), abortion doctor.
John Britton (1994), abortion doctor.
Selena Quintanilla (1995), tex-mex singer assassinated by Yolanda Saldivar, her fan club's president.
Barnett Slepian (1998), abortion doctor.
Thomas C. Wales (2001), federal prosecutor and gun control advocate.
Darrell Abbott (2004), Lead guitar player of the band Pantera
Chauncey Bailey (2007), Oakland Tribune journalist.
Bill Gwatney (2008), Chairman of The Arkansas Democratic Party
George Tiller (2009), late-term abortion doctor, shot as he ushered at his church.
John M. Roll (2011), federal judge in Arizona

[edit] Uruguay

Bernardo P. Berro (1868), Uruguayan president
Venancio Flores (1868), Uruguayan president (on the same day as Berro, though in completely separate incidents)
Juan Idiarte Borda (1897), Uruguayan president
Eugenio Berríos (1992), chilean chemist who worked for the DINA during the Pinochet dictatorship. Killed in Uruguay by chilean secret services for him "knowing too much".

[edit] Venezuela

Col. Carlos Delgado Chalbaud (1950 November 13), President of Venezuela^[2]
Danilo Anderson (2004), State prosecutor

[edit] Assassinations in Asia

[edit] Afghanistan

Habibullah Khan (1919), emir of Afghanistan
Mohammed Nadir Shah (1933 November 8), king of Afghanistan^[13]
Mohammed Daoud Khan (1978), president of Afghanistan killed in communist coup
Adolph Dubs (1979 February 14), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan^[1]
Nur Mohammad Taraki (1979), communist president
Hafizullah Amin (1979), communist Prime Minister of Afghanistan killed during Soviet invasion
Meena Keshwar Kamal (1987), Afghan founder of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
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 Afghan Northern Alliance
Abdul Haq (2001), Afghan Northern Alliance commander killed by remnants of the Taliban
Mohammed Atef (2001) alleged military chief of al-Qaeda
Juma Namangani (2001) Co-founder of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Abdul Qadir (2002 July 6), vice-president of Afghanistan^[1]
Abdul Rahman (2002 February 14), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism^[1]
Dadullah (2007), Taliban's senior military commander
Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani (2007), former Prime Minister of Afghanistan
Tohir Yo‘ldosh (2009), Co-founder of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

[edit] Armenia

Karen Demirchyan (1999), Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia
Vazgen Sargsyan (1999), Prime Minister of Armenia^[1]
Leonard Petrosyan (1999), Karabakh politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia

[edit] Azerbaijan

Elmar Huseynov (2005), Azerbaijani journalist
Rail Rzayev (2009), commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force

[edit] Bangladesh

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1975 August 15), father of the nation and founder President of Bangladesh, killed in coup^[1]
Muhammad Mansur Ali (1975), Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Tajuddin Ahmad (1975), former Prime Minister
Syed Nazrul Islam (1975), former President
Khaled Mosharraf (1975), Bangladeshi general and coup organizer
Ziaur Rahman (1981), President

[edit] Bhutan

Jigme Palden Dorji (1964), Prime Minister of Bhutan^[2]

[edit] Cambodia

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

[edit] China

Sidibala (1323), grand-khan of the Mongol Empire, Emperor of Yuan China
João Maria Ferreira do Amaral (1849), Portuguese Governor of Macau
Ma Xinyi (1870), a governor assassinated by Zhang Wenxiang in the summer of 1870.
Ito Hirobumi (1909), Japanese Resident-General of Korea, in Manchuria
Chen Qimei (1916), revolutionary activist
Liao Zhongkai (1925)
Zhang Zuolin (1928), Manchurian warlord, by officers of the Japanese Guandong Army
Fang Zhenwu (1941)
Wen Yiduo (1946), Chinese poet and scholar
Li Shiming (2008), Chinese government official

[edit] Georgia

Fatali Khan Khoyski (1920), former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
Cemal Pasha (1922), former Ottoman Navy Minister
Giorgi Chanturia (1994), Georgian opposition leader

[edit] India

Brihadratha Maurya (185 BC), last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1602), vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar
Mohandas K Gandhi (1948 January 30), Independence leader and key proponent of non-violence
Indira Gandhi (1984 October 31), Indian prime minister
General Arun Shridhar Vaidya (1986 August 10) Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army from 1983 to 1986.
Rajiv Gandhi (1991 May 21), Indian prime minister,
Beant Singh(Chief Minister) (1995), chief minister of Punjab
Phoolan Devi (2001 July 25), bandit queen turned politician
Abdul Ghani Lone (2002), moderate Kashmiri Muslim separatist leader

[edit] Indonesia

A. W. S. Mallaby (1945), a British brigadier during the Battle of Surabaya
Lieutenant General Achmad Yani (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
Major General Soeprapto (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
Major General M. T. Haryono (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
Major General Siswondo Parman (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
Brigadier General Donald Izacus Panjaitan (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
Brigadier General Sutoyo Siswomiharjo (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
First Lieutenant Pierre Tandean (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
Dipa Nusantara Aidit (1965), leader of the Communist Party of Indonesia
Munir Said Thalib (2004), a human rights and anti-corruption activist

[edit] 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
Nizam al-Mulk (1092), Persian scholar and vizier of the Seljuk Turks
Nader Shah (1747), Shah of Persia
Nasser-al-Din Shah (1896), Shah of Persia killed by Mirza Reza Kermani
Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian III (1930), Iranian Diplomat and Politician
Abdolhossein Teymourtash (1933), Iranian Statesman
Qazi Muhammad (1947), dissident Kurdish Iranian political leader, in Mahabad
Ali Razmara (1951), Prime Minister of Iran
Hassan Ali Mansur (1965 January 21), Prime Minister of Iran^[12]
Mohammad Beheshti (1981), killed along with 71 others in bombing
Mohammad Ali Rajai (1981), president of Iran
Mohammad Javad Bahonar (1981), Prime Minister of Iran, killed in bombing with Rajai
Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan (2012)A department supervisor killed by a bomber from a motorcycle

[edit] Iraq

Gordian III (244), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops
Faisal II (1958 July 14), King of Iraq^[12]
Nuri Pasha as-Said (1958 July 14), Prime Minister of Iraq^[2]
Abdul Razak al-Naif (1978 July 9), former Prime Minister of Iraq, killed in London^[12]
Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr (1980), former Grand Ayatollah
Bint al-Huda (1980), Iraqi educator and political activist she was killed by Saddam Hussein along with her brother, Ayatullah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr
Mahdi al-Hakim (1988), prominent figure in the Iraqi opposition, assassinated in the lobby of the Hilton in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, his companion Halim Abd-alWahhab was wounded in the leg.
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr (1999), former Grand Ayatollah, killed in the Iraqi city of Najaf along with two of his sons.
Sérgio Vieira de Mello (2003), UN Special Representative in Iraq
Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim (2003), ayatollah
Aquila al-Hashimi (2003), Iraqi Governing Council member
Waldemar Milewicz (2004), Polish journalist
Hatem Kamil (2004), deputy governor of Baghdad Province
Ezzedine Salim (2004), chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council
Dhari Ali al-Fayadh (2005), Iraqi MP
Ihab al-Sherif (2005), Egyptian envoy to Iraq
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (2006) leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha (2007), Sunni tribal leader
Mohamed Moumou (2008), Number 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and senior leader in Northern Iraq
Riad Abdel Majid (2009), Brigadier General in the Iraqi Army^[14]

[edit] Israel

Ish-bosheth (c1000 BC), King of Israel, by two of his captains
Abner (c1000 BC), Commander of Ish-bosheth's army, by Joab, commander of David's army
Amnon (c1000 BC), son of King David, by servants of Absalom, his brother
Absalom (c1000 BC), son of King David, by Joab, commander of David's army
Nadab (c910), King of Israel, by Baasha, one of his military commanders, who succeeded him
Elah (c886), King of Israel, by Zimri, captain of his chariot corps, during a drinking party (Zimri succeeded him)
Jehoram, King of Israel, by Jehu, one of his chariot commanders, who succeeded him
Ahaziah, King of Judah, by Jehu, at the same time as that of Jehoram of Israel
Athaliah, Queen of Judah, during a conspiracy of priests in favor of the boy Jehoash, who succeeded her
Jehoash (c800 BC), King of Judah, by his servants
Amaziah (c768 BC), King of Judah, by unknown conspirators
Zechariah (c752 BC), King of Israel, publicly assassinated by Shallum, who succeeded him
Shallum (c752 BC), King of Israel, by Menahem, one of his generals, who succeeded him
Pekahiah (c737 BC), King of Israel, by Pekah, one of his military commanders, who succeeded him
Pekah (c732 BC), King of Israel, by Hoshea, who succeeded him
Amon (c651 BC), King of Judah, by his servants
Simon Maccabaeus (135 BC), Hasmonean king, by his son-in-law Ptolemy
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
Jacob Israël de Haan (1924), pro-Orthodox Jewish diplomat
Haim Arlosoroff (1933), Zionist leader in the British Mandate of Palestine
Thomas C. Wasson (1948), US Consul General in Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte (1948), Middle East peace mediator, assassinated by Lehi^[2]
Rudolf Kastner (1957), Hungarian Zionist leader, negotiated the Kasztner train with the Nazis
Sheikh Hamad Abu Rabia (1981), Member of the Knesset
Emil Grunzweig (1983), Peace activist, member of Peace Now movement.
Yitzhak Rabin (1995), Prime Minister of Israel and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient^[1]
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (2000), Son of Meir David Kahane, Leader of Kahane Chai, Zionist
Rehavam Zeevi (2001), Israeli general and politician

[edit] Japan

Emperor Ankō (456), Emperor of Japan
Emperor Sushun (592), Emperor of Japan
The Sogas (645), Japanese political family
Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1160), head of Minamoto clan, father of Minamoto no Yoritomo
Minamoto no Sanetomo (1219), the third shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate
Ashikaga Yoshinori (1441), the sixth shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate
Ōta Dōkan (1486), samurai, architect and builder of Edo Castle
Hosokawa Masamoto (1507), shugo daimyo of Ashikaga Shogunate
Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (1535), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
Matsudaira Hirotada (1549), daimyo, son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu
Ōuchi 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
Mimura Iechika (1566), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
Yamanaka Shikanosuke (1578), Japanese samurai
Oda Nobunaga (1582), samurai warlord
Shakushain (1669), Ainu chieftain
Kira Yoshinaka,(1703), master of ceremonies
Shimazu Nariaki (1858), Japanese daimyo in Satsuma Province, now Kagoshima prefecture
Ii Naosuke (1860), Japanese politician
Tokugawa Nariaki (1860), Japanese daimyo, a relative of Tokugawa shoguns
Charles Lennox Richardson (1862), English diplomat, by Shimazu Hisamitsu's samurai in Namamugi. Called the Namamugi Incident
Serizawa Kamo (1863), a chief of Shinsen-gumi
Sakuma Shozan (1864), Japanese politician
Sakamoto Ryoma (1867), Japanese author
Ōmura Masujirō (1869), military leader and theorist
Yokoi Shōnan (1869), scholar and politician
Okubo Toshimichi (1878), Home Minister of Japan, briefly most powerful man in Japan
Mori Arinori (1889), First Education Minister
Prince Ito Hirobumi (1909 October 26), First Prime Minister of Japan^[13]
Hara Takashi (1921), Prime Minister of Japan
Yasuda Zenjirō (1921), entrepreneur who founded Yasuda zaibatsu, great-grand father of Yoko Ono
Hamaguchi Osachi (1931), Prime Minister of Japan
Dan Takuma (1932), zaibatsu leader
Inukai Tsuyoshi (1932), Prime Minister of Japan
Yoshinori Shirakawa (1932), general of the Imperial Japanese Army
Tetsuzan Nagata (1935), general of the Imperial Japanese Army
Saitō Makoto (1936), admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Takahashi Korekiyo (1936), Prime Minister of Japan
Inejiro Asanuma (1960), Socialist Party of Japan chairman
Kazuo Nagano (1985), Japanese 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
Iccho Itoh (2007), Mayor of Nagasaki

[edit] Jordan

Abdullah I (1951 July 20), King of Jordan, when entering the Al Aqsa Mosque^[1]
Hazza al-Majali (1960 August 29), Prime Minister of Jordan, killed with 10 others by time bomb in office^[2]
Laurence Foley (2002), USAID official, by Al-Qaeda operatives

[edit] Korea

King Bunseo of Baekje (304), King of Baekje during the Three Kingdoms of Korea
Queen Min of Joseon (1895), the last empress of Korea
Lyuh Woon-Hyung (1947), former head of People's Republic of Korea
Yuk Yeong-Su (1974 August 15), Wife of President Park Chung Hee and First Lady of South Korea^[12]
Park Chung-Hee (1979 October 25), President of South Korea^[1]

[edit] Kuwait

Hardan al-Tikriti (1971) Former Iraqi defense minister and vice president

[edit] Laos

Quinim Pholsena, foreign minister of Laos (1963 April 1)^[2]

[edit] Lebanon

Raymond II of Tripoli (1152), count of Tripoli
Philip of Montfort (1270), Lord of Tyre
Sami al-Hinnawi (1950), Syrian head of state
Francis E. Meloy, Jr. and Robert O. Waring, US Ambassador and US Economic Councelor to Lebanon and their driver Zuhair Mohammed Moghrabi (1976 June 16)^[6]
Kamal Jumblatt (1977), Lebanese Druze leader
Tony Frangieh (1978), Lebanese Christian leader
Bachir Gemayel (1982), president-elect of Lebanon, killed by bomb^[1]
Rashid Karami (1987 June 1), Prime Minister of Lebanon, killed by bomb aboard helicopter^[1]
René Moawad (1989), President of Lebanon
Dany Chamoun (1990), son of late president Camille Chamoun
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 Lebanese Communist Party
Gibran Tueni (2005), Editor in Chief of "An Nahar" daily Lebanese newspaper
Pierre Gemayel (2006), Minister of Industry of Lebanon
Walid Eido (2007), member of the National Assembly
Antoine Ghanim (2007), member of the National Assembly
François al-Hajj (2007) Lebanese Military General
Wissam Eid (2008) National Security, Information Sector

[edit] Malaysia

James Wheeler Woodford Birch (1875), a British Resident Minister in the State of Perak
Sir Henry Gurney (1951), was British High Commissioner in Malaya (1950–1951), killed by Malayan Communist Party guerillas
Sir Duncan Stewart (1949), was Second Governor of Sarawak, a British Crown Colony (1946–1963), killed by the Rukun 13 members, Rosli Dhobie, Awang Ramli Mohd Deli, and Bujang Suntong

[edit] Mongolia

Sanjaasürengiin Zorig (1998), politician and democratic activist, stabbed to death in his apartment

[edit] Myanmar (Burma)

Alaungsithu (1112–1167) King of Pagan Kingdom assassinated by his son Narathu
Tabinshwehti (1550) King of Taungoo Dynasty assassinated by Mon revival
Anaukpetlun (1628) King of Nyaungyan Dynasty
Crown Prince Ka Naung (Burmese: ကနောင္‌မင္‌းသား; 1829–1866) was a son of King Tharrawaddy and younger brother of King Mindon
Aung San (1947), Burmese nationalist leader, founder of Thirty Comrades
U Ba Win (1947)
Kenji Nagai (2007), Japanese Photojournalist

[edit] Nepal

Birendra (2001 June 1), King of Nepal (along with Queen Aiswary and 9 other members of the royal family), killed by crown prince^[1]

[edit] Pakistan

Liaquat Ali Khan (1951 October 16), first Prime Minister of Pakistan^[1]
Hayat Sherpao (1975), Former Governor of the North-West Frontier Province was killed by Afghan extremist.
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1988 August 17), 10-year President of Pakistan and 12-year Chief of Army Staff in a mysterious aircraft accident which seemed to be a bomb blast (traced to a crate of mangoes placed into his aircraft).
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1989), militant Islamist, near Peshawar
Fazle Haq (1991), former governor of the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan, from 1978 to 1985
Ghulam Haider Wyne (Sep 1993) Former Chief Minister of Punjab
Iqbal Masih (1995), 13-year-old anti-child labor activist, in Rakh Baoli
Hakim Said (1998), Founder of Hamdard Foundation and Hamdard University, Karachi. Former Governor of Sindh
Siddiq Khan Kanju (2001), former foreign minister of Pakistan from 1991 to 1993
Benazir Bhutto (2007 December 27), former Prime Minister of Pakistan (first and only lady Prime minister of Pakistan), by unknown assassins
Baitullah Mehsud (2009) Leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Dr.Imran Farooq ( 2010 Sept 16),founding member of the All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization (APMSO),by unknown assassins
Salman Taseer (2011 January 4), Governor of Punjab
Shahbaz Bhatti (2011 March 2), Minorities Minister

[edit] Palestinians

Yahya Ayyash (1996), Hamas' explosives expert
Abu Ali Mustafa (2001), leader of PFLP
Salah Shahade (2002), leader of Hamas' military wing
Ibrahim al-Makadmeh (2003), co-founder of Hamas
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (2004), leader and founder of Hamas
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (2004), leader of Hamas
Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil (2004), Hamas operative
Adnan al-Ghoul (2004), Hamas' explosives expert
Nizar Rayan (2009), Senior Hamas leader

[edit] Philippines

Ferdinand Magellan (1521) thwarted globe circumnavigator
Fernando Manuel de Bustamante (1719), Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines
Diego Silang (1763), early rebel leader
Antonio Luna (1899), a leader of the Filipino army during Philippine-American War
Julio Nalundasan (1935), Ilocos Congressman, young Ferdinand Marcos tried but acquitted for the slaying
Aurora Quezon (1949), former First Lady of the Philippines
Ponciano Bernardo (1949), mayor of then Philippine capital Quezon City
Joe Lingad (1980), former Pampanga governor
Benigno Aquino, Jr. (1983 August 21), senator and politician, leader of the opposition against Ferdinand Marcos^[1]
Cesar Climaco (1984), Mayor of Zamboanga City and prominent opposition leader
Evelio Javier (1986), Antique governor and ally of then presidential candidate Corazon Aquino
Emma Henry (1986), police officer and film actress
Lean Alejandro (1987), prominent student activist leader
Roy Padilla, Sr. (1988), Camarines Norte Governor, Father of Robin Padilla
James N. Rowe (1989), US Military advisor
Filemon 'Ka Popoy' Lagman (2001), founder of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)
Alberto Ramento (2006), bishop of the Philippine Independent Church
Wahab Akbar (2007), Congress Representative of Basilan

[edit] Qatar

Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (2004), former President of separatist Chechnya

[edit] Saudi Arabia

Umar ibn al-Khattab (644), second caliph
Uthman Ibn Affan (665), third caliph
Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1975 March 25), King of Saudi Arabia, shot by nephew at palace^[12]

[edit] Sri Lanka

Solomon Bandaranaike (1959 September 25), Sri Lankan prime minister, by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama, who later converts to Christianity^[1]
Alfred Duraiyapah (1975), former Mayor, Jaffna, by LTTE
Vijaya Kumaratunga (1989), movie actor turned SLFP-SLMP politician, by JVP.
Rohana Wijeweera (1989), founder of JVP, by Sri Lankan Armed Forces
Appapillai Amrithalingam) (1989), founder of separatist party TULF, by LTTE
Ranjan Wijeratne (1991), Foreign minister & Minister of State for Defence, MP, by LTTE
Lalith Athulathmudali (1993), former cabinet minister, MP, purportedly by LTTE
Ranasinghe Premadasa (1993), President of Sri Lanka, purportedly by LTTE (but possibly revenge for his own orchestrating murder of political rival Lalith Athulathmudali, to whom he feared losing election)
Gamini Dissanayake (1994), Presidential candidate, UNP, member of Parliament Sri Lanka, by LTTE
Sarojini Yogeswaran (1998), Jaffna Mayor, by LTTE
Ponnudurai Sivapalan (1998), Jaffna Mayor, by LTTE
Neelan Thiruchelvam (1999), Member of Parliament (MP) and TULF leader
Lakshman Algama (1999), UNP politician, by LTTE
C.V.Gunaratne (2000), cabinet minister, by LTTE
Joseph Pararajasingham (2005), Tamil MP in Batticalo, by GoSL supported para-military Karuna Group
Lakshman Kadirgamar (2005), foreign minister, by LTTE
Parami Kulatunga (2006), army general, by LTTE
Nadarajah Raviraj (2006), MP and Tamil National Alliance politician, by GoSL paramilitary Group
T. Maheswaran (2008), UNP Tamil MP for voicing human rights violations of GoSL, by Sri Lanka IB associate.
D. M. Dassanayake (2008), Nation Building Minister and SLFP MP, by LTTE
K. Sivanesan (2008), TNA Tamil MP, by Sri Lankan Army DPU.
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (2008),Minister of Highways and Road Development and SLFP MP, LTTE
Lasantha Wickrematunge (2009), Journalist (The Sunday Leader), by unknown

[edit] 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
Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar (1940), Syrian nationalist
Muhammad Suleiman (2008), Syrian general and security adviser to president Bashar al-Assad
Imad Mughniyah (2008), senior member of Hezbollah

[edit] Thailand

King Worawongsathirat (?),King of the Ayutthaya Kingdom
King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) (1946), the eighth monarch of Thailand under the House of Chakri.
Princess Laksamilawan (1961), the royal consort of King Vajiravudh (or Rama VI) of Siam

[edit] Turkey

Mahmud Şevket Pasha (1913), prime minister
Mustafa Suphi (1921), communist leader
Abdi İpekçi (1979), liberal journalist
Metin Yüksel (1979), Islamic political activist
Cavit Orhan Tütengil (1979), Kemalist academician and writer
Kemal Türkler (1980), Labor union leader, by Grey Wolves in Istanbul
Ümit Kaftancıoğlu (1980), Kemalist writer and TV producer
Nihat Erim (1980), former prime minister
Muammer Aksoy (1990), Kemalist professor of law and columnist
Turan Dursun (1990), Atheist writer
Bahriye Üçok (1990), Kemalist theology academician and women's rights activist
Musa Anter (1992), Kurdish activist
Uğur Mumcu (1993), Kemalist left wing journalist
Onat Kutlar (1995), writer, poet, columnist and art critic
Özdemir Sabancı (1996), prominent industrialist and member of Sabancı family
Konca Kuriş (1998), Islamic feminist author, kidnapped and tortured to death in Mersin
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (1999), Kemalist politician, former Minister of Culture, academician and columnist
Üzeyir Garih (2001), Turkish Jewish businessman and industrialist
Necip Hablemitoğlu (2002), Kemalist historian at Ankara University
Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin (2006), Judge at Council of State (see Ergenekon network)
Andrea Santoro (2006)
Hrant Dink (2007), Armenian journalist

[edit] United Arab Emirates

Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (2010), a member of Hamas

[edit] Vietnam

Ngo Dinh Nhu (1963 November 2), politician^[1]
Ngo Dinh Diem (1963 November 2), first president of South Vietnam^[1]

[edit] 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

[edit] Assassinations in Australia and Oceania

[edit] Australia

William Paisley February 12, 1894, Mayor of Burwood, NSW, Australia
Sarik Ariyak December 17, 1980 Turkish Consul General,
Colin Winchester (1989), Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police
John Newman (1994), New South Wales state Member for Cabramatta

[edit] New Caledonia

Jean-Marie Tjibaou (1989), Kanak independence leader

[edit] Samoa

Luagalau Levaula Kamu (1999), cabinet minister

[edit] Palau

Haruo Remeliik (1985), president

[edit] Assassinations in Europe

[edit] Albania

Avni Rustemi (1924), nationalist member of parliament

[edit] Austria

Count Karl von Stürgkh (1916), Minister-President of Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss (1934), Chancellor of Austria^[15]
Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1989), dissident Kurdish Iranian political leader, in Vienna

[edit] Belgium

Julien Lahaut (1950), chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium
Maximiliano Gómez (1971), Dominican communist leader
Gerald Bull (1990), Canadian developer of the Martlet cannon, in Brussels, Belgium
André Cools (1991), Belgian politician

[edit] Bosnia and Hercegovina

Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914 June 28), assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, who also killed the Archduchess Sophie; this assassination played a role in starting World War I^[15]
Irfan Ljubijankić (1995), foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jozo Leutar (1997), minister of Internal Affair of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

[edit] Bulgaria

Stefan Stambolov (1895), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1923), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Vasil Iliev (1995), insurance boss, owner of "VIS-2", former wrestler
Andrey Lukanov (1996 October 2), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria^[1]
Ivo Karamanski (1998), insurance tycoon, former rowing champion
Iliya Pavlov (2003), president of Multigroup corporation, former wrestler, the wealthiest man in Bulgaria
Georgi Iliev (2005), football club owner, brother of the assassinated Vasil Iliev
Emil Kyulev (2005), banker, ex-professional swimmer, voted Mr. Economics in Bulgaria for 2002
Ivan "Doktora" Todorov (2006), businessman alleged of smuggling
Borislav Georgiev (2008), CEO of "Atomenergoremont" Nucler plant repair company

[edit] Croatia

Julius Nepos (480), Roman emperor. Assassinated near Salona (modern Solin).

[edit] Czech Republic

Saint Ludmila (921), Wife of Duke Bořivoj, Grandmother of Duke Václav I
Václav I (Saint Wenceslas) (935 or 929), Duke of Bohemia
Václav III (1306), King of Bohemia
Albrecht von Wallenstein (1634), Czech general during the Thirty Years' War
Alois Rašín (1923), Minister of Finances of Czechoslovakia
Reinhard Heydrich (1942), a General in the Nazi German paramilitary corps and governor of occupied Czech lands

[edit] Denmark

Erik V Klipping (1286), King of Denmark

[edit] Finland

Bishop Henry (1156), English bishop in Finland (according to a legend)
Eliel Soisalon-Soininen (1904), attorney General
Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov (1904), Governor-General of Finland
Alfred Kordelin (1917),entrepreneur
Toivo Kuula (1918), composer
Heikki Ritavuori (1922), Minister of the Interior of Finland

[edit] France

Charles d'Espagne (1354), constable of France
Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans (1407)
John the Fearless (1419)
Gaspard de Coligny (1572)
Henri III (1589), King of France
Henri IV (1610), King of France, stabbed by François Ravaillac
Jacques de Flesselles (1789), Provost of Paris
Jean-Paul Marat (1793), revolutionary, stabbed in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday
Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1820, February 13), younger son of the future King Charles X, stabbed by Louis Pierre Louvel
Marie François Sadi Carnot (1894 June 24), President of France, shot by anarchist Sante Jeronimo Caserio in Lyon^[15]
Jean Jaurès (1914 July 30), politician, pacifist^[16]
Gaston Calmette (1914 March 16), editor of Le Figaro newspaper,^[16] by Henriette Caillaux, wife of minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux
Paul Doumer (1932 May 6), President of France, shot in Paris^[15]
Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1934), was king of Yugoslavia. Assassinated in Marseille, 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
Philippe Henriot (1944), State secretary for Information and Propaganda of Vichy government, by French resistants in Paris
Georges Mandel (1944), former radical-socialist minister and French resistant, by miliciens in forest of Fontainebleau
Eugène Deloncle (1944), milicien and former leader of clandestine far-right organisation La Cagoule, by Gestapo
Mehdi Ben Barka (1965), Moroccan socialist leader and Third-World Tricontinental leader, disappeared in Paris
Outel Bono (1973), Chadian medical doctor and anti-Tombalbaye activist
Jean de Broglie (1976), former minister and one of the French negotiators of the Évian Accords
Henri Curiel (1978), anticolonialist activist
José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana "Argala" (1978), Basque leader
Pierre Goldman (1979), left-wing activist
Robert Boulin (1979), minister of Labor and many times minister since 1961. Officially suicide, but a lot of anomalies revealed since.
Joseph Fontanet (1980), former minister
Salah al-Din Bitar (1980), Syrian Baath politician
Yehia El-Mashad (1980), Egyptian atomic scientist.
Jean-Pierre Maïone-Libaude (1982), right-wing activist and criminal
Georges Besse (1986), Renault executive, by far-left activists of Action directe
Dulcie September (1988), African National Congress representative, in Paris
Joseph Doucé (1990), activist for sexual minorities
Shapour Bakhtiar (1991), Prime Minister of Iran briefly in 1979, stabbed to death at his home in France
Abdelbaki Sahraoui (1995), co-founder of the Algerian Islamic Salvation Front, in Paris
Claude Erignac (1998), prefect of Corsica

[edit] 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 Köln (1225), Archbishop of Cologne
Konrad von Marburg (1233), inquisitor
Rosa Luxemburg (1919), socialist writer, in Berlin
Karl Liebknecht (1919), socialist lawyer and politician, in Berlin
Kurt Eisner (1919), Prime Minister of Bavaria
Talat Pasha (1921), former Ottoman Minister of Interior Affairs, in Berlin by Soghomon Tehlirian
Matthias Erzberger (1921), politician
Walther Rathenau (1922 June 24), German foreign minister^[16]
Ernst Röhm (1934), leader of the Sturm Abteilung (SA)
Kurt von Schleicher (1934), former German chancellor, murdered by the SS
Stepan Bandera (1959) - Ukrainian nationalist leader assassinated by Bohdan Stashynsky in Munich
Belkacem Krim (1970), Algerian politician
Siegfried Buback (1977), German attorney general
Jürgen Ponto (1977), CEO Dresdner Bank
Hanns-Martin Schleyer (1977), president of the German employers' organization
Alfred Herrhausen (1989), Deutsche Bank CEO
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder (1991), director of Treuhandanstalt for former East Germany
Sadeq Sharafkandi, Fattah Abdoli, Homayoun Ardalan, Nouri Dehkordi (1992), dissident Kurdish Iranian political leaders, in Berlin (Mykonos restaurant assassinations)

[edit] Greece

Hipparchus (514 BC), brother of the tyrant of Athens
Ephialtes (461 BC), leader of the radical democracy movement in Athens
Alcibiades (404 BC), Athenian general and politician
Alexander of Pherae (358 BC), despot of Pherae
Philip II of Macedon (336 BC), king of Macedon, by Pausanias of Orestis in Pella
Seleucus I Nicator (281 BC), founder of the Seleucid dynasty, near Lysimachia
Abantidas (251 BC), tyrant of Sicyon
Archimedes (212 BC), Greek mathematician, was killed in syracusa, magna Greece
Ioannis Capodistrias (1831), first President of Greece
Theodoros Deligiannis (1905 June 13), Prime Minister of Greece
Marinos Antypas (1907 March 8), Greek politician
George I of Greece (1913 March 18), King of Greece^[1]
Grigoris Lambrakis (1963), leader of anti-fascist movement in Greece.
Richard Welch (1975), CIA Station Chief
Hagop Hagopian (1988), Armenian leader of ASALA
William Nordeen (1988), Tsantes successor as U.S. military attaché in Athens
Pavlos Bakoyannis (1989), New Democracy politician
Stephen Saunders (2000), Brigadier and British military attaché in Athens

[edit] Hungary

Count István Tisza (1918 October 31), Premier of Hungary^[16]

[edit] Iceland

Snorri Sturluson (1241 September 23), historian and politician, by Gissur

[edit] Ireland

Brian Boruma (1014), Irish king
Lord Frederick Cavendish (1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland
Thomas Henry Burke (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland
Tomás Mac Curtain (1920), Lord Mayor of Cork
Michael Collins (1922), President of the Provisional Government and Irish Republican Army (IRA) guerrilla leader during the Irish War of Independence^[12]
Kevin O'Higgins (1927), Irish politician, Minister of Home Affairs/Minister of Justice of the Irish Free State^[16]
Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville (1936), assassinated for providing assistance to Royal Navy recruits
Christopher Ewart-Biggs (1976), British ambassador to Ireland
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1979), Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet, last Viceroy of India^[1]
Dominic McGlinchey (1994), Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) leader
Veronica Guerin (1996), Irish journalist

[edit] Italy (and former Roman Empire)

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 Antony
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
Caracalla (217), Roman Emperor, between Edessa and Carrhae (modern-day Sanli Urfa and Harran) by Martialis, possibly under orders of Macrinus
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
Aurelian (275), Roman Emperor, near Caenophrurium (modern-day Corlu)
Florianus (276), Roman Emperor, near Tarsus
Gian Maria Visconti (1412), Duke of Milan^[17]
Giuliano de' Medici (1478), co-ruler of Florence
Giovanni Borgia (1497), Duke of Gandia, son of Pope Alexander VI
Pellegrino Rossi (1848), Papal States Minister of Justice
Umberto I of Italy (1900 July 29), King of Italy^[12]
Said Halim Pasha (1921), former Ottoman Prime Minister
Giacomo Matteotti (1924 June 10), Italian socialist politician^[16]
Luigj Gurakuqi (1925), Albanian independence leader, in Bari
Benito Mussolini (1945 April 28), fascist, former Prime Minister of Italy^[13]
Enrico Mattei (1962), Italian public head officer, head of Eni oil company, supported Algerian independence
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975), Italian writer, poet and film director
Aldo Moro (1978), former Prime Minister of Italy
Giuseppe Impastato (1978), Anti-mafia activist
Cesare Terranova (1979), magistrate
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa (1982), General of the Carabinieri Corps, investigating on the mafia
Rocco Chinnici (1983), magistrate
Giovanni Falcone (1992), anti-mafia judge
Paolo Borsellino (1992), anti-mafia judge
Salvo Lima (1992), politician
Marco Biagi (2002), Italian Labor Ministry advisor

[edit] Montenegro

Danilo II of Montenegro,(1860),killed in Kotor,then Austria-Hungary by a member of Bjelopavlici tribe

Sekula Drljević (1945), Montenegrin nationalist

[edit] Netherlands

Saint Boniface (754), Christian missionary
Conrad, Bishop of Utrecht (1099)
Count Floris V (1296)
Duke John of Straubing-Holland (1425)
William I of Orange (1584), leader of the Dutch war of independence from Spanish rule (Eighty Years' War)
Isaac Dorislaus (1649), diplomat
Johan de Witt (1672), politician, and his brother
Cornelis de Witt (1672)
Gerrit Jan Heijn (1987), top manager of Ahold
Pim Fortuyn (2002), publicist and politician, leader of his political party
Theo van Gogh (2004), film director, writer and critic

[edit] Norway

Harald IV of Norway (1136), King assassinated by a pretender to the throne.
Ahmed Bouchiki (1973), civilian, mistakenly believed to be Ali Hassan Salameh, assassinated in Lillehammer by Israeli Mossad agents.

[edit] Ottoman Empire

Mehmed Sokollu (1579), Grand Vizier of Suleyman the Magnificent
Osman II (1622), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Mahmud Sevket Pasha (1913 January 23), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire^[16]
Celal Pasha (1929), former Ottoman Minister for the Navy, in Istanbul, due to his role in the Armenian Genocide.

[edit] Poland

Stanisław Szczepanowski (1079), Bishop of Kraków (now a saint)
Gabriel Narutowicz (December 16, 1922), President of Poland^[16]
Bronisław Pieracki (June 15, 1934), Minister of Interior of Poland
Franz Kutschera (1944), German SS general and chief of police, by Polish resistance
Jerzy Popiełuszko (1984), Polish priest, by the communist political police
Marek Papała (1998), chief of the police, believed to be by the mafia

[edit] Portugal

Viriathus (139 BC), leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion over the regions of Western Iberia
Inês de Castro (1355), posthumously declared Queen of Portugal
Carlos I of Portugal (1908 February 1), King^[16] and
Luiz Filipe of Portugal (1908 February 1), Crown Prince^[16]
Sidónio Pais (1918), President
Humberto Delgado (1965), General, Presidential Candidate
Francisco Sá Carneiro, (1980), Prime Minister
Adelino Amaro da Costa, 1980, Minister of Defense
Issam Sartawi (1983), member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, shot in an hotel

[edit] Romania

Mihai Viteazul (1601), Ruler of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania
Barbu Catargiu (1862), Prime Minister of Romania
Ion Duca (1933), Prime Minister of Romania
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1938), politician
Armand Călinescu (1939), Prime Minister of Romania^[13]
Nicolae Iorga (1940), former Prime Minister of Romania, historian
Virgil Madgearu (1940), politician
Constantin Tănase (1945), actor
Danny Huwe (1989) Belgian journalist

[edit] Serbia

Karađorđe Petrović (1817) Leader of the First Serbian Uprising
Mihailo Obrenović (1868) Prince of Serbia
Aleksandar Obrenović (1903) King of Serbia, along with Draga Mašin, Queen Consort
Aleksandar Karađorđević (1934) King of Yugoslavia
Zoran Đinđić (2003) Prime Minister of Serbia

[edit] Spain

Tomb of José Canalejas in the Panteón de Hombres Ilustres, Madrid.

Juan Prim (1870), Prime Minister of Spain and Governor of Puerto Rico
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1897), Prime Minister of Spain shot by Michele Angiolillo in Mondragón, Guipúzcoa.
José Canalejas (1912), Prime Minister of Spain
Eduardo Dato Iradier (1921), Prime Minister of Spain
José Castillo (1936, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party lieutenant in the Assault Guards
José Calvo Sotelo (1936), right-wing politician
Federico García Lorca (1936), Spanish poet and dramatist, by fascists
Raoul Villain (1936), assassin of Jean Jaurès
Andrés Nin (1937), Spanish Communist revolutionary
Mohamed Khider (1967), Algerian politician, in Madrid
Melitón Manzanas (1968), secret police officer
Luis Carrero Blanco (1973 December 20), Spanish prime minister^[6]
Miguel Ángel Blanco (1997), Basque politician, by ETA
Fernando Buesa Blanco (2000), Basque politician and party leader
Ernest Lluch Martín (2000), former Spanish minister

[edit] Sweden

King Sverker I of Sweden (1156)
King Eric IX of Sweden (1160)
King Charles VII of Sweden (1167)
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1436), statesman, Regent of Sweden
King Eric XIV of Sweden (1577), on order of his half-brother King John III of Sweden
King Gustav III of Sweden (1792)
Axel von Fersen (1810), statesman, Grand Marshal of Sweden
Olof Palme (1986 February 28), Swedish prime minister^[1]
Anna Lindh (2003), Swedish foreign affairs minister

[edit] Switzerland

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
Jörg Jenatsch (1639), in Chur
Elisabeth ("Sisi") (1898), empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, in Geneva
Wilhelm Gustloff (1936), German leader of the Swiss Nazi party
Félix-Roland Moumié (1960), successor to Ruben Um Nyobe at the head of the UPC, assassinated by the SDECE (French secret services)
Kazem Rajavi (1990), Iranian opposition leader, in Geneva