List of assassinated people

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This is a list of persons who were assassinated; that is, important people who were murdered, usually for ideological or political reasons. This list does not include executed persons.^[1]

[edit] Assassinations in Africa

[edit] Algeria

Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia
François Darlan, (1942), senior figure of Vichy France
Mohamed Khemisti, (1963 April 11), Algerian foreign minister ^[2]
Mustafa Bouyali, (1987), Islamic fundamentalist
Mohamed Boudiaf, (1992 June 29), President of Algeria, shot at Annaba ^[3]
Kasdi Merbah, (1993), former Prime Minister of Algeria
Abdelkader Alloula, (1994), playwright
Cheb Hasni, (1994), singer
Lounès Matoub, (1998), singer
Abdelkader Hachani, (1999), Islamic fundamentalist

[edit] Angola

Jeremias Chitunda, 1992, Vice President of UNITA
Elias Salupeto Pena, 1992, UNITA senior advisor

[edit] Burkina Faso

Thomas Sankara, (1987), Head of State of Burkina Faso
Norbert Zongo, (1998), journalist

[edit] Burundi

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

[edit] Cameroon

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

[edit] Central African Republic

Jean Izamo, 1966, head of the gendarmerie in David Dacko's government

[edit] Chad

François Tombalbaye, (1975), President of Chad

[edit] Comoros

Ali Soilih, (1978), former President of Comoros
Ahmed Abdallah, (1989), President of Comoros

[edit] Congo (Brazzaville)

Marien Ngouabi, (1977 March 18), President of the Congo, shot at 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 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
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
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] 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] Mali

Lamana Ould Cheikh, (2009), military intelligence officer

[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

[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] Somalia

Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, (1969), president of Somalia
Ali Said, (2009), Mogadishu police chief
Omar Hashi Aden, (2009), security minister
Mohamed Hussein Addow, (2009), legislator

[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

[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] Zambia

Herbert Chitepo, (1975), Zimbabwean nationalist leader

[edit] Zimbabwe

Mlimo, (1896), Ndebele spiritual leader and instigator of the Second Matabele War; assassinated by Frederick Russell Burnham, an American scout.
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
Pedro Aramburu, (1970), former president of Argentina executed by the Montoneros
Carlos Prats, (1974), Chilean general
Zelmar Michelini, (1976), Uruguayan senator
Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, (1976), speaker of the Uruguayan House of Representatives

[edit] Bermuda

Sir Richard Sharples, (1973), governor of Bermuda

[edit] Bolivia

Manuel Isidoro Belzu, (1865), President of Bolivia
Mariano Melgarejo, (1871), President of Bolivia
Che Guevara, (1967), Argentine revolutionary leader
Juan José Torres, (1976), 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
Dorothy Stang, (2005), American nun killed by business interests

[edit] Canada

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, (1868), Canadian father of Confederation
George Brown, (1880), newspaper editor and Senator
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
Tara Singh Hayer, (1998), journalist killed by Sikh separatists

[edit] Chile

René Schneider, (1970), Chilean general
Edmundo Pérez Zujovic, (1971), Chilean ex Secretary of interior affairs
Victor Jara, (1973), singer
Jaime Guzmán, (1991), Chilean Senator

[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

[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, during the protracted events of a coup.

[edit] Guatemala

José María Reina Barrios, (1898), President of Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas, (1957), president of Guatemala, killed by bodyguard ^[8]
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

[edit] Guyana

Leo J. Ryan, (1978), US Congressman (D) from San Mateo, California; killed while investigating religious cult led by American Jim Jones
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^[9]
Felipe Carrillo Puerto, (1924), Governor of Yucatán
Álvaro Obregón, (1928 July 17), President-elect^[9]
Julio Antonio Mella, (1929), Cuban revolutionary
Leon Trotsky, (1940 August 20), Russian communist leader^[9]
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

[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)

[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
Luis M. Sánchez Cerro, (1933), president of Peru

[edit] Puerto Rico

Arnaldo Darío Rosado, independence movement supporter
Carlos Soto Arriví, independence movement supporter

[edit] Suriname

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

[edit] United States

Joseph Smith, Jr., (1844), Mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois and presidential candidate and LDS church leader.
Charles Bent, (1847), Governor of the New Mexico Territory
James Strang, (1856), Michigan State Representative
Abraham Lincoln, (1865 April 14), President of the United States^[10]
John P. Slough, (1867), Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
Thomas Hindman, (1868), Confederate General
James Hinds, (1868), U.S. Congressman killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan
Edward Dexter Holbrook, (1870), Congressional Delegate from the Idaho Territory
James Garfield, (1881 July 2), President of the United States^[10]
John M. Clayton, (1889), Congressman from Arkansas
David Hennessy, (1890), Police Chief of New Orleans
Carter Harrison, Sr., (1893), Mayor of Chicago
William Goebel, (1900), Governor of Kentucky
William McKinley, (1901 September 6), President of the United States ^[10]
Frank Steunenberg, (1905), former governor of Idaho
Don Mellett, (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime
Anton Cermak, (1933 February 15), mayor of Chicago^[1]
Huey P. Long, (1935), Louisiana senator and former governor
Walter Liggett, (1935), Minnesota newspaper editor
Carlo Tresca, (1943), anarchist organizer
Albert Patterson, (1954), Alabama Attorney General
Curtis Chillingworth, (1955), a Florida judge
Medgar Evers, (1963 June 12), U.S. civil rights activist^[1]
John F. Kennedy, (1963 November 22), President of the United States^[1]
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 5), United States Senator, candidate for presidential nomination and John F. Kennedy's younger brother, shot in Los Angeles ^[1]
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
Don Bolles, (1976), Investigative reporter for Arizona Republic, killed in car bomb, Max Dunlap and James Robison convicted, alleged Mafia ties
Orlando Letelier, (1976), Chilean ambassador to the United States under the administration of Salvador Allende
George Moscone, (1978), Mayor of San Francisco
Harvey Milk, (1978), activist, San Francisco Supervisor
Leo Ryan, (1978), Congressman from California, killed as part of the Jonestown Massacre
John H. Wood, Jr., (1979), first US federal judge killed in the twentieth century
Russell G. Lloyd, Sr., (1980), Mayor of Evansville, Indiana
Allard K. Lowenstein, (1980), former Congressman from New York
John Lennon, (1980), musician, peace activist, former member of The Beatles
Alan Berg, (1984), radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-nazis
Henry Liu, (1984), 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
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
Tommy Burks, (1998), Tennessee State Senator
James E. Davis, (2003) New York City Councilman assassinated by Othniel Askew, a political rival in the Council chambers in City Hall
Dimebag Darrell, (2004) guitarist of heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan
Chauncey Bailey, (2007), journalist
Bill Gwatney, (2008), Chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party
George Tiller, (2009), physician and abortion provider

[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

[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 ^[11]
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
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
Abdul Qadir, (2002 July 6), vice-president of Afghanistan ^[1]
Abdul Rahman, (2002 February 14), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism ^[1]
Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani, (2007), former Prime Minister of Afghanistan

[edit] Bangladesh

Mujibur Rahman, (1975 August 15), president of Bangladesh, killed in coup ^[1]
Tajuddin Ahmed, (1975), politician
Syed Nazrul Islam, (1975), politician
Mohammad Mansoor Ali, (1975), prime minister
Khaled Mosharraf, (1975), coup organizer
Ziaur Rahman, (1981), president of Bangladesh

[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

[edit] Georgia

Cemal Pasha, (1922), former Ottoman Minister, in Tbilisi, by an Armenian or allegedly by either the NKVD or Cheka.

[edit] India

Brhadrata, (185 BC), last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, (1602), vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar
Mohandas Gandhi, (1948 January 30), Independence leader ^[1]
Indira Gandhi, (1984 October 31), Indian prime minister, killed by bodyguards <refname="wa156" />
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, killed by suicide bomber at rally in Madras ^[1]
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] 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 ^[9]
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

[edit] Iraq

Gordian III, (244), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops
Faisal II, (1958 July 14), King of Iraq^[9]
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^[9]
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
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
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, (2007), Sunni tribal leader
Harith al-Obaidi, (2009), Sunni politician

[edit] Israel (and Biblical)

Eglon, (c1200 BC), Moabite king killed by the judge Ehud. (Judges 3:12-30.)
Sisera, (c1200 BC), Canaanite general slain by Jael. (Judges 4:18-24.)
Ishbaal, (c1000 BC), King of Israel, by two of his captains
Abner, (c1000 BC), Commander of Ishbaal's army, by Joab
Amnon, (c1000 BC), son of King David, by servants of Absalom
Absalom, (c1000 BC), son of King David, by Joab
Jehoash, (c800 BC), King of Judea, by his servants
Holofernes, (c500 BC), Assyrian general, beheaded in his sleep by Judith.
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 Kasztner, (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.
Meir David Kahane, (1990), Member of the Knesset, Founder of the JDL and the Kach Party, Zionist
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
Yaakov Alperon, (2008), Israeli mafia leader

[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
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 samaurai 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 ^[11]
Hara Takashi, (1921), Prime Minister of Japan
Yasuda Zenjiro, (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]
Wasfi al-Tal, (1971 November 28), Prime Minister of Jordan shot during visit to Cairo ^[1]
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^[9]
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 Folsena, 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

[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] 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), Prime Minister of Pakistan ^[1]
Hayat Sherpao, (1975), Former Governor of the North-West Frontier Province
Meena Keshwar Kamal, (1987), Afghan founder of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, (1988), 10-year President of Pakistan and 12-year Chief of Army Staff in a mysterious aircraft accident.
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
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), former Prime Minister of Pakistan, by unknown assassins

[edit] Palestinian territories

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), separatist President of Chechnya from 1996 until 1997

[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 ^[9]

[edit] Sri Lanka

Solomon Bandaranaike, (1959 September 25), Sri Lankan socialist prime minister, by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama^[1]
Alfred Duraiyapah, (1975), former Mayor, Jaffna, by Tamil Tigers
Vijaya Kumaratunga, (1989), movie actor turned SLFP-SLMP politician, by JVP.
Rohana Wijeweera, (1989), founder of JVP, by Sri Lankan Armed Forces
Ranjan Wijeratne, (1991), Foreign minister & Minister of State for Defence, MP, by Tamil Tigers
Lalith Athulathmudali, (1993), former cabinet minister, MP, by Tamil Tigers
Ranasinghe Premadasa, (1993), President of Sri Lanka, by Tamil Tigers
Gamini Dissanayake, (1994), Presidential candidate, UNP, member of Parliament Sri Lanka, by Tamil Tigers
Sarojini Yogeswaran, (1998), Jaffna Mayor, by Tamil Tigers
Ponnudurai Sivapalan, (1998), Jaffna Mayor, by Tamil Tigers
Neelan Thiruchelvam, (1999), Member of Parliament (MP) and TULF leader
Lakshman Algama, (1999), UNP politician, by Tamil Tigers
C.V.Gunaratne, (2000), cabinet minister, by Tamil Tigers
Joseph Pararajasingham, (2005), Tamil MP in Batticalo, by GoSL supported para-military Karuna Group
Lakshman Kadirgamar, (2005), foreign minister, by Tamil Tigers
Parami Kulatunga, (2006), army general, by Tamil Tigers
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 Tamil Tigers
K. Sivanesan (2008), TNA Tamil MP, by Sri Lankan Army DPU.
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, (2008),Minister of Highways and Road Development and SLFP MP, by Tamil Tigers

[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
Abdul Rahman Shahbandar, (1940), Syrian nationalist
Muhammad Suleiman,(2008), Syrian general and security advicer to president Al-Bashir.

[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
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
Ugur 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
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), Kemalist Judge at Council of State
Hrant Dink (2007), Armenian journalist

[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

John Newman, (1994), New South Wales state Member for Cabramatta
Ivens Buffett, (2004), Deputy Chief Minister of Norfolk Island

[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
Aleksandër Keka, (2009), regional leader of Christian Democratic Party of Albania

[edit] Austria

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^[10]
Karl von Stürgkh, (1916), Minister-President of Austria
Kurt Eisner, (1919), Minister-President of the Bavarian Socialist Republic
Engelbert Dollfuss, (1934), Chancellor of Austria^[10]
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

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie, (1914), killed by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, see: Assassination in Sarajevo
Irfan Ljubijankić, (1995), foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina

[edit] Bulgaria

Stefan Stambolov, (1895), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Aleksandar Stamboliyski, (1923), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Georgi Markov, (1978), dissident writer and publicist, assassinated in London
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).
Đuro Basariček, Pavle Radić and Stjepan Radić, (1928), Croatian MPs killed in the Parliament of Kingdom of SHS by Puniša Račić

[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
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 in Lyon^[10]
Jean Jaurès, (1914 July 30), politician, pacifist ^[12]
Gaston Calmette, (1914 March 16), editor of Le Figaro newspaper, ^[12] by the wife of the minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux
Paul Doumer, (1932 May 6), President of France, shot in Paris^[10]
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
François Darlan, (1942 December 24), admiral of the Fleet and former Prime Minister of Vichy government, by a young monarchist in Algiers ^[11]
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
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 ^[12]
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), 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]
Gregoris 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 ^[12]

[edit] Iceland

Snorri Sturlason, (1241 September 23), Historian and Politician, by Gissur

[edit] Ireland

Brian Boruma, (1014), King of Ireland
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 August 22), President of the Provisional Government and IRA guerrilla leader during the Irish War of Independence^[9]
Kevin O'Higgins, (1927), Irish politician, Vice-President of Irish Free State^[12]
Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville, (1936) murdered by the IRA for providing assistance to Royal Navy recuits.
Christopher Ewart-Biggs, (1976), British ambassador to Ireland
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (1979 August 27), Admiral of the Fleet, last Viceroy of India^[1]
Dominic McGlinchey, (1994). INLA terrorist 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
Giuliano de' Medici, (1478), co-ruler of Florence
Pellegrino Rossi, (1848), Papal States Minister of Justice
Umberto I of Italy, (1900 July 29), King of Italy^[9]
Said Halim Pasha, (1921), former Ottoman Prime Minister
Giacomo Matteotti, (1924 June 10), Italian socialist politician ^[12]
Luigj Gurakuqi, (1925), Albanian independence leader, in Bari
Benito Mussolini, (1945 April 28), fascist, former Prime Minister of Italy ^[11]
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, indirectly investigating on the death of Enrico Mattei
Rocco Chinnici, (1983), magistrate
Giovanni Falcone, (1992), anti-mafia judge
Paolo Borsellino, (1992), anti-mafia judge
Salvatore Lima, (1992), mayor of Palermo
Marco Biagi, (2002), Italian Labor Ministry advisor

[edit] Montenegro

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)
Pim Fortuyn, (2002), publicist and politician, leader of his political party
Theo van Gogh, (2004), film director, writer and critic

[edit] Norway

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^[12]
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, (1922 December 16), President of Poland ^[12]
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

Inês de Castro, (1355), posthumously declared Queen of Portugal
Carlos I of Portugal, (1908 February 1), King ^[12] and
Luiz Filipe of Portugal, (1908 February 1), Crown Prince ^[12]
Sidónio Pais, (1918), President
Humberto Delgado, (1965), General, Presidential Candidate
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 ^[11]
Nicolae Iorga, (1940), former Prime Minister of Romania, historian
Virgil Madgearu, (1940), politician
Constantin Tănase, (1945), actor
Danny Huwe, (1989) Belgian journalist

[edit] Serbia

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
José Canalejas, (1912), Prime Minister of Spain
Eduardo Dato Iradier, (1921), Prime Minister of Spain
José Castillo, (1936, Socialist 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
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
Eduardo Puelles García, (2009), Bilbao police chief inspector

[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