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This is an incomplete list of persons who were assassinated ; that is, important people who were murdered, usually for ideological or political reasons.
Assassinations in Africa
Algeria
Hiempsal , (117 BC ), co-ruler of Numidia , by Jugurtha .
Mohamed Khemisti , (1963 ), foreign minister of Algeria , in Algiers by an unknown gunman
Mustafa Bouyali , (1987 ), Islamic fundamentalist, in Algiers
Mohamed Boudiaf , (1992 ), president of Algeria
Youcef Sebti , (1993 ), Algerian poet
Kasdi Merbah , (1993), former Algerian prime minister
Cheb Hasni (1994 ), Algerian raï Lounès Matoub (1998 ), Algerian singer
Abdelkader Hachani , (1999 ), a leader of the Islamic Salvation Front
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Prince Louis Rwagasore , (1961 ), Burundian prince and prime minister, by members of a pro-Belgian faction
Pierre Ngendandumwe , (1965 ), Burundian prime minister
Joseph Bamina , (1965 ), Burundian prime minister
Ntare V of Burundi , (1975 ), King of Burundi
Melchior Ndadaye , (1993 ), President of Burundi
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Côte d'Ivoire
Robert Guéï , (2002 ), military ruler of Côte d'Ivoire from 1999 to 2000.
Émile Boga Doudou , (2002), interior minister of Côte d'Ivoire killed on the same day as Guéi as the country plunged into civil war and street fighting occurred in the cities.
Mohammed Ahmad al-Rasheed , (2003 ), Saudi Arabian ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire.
Egypt
Pompey the Great , (48 BC ), Roman politician killed in Egypt.
Germanicus , (19 ), Roman military leader, poisoned in Alexandria by Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso under orders from Tiberius
Al-Afdal Shahanshah , (1121 ), vizier of Fatimid Egypt
Qutuz , (1260 ), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Khalil , (1293 ), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
Boutros Ghali , (1910 ), Prime Minister of Egypt , by Ibrahim El-Wardan
Sir Lee Stack , (1924 ), governor-general of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , in Cairo
Walter Edward Guinness , Lord Moyne, (1944 ), the UK 's Minister Resident in the Middle East ; killed in Cairo by the Stern Gang .
Ahmed Maher Pasha , (1945 ), Prime Minister of Egypt, in Cairo by Mahmud Issawy
Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi , (1948 ), Prime Minister of Egypt, by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood
Anwar Sadat , (1981 ), President of Egypt
Rifaat al-Mahgoub , (1990 ), speaker of Egyptian parliament
Farag Foda , (1992 ), Egyptian politician and intellectual
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Guinea
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mozambique
Carlos Alberto Cardoso , (2000 ), Mozambican journalist
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Somalia
South Africa
Shaka , (1828 ), king of the Zulus, near Stanger (now KwaDukuza ) by Dingane and Mhlangana
Hendrik Verwoerd , (1966 ), Prime Minister of South Africa , stabbed in parliament by Dimitri Tsafendas
Onkgopotse Tiro , (1974 ), South African student leader
Vernon Nkadimeng , (1985 ), South African dissident
Chris Hani , (1993 ), leader of the South African Communist Party
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Khalil Wazir ("Abu Jihad"), (1988 ), military leader of the PLO , in Tunis
Salah Khalaf ("Abu Iyad"), (1991 ), deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis, Tunisia
Uganda
Benedicto Kiwanuka , (1972 ), chief minister of Uganda from 1961 until 1962.
Zimbabwe
Assassinations in Asia
Afghanistan
Habibullah Khan , (1919 ), emir of Afghanistan .
Mohammed Nader Shah , (1933 ), king of Afghanistan since 1929.
Mohammed Daoud Khan , (1978 ), president of Afghanistan killed in communist coup.
Adolph Dubs , (1979 ), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan.
Nur Mohammad Taraki , (1979), communist president.
Hafizullah Amin , (1979), communist Prime Minister of Afghanistan killed during Soviet invasion.
Mohammed Najibullah , (1996 ), president of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992, killed by the Taliban during the capture of Kabul .
Ahmed Shah Massoud , (2001 ), leader of the Northern Alliance .
Abdul Haq , (2001), Northern Alliance commander killed by remnants of the Taliban.
Abdul Qadir , (2002 ), vice-president of Afghanistan.
Abdul Rahman , (2002), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism.
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Jigme Palden Dorji , (1964 ), Prime Minister of Bhutan .
Cambodia
Ieu Koeus , (1950 ), briefly prime minister of Cambodia in 1949.
China
India
Mohandas Gandhi , (1948 ), Independence leader.
Indira Gandhi , (1984 ), Indian prime minister .
Rajiv Gandhi , (1991 ), former Indian prime minister , son of Indira.
Beant Singh , (1995 ), chief minister of Punjab .
Phoolan Devi , (2001 ), bandit queen turned politician and activist for people of lower castes.
Iran
Xerxes I , (465 BC ), Persian king killed by guards.
Xerxes II , (423 BC ), Persian king killed by his half-brother Sogdianus .
Sogdianus , (423 BC ), Persian king killed by his half-brother Darius II .
Khosrow I , (238 ), Armenian king.
Nader Shah , (1747 ), Shah of Persia.
Nasser-al-Din Shah , (1896 ), Shah of Persia killed by Mirza Reza Kermani .
Ali Razmara , (1951 ), Prime Minister of Iran .
Hassan Ali Mansur , (1965 ), Prime Minister of Iran.
Mohammad Beheshti , (1981 ), killed along with over 60 others in bombing
Mohammad Ali Rajai , (1981), president and
Mohammad Javad Bahonar , (1981), Prime Minister of Iran respectively, killed just weeks after taking office.
Iraq
Gordian III , (244 ), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops
Ali Garmaii , (1996 ), dissident Iranian Kurdish activist in Halabja, Iraq
Mohammad Nanva , (1996), dissident Iranian Kurdish activist, in Solaymania, Iraq
Faisal II , (1958 ), King of Iraq ,
Nuri Pasha as-Said , (1958 ), Iraqi politician, and
Ibrahim Hashim , (1958 ), Jordanian politician, prime minister several times between the 1930s and shortly before his death - the previous three were all killed during the July 14 military coup in Iraq
Abdul Razak al-Naif , (1978 ), former Iraqi prime minister
Aquila al-Hashimi , (2003 ), Iraqi Governing Council member
Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim , (2003 ), ayatollah.
Sérgio Vieira de Mello , (2003 ), UN Special Representative in Iraq
Waldemar Milewicz , (2004 ), Polish journalist
Mounir Bouamrane , (2004 ), Algerian -Polish TV operator, killed alongside with Milewicz
Hatem Kamil , (2004 ), deputy governor of Baghdad Province
Ezzedine Salim , (2004 ), chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council
Barawiz Mahmoud , (2005 ), judge on the Iraqi Special Tribunal
Israel and Palestine
Hugh II of Le Puiset , (1134 ), count of Jaffa
Miles of Plancy , (1174 ), regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Conrad of Montferrat , (1192 ), King of Jerusalem , leader in the Third Crusade
Folke Bernadotte , (1948 ), Middle East peace mediator
Yitzhak Rabin , (1995 ), Prime Minister of Israel and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Yahya Ayyash , (1996 ), Hamas ' explosives expert
Rehavam Zeevi , (2001 ), Israeli general and politician
Abu Ali Mustafa , (2001 ), leader of PFLP
Salah Shahade , (2002 ), leader of Hamas' military wing
Ibrahim al-Makadmeh , (2003 ), co-founder of Hamas
Adnan al-Ghoul , (2004 ), Hamas' explosives expert
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi , (2004 ), leader of Hamas
Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil , (2004 ), Hamas operative
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin , (2004 ), leader and founder of Hamas
Japan
Emperor Sushun of Japan , (592 ), Emperor of Japan
The Sogas , (645 ), Japanese political family
Mimura Iechika , daimyo , feudal leader in Japan
Matsudaira Hirotada , (1549 ), feudal leader in Japan
Ouchi Yoshitaka , (1551 ), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
Oda Nobuyuki , (1557 ), Japanese samurai , younger brother of Oda Nobunaga
Ashikaga Yoshiteru , (1565 ), Shogun , feudal leader in Japan
Yamanaka Shikanosuke , (1578 ), Japanese samurai
Oda Nobunaga , (1582 ), samurai warlord
Shakushain , (1669 ), Ainu chief
Shimazu Nariaki , (1858 ), Japanese daimyo in Satsuma Province , now Kagoshima prefecture
Hashimoto Sanai , (1859 ), Japanese political activist
Ii Naosuke , (1860 ), Japanese politician
Tokugawa Nariaki , (1860), Japanese daimyo, a relative of Tokugawa shoguns
Serizawa Kamo , (1863 ), a chief of Shinsen-gumi
Charles Lenox Richardson , (1862 ), English diplomat, by Shimazu Hisamitsu 's samaurai in Namamugi . Called the Namamugi Incident .
Yoshida Toyo , (1863), Japanese political activist
Ikeuchi Daigaku , (1864 ), Japanese politician
Kusaka Gennai , (1864), Japanese politician
Sakuma Shozan , (1864), Japanese politician
Sakamoto Ryoma , (1867 ), Japanese author
Yokoi Shonai , (1869 ), Japanese political activist
Sirosawa Saneomi , (1871 ), Japanese political activist
Okubo Toshimichi , (1878 ), Japanese Prime Minister
Hara Takashi , (1921 ), Japanese Prime Minister
Hamaguchi Osachi . (1931 ), Japanese Prime Minister
Takuma Dan , (1932 ), Japanese zaibatsu leader
Inukai Tsuyoshi , (1932 ), Japanese Prime Minister
Takahashi Korekiyo , (1936 ), former Japanese prime minister
Isoroku Yamamoto , (1943 ), Japanese Admiral
Inejiro Asanuma , (1960 ), Socialist Party of Japan chairman
Hitoshi Igarashi , (1991 ), Japanese author who translated The Satanic Verses
Hideo Murai , (1995 ), one of the leading members of Aum Shinrikyo
Koki Ishii , (2002 ), Japanese politician
Jordan
Korea
Lebanon
Raymond II of Tripoli , (1152 ), count of Tripoli
Kamal Jumblatt , (1977 ), Lebanese Druze leader
Bachir Gemayel , (1982 ), president-elect of Lebanon
Rashid Karami , (1987 ), Prime Minister of Lebanon
René Moawad , (1989 ), President of Lebanon
Elie Hobeika , (2002 ), Lebanese militia leader
Rafik Hariri , (2005 ), former Prime Minister of Lebanon
Myanmar
Aung San , (1947 ), Burmese nationalist leader
Lee Bum Suk , (1983 ), foreign minister of South Korea, killed along with several other South Korean cabinet members by North Korean agents while visiting Burma
Nepal
Birendra , (2001 ), King of Nepal (along with Queen Aiswary and 9 other members of the royal family)
Pakistan
Liaquat Ali Khan , (1951 ), Prime Minister of Pakistan
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam , (1989 ), militant Islamist , near Peshawar
Fazle Haq , (1991 ), former governor of the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan, from 1978 to 1985.
Iqbal Masih , (1995 ), 13-year-old anti-child labor activist, in Rakh Baoli
Siddiq Khan Kanju , (2001 ), former foreign minister of Pakistan from 1991 to 1993.
The Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike , (1959 ), Sri Lankan socialist prime minister killed by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama
Ranasinghe Premadasa , (1993 ), President of Sri Lanka
C. V. Gunaratne , (2000 ), cabinet minister
Kousalyan , (2005 ), LTTE politician, by members of the breakaway Tamil National Army. Chandra Nehru, former member of Parliament, also killed.
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 .
Turkey
Caracalla , (217 ), Roman Emperor , between Edessa and Carrhae (modern-day Sanli Urfa and Harran ) by Martialis, possibly under orders of Macrinus
Aurelian , (275 ), Roman Emperor, near Caenophrurium (modern-day Corlu )
Florianus , (276 ), Roman Emperor, near Tarsus
Celal Pasha , (1929 ), former Ottoman Minister for the Navy, in Istanbul
Nihat Erim , (1980 ), former prime minister of Turkey , by a Dev Sol operative in Istanbul
Ahmet Taner Kislali , (1999 ), politician, university professor and columnist, by Islamist militants in Ankara
Ugur Mumcu , (1993 ), writer and newspaper journalist, in Ankara
Roger Short , (2003 ), British Consul-General in Istanbul
Vietnam
Yemen
Assassinations in Australia and Oceania
Assassinations in Europe
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Youssef El-Sebai , (1979 ) Egyptian writer, in Cyprus
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Henri III , (1589 ), King of France
Henri IV , (1610 ), King of France
Jean-Paul Marat , (1793 ), revolutionary
Marie François Sadi Carnot , (1894 ), President of France .
Jean Jaurès , (1914 ), politician, pacifist
Gaston Calmette , (1914 ), editor of Le Figaro Marius Plateau , (1923 ), secretary of Action Française
Paul Doumer , (1932 ), President of France
Louis Barthou , (1934 ), foreign minister of France killed along with King Alexander I of Yugoslavia at Marseille
Ernst vom Rath , (1938 ), German diplomat in France
Constant Chevillon , head of FUDOFSI , assassinated in 1944 by Gestapo in Lyon , France
Camille Blanc , (1961 ), mayor of Evian
José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana "Argala " (1978 ), Basque leader
Pierre-Jean Massimi , (1983 ), secretary of the département Haute-Corse
René Audran , (1985 ), General
Georges Besse , (1986 ), Renault executive
André Mécili ("Ali Mécili"), (1987 ), Algerian opposition leader, in France
Dulcie September , (1988 ), African National Congress representative, in Paris
Shahpur Bakhtiar , (1991 ), Prime Minister of Iran briefly in 1979, stabbed to death at his home in France
Claude Erignac , (1998 ), prefect of Corsica
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
Konrad von Marburg , (1233 ), inquisitor.
Albert I of Habsburg , German King and Duke of Austria , in 1308 , by his nephew John Parricida , whom he had deprived of his inheritance
Talat Pasha , (1921 ), former Ottoman Interior Minister, in Berlin by Armo Tehlirian
Matthias Erzberger , (1921 ), politician
Walther Rathenau , (1922 ), industrialist and politician
Dr Erich Klausener , (1934 ), Minister of Police
Gustav von Kahr , (1934 ), politician
General Kurt von Schleicher , (1934 ), advisor to Reich President Paul von Hindenburg
Belkacem Krim , (1970 ), Algerian politician
Günter von Drenkmann , (1974 ), Berlin chief justice
Siegfried Buback , (1977 ), German attorney general
Jürgen Ponto , (1977 ), CEO Dresdner Bank
Hanns-Martin Schleyer , (1977 ), president of the German employers' organization
Heinz-Herbert Karry , (1981 ), Minister of Economy in Hesse
Ernst Zimmermann , (1985 ), industrialist
Karl Heinz Beckurts , (1986 ), Siemens executive
Gerold von Braunmühl , (1986 ), official in the German Foreign Ministry
Alfred Herrhausen , (1989 ), Deutsche Bank CEO
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder , (1991 ), director of Treuhandanstalt for former East Germany
Greece
Hipparchus , (514 BC ), tyrant of Athens
Ephialtes , (461 BC ), leader of the radical democracy movement in Athens
Alcibiades , (404 BC ), Athenian general and politician
Philip II of Macedon , (336 BC ), king of Macedon , by Pausanias in Pella
Seleucus I Nicator , (281 BC ), founder of the Seleucid dynasty , near Lysimachia
Cleon of Sicyon , (272 BC ), tyrant of Sicyon
Tidas , (252 BC ), tyrant of Sicyon
Ioannis Capodistrias , (1831 ), first president of Greece
Nikos Momferratos , (1985 ), Greek newspaper publisher
Costis Peratikos , (1987 ), Greek shipowner
George I of Greece , (1913 ), king
George Tsantes , (1983 ), U.S. military attaché in Athens
Stephen Saunders , (2000 ), Brigadier and British military attaché in Athens
Hungary
Ireland
Lord Frederick Cavendish , (1882 ), Chief Secretary for Ireland
Thomas Henry Burke , (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland
Michael Collins , (1922 ), President of the Provisional Government and "Old IRA " guerrilla leader
Kevin O'Higgins , (1927 ), Irish politician
Christopher Ewart-Biggs , (1976 ), British ambassador to Ireland
Rev. Robert Bradford , (1981 ), Unionist MP in Northern Ireland
Italy
Titus Tatius , (748 BC ), Sabine king, in Rome
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus , (579 BC ), Etruscan king of Rome , in Rome by the sons of Ancus Marcius
Servius Tullius , (534 BC ), Etruscan king of Rome, in Rome by Tarquin II
Tiberius Gracchus , (133 BC ), Roman tribune, in Rome by Roman senators
Julius Caesar , (44 BC ), Roman general and dictator, in Rome by members of the Roman Senate
Cicero , (43 BC ), Roman orator, outside of Rome under orders from Mark Anthony
Caligula , (41 ), Roman Emperor , in Rome by Cassius Chaerea through a conspiracy with the Praetorian guard and the Senate
Claudius , (54 ), Roman Emperor, poisoned in Rome by his wife, Agrippina
Vitellius , (69 ), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Flavian army
Galba , (69 ), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders from Otho
Domitian , (96 ), Roman Emperor, in Rome by Stephanus, steward to Julia Flavia
Commodus , (192 ), Roman Emperor, killed in Rome by Narcissus the wrestler
Pertinax , (193 ), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
Didius Julianus , (193 ), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
Publius Septimius Geta , (212 ), Roman Emperor, in Rome by centurions under orders of Caracalla
Elagabalus , (222 ), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders of Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea
Maximinus Thrax , (238 ), Roman Emperor, outside Aquileia by his troops
Pupienus , (238), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
Balbinus , (238), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
Volusianus , (253 ), Roman Emperor, near Interamna by his troops
Trebonianus Gallus , (253), Roman Emperor, near Interamna by his troops
Pellegrino Rossi , (1848 ), Italian Minister of Justice
Umberto I of Italy , (1900 ), king
Giacomo Matteotti , (1924 ), Italian socialist politician
Benito Mussolini , (1945 ), fascist Prime Minister of Italy
Aldo Moro , (1978 ), former Prime Minister of Italy kidnapped and killed by the Red Brigades
Leamon Hunt , (1984 ), U.S. chief of the Sinai Multinational Force and Observer Group (assassinated in Rome)
Giovanni Falcone , (1992 ), anti-mafia judge
Paolo Borsellino , (1992 ), anti-mafia judge
Massimo D'Antona , (1999 ), advisor of the Italian Minister of Labour
Marco Biagi , (2002 ), Italian Labor Ministry advisor
Malta
The Netherlands
William I of Orange , (1584 ), leader of the Dutch war of independence from Spanish rule (Eighty Years War )
Johan de Witt , (1672 ), politician, and his brother
Cornelis de Witt (1672 )
Pim Fortuyn , (2002 ), publicist and politician, leader of his political party
Theo van Gogh , (2004 ), film director, writer and critic
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo , (1897 ), Prime Minister of Spain
José Canalejas , (1912 ), Prime Minister of Spain
Eduardo Dato Iradier , (1921 ), Prime Minister of Spain
Buenaventura Durruti , (1936 ), Spanish anarchist killed by a sniper
Federico García Lorca , (1936 ), Spanish poet and dramatist .
Mohamed Khider , (1967 ), Algerian politician, in Madrid .
Luis Carrero Blanco , (1973 ), Spanish prime minister.
Ricardo Tejero Magro , (1985 ), Spanish Central Bank director.
Francisco Tomás y Valiente , (1996 ), former president of the Spanish Constitutional Court.
Fernando Buesa Blanco , (2000 ), Basque politician and party leader.
Ernest Lluch Martín , (2000), former Spanish minister.
Sweden
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson , (1436 ), statesman
King Charles XII of Sweden , (1718 )
King Gustav III of Sweden , (1792 )
Axel von Fersen , (1810 ),
Andreas von Mirbach , (1975 ), German military attaché in Stockholm .
Heinz Hillegaart , (1975 ), German diplomat in Stockholm.
Olof Palme , (1986 ), Swedish prime minister .
Anna Lindh , (2003 ) Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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
Elisabeth ("Sissi"), (1898 ), empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, in Geneva
Vaslav Vorovsky , (1923 ), Soviet diplomat assassinated in Lausanne
Wilhelm Gustloff , (1936 ), German leader of the Swiss Nazi party
Kazem Rajavi , (1990 ), Iranian opposition leader, in Geneva
United Kingdom
Carausius , (293 ), usurper of the Western Roman Empire
King Edmund I , (946 ), king of England , stabbed at a banquet
Edward the Martyr , (979 ), King of England
Thomas Becket , (1170 ), Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Darnley , (1567 ), Henry Stuart , consort of Mary, Queen of Scots
James Sharp , (1679 ), Archbishop of St Andrews, in Fife , near St Andrews
Spencer Perceval , (1812 ), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , in London by John Bellingham ; only British prime minister to be assassinated
Lord Frederick Cavendish , (1882 ), Chief Secretary for Ireland
Thomas Henry Burke , (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland
Sir Henry Hughes Wilson , (1922 ), British field marshal , Conservative politician
Paddy Wilson of the SDLP murdered in 1972 , probably by the Ulster Volunteer Force .
Ross McWhirter , (1975 ), co-author of the Guinness Book of Records and far right wing political activist
Christopher Ewart-Biggs , (1976 ), British ambassador to Ireland
Georgi Markov , (1978 ), Bulgarian dissident
Airey Neave , (1979 ), British Conservative politician
Lord Mountbatten of Burma , (1979 ), Admiral of the Fleet , last Viceroy of India
Rev. Robert Bradford , (1981 ), Unionist MP in Northern Ireland
Ian Gow , (1990 ), British Conservative politician
Yugoslavia (and successor states)
Gallienus , (268 ), Roman emperor, near Naissus
Probus , (282 ), Roman emperor. Assassinated at Sirmium
Carinus , (284 ), Roman emperor. Assassinated at Margus
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie, killed by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo , (1914 ). See: Assassination in Sarajevo
Milorad Drašković , (1921 ), Yugoslav interior minister killed by Communist Alija Alijagić .
Croatian MPs Đuro Basariček , Pavle Radić and Stjepan Radić killed in the Parliament of Kingdom of SHS by Serbian radical MP Puniša Račić , (1928 )
Ivan Kramberger , (1992 ), Slovenian presidential candidate.
Irfan Ljubijankić , (1995 ), foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Željko Ražnatović ("Arkan"), (2000 ), Serb paramilitary leader
Pavle Bulatović , (2000), defense minister of Yugoslavia
Boško Perošević , (2000), prefect of Vojvodina
Zoran Đinđić , (2003 ), Prime Minister of Serbia killed by organized crime groups.
Assassinations in North America, Central America and the Caribbean
Bermuda
Canada
Thomas D'Arcy McGee , (1868 ), Canadian father of Confederation.
George Brown (1880 ), newspaper editor and Senator
Sergio Pérez Castillo , (1968 ), Cuban diplomat killed by anti-Castro forces in Montreal
Pierre Laporte , (1970 ), Quebec Minister of Labour.
Atilla Altžkat , (1982 ), Turkish diplomat assassinated by Armenian nationalists in Ottawa
Tara Singh Hayer , (1998 ), journalist killed by Sikh separatists
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero , (1913 ), President of Mexico
Emiliano Zapata , (1919 ), revolutionary
Enrique Camarena , (1985), policeman
Venustiano Carranza , (1920 ), President of Mexico
Francisco "Pancho" Villa , (1923 ), revolutionary
Álvaro Obregón , (1928 ), President-elect
Leon Trotsky , (1940 ), Russian communist leader
Luis Donaldo Colosio , (1994 ), Presidential candidate
José Francisco Ruiz Massieu , (1994 ), Secretary-General of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional
Paco Stanley , (1999 ), Comedian
Digna Ochoa , (2001 ), human rights attorney
Nicaragua
Panama
United States
Joseph Smith, Jr. , (1844 ), Mormon leader, Presidential candidate.
Henry Heusken , (1861 ), American diplomat (accompanying Townsend Harris from Amsterdam ).
Abraham Lincoln , (1865 ), President of the United States .
Thomas Hindman , (1868 ), Confederate General.
Edward Canby , (1873 ), Union General, leader of a peace confrence
Crazy Horse , (1877 ), Oglala Sioux chief killed by American troops.
James Garfield , (1881 ), President of the United States
William Goebel , (1900 ), Governor of Kentucky
William McKinley , (1901 ), President of the United States
Frank Steunenberg (1905 ) former governor of Idaho
Don Mellett , (1926 ), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime
Anton Cermak , (1933 ), mayor of Chicago
Huey P. Long , (1935 ), Louisiana senator and former governor.
Curtis Chillingworths , 1955 , a Florida judge
John F. Kennedy , (1963 ), President of the United States
Lee Harvey Oswald , (1963 ), alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy.
Medgar Evers , (1963 ), U.S. civil rights activist
Malcolm X , (1965 ), (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, born Malcolm Little), leader
George Lincoln Rockwell , (1967 ), founder of the American Nazi Party
Martin Luther King Jr. , (1968 ), U.S. civil rights activist
Robert F. Kennedy , (1968 ), Presidential candidate
Orlando Letelier , (1976 ), Chilean ambassador to the United States under the administration of Salvador Allende
Harvey Milk , (1978 ), gay rights San Francisco, California
George Moscone , (1978 ), Mayor of San Francisco killed along with Milk
John Wood , (1979 ), first US federal judge killed in the twentieth century
Alan Berg , (1984 ), Radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-nazis .
Alejandro González Malave , (1986 ), famous undercover policeman, in Bayamón , Puerto Rico
Don Aronow , (1987 ), inventor of the cigarette boat.
Ioan P. Culianu , (1991 ), professor of divinity
Tommy Burks , (1998 ), Tennessee State Senator.
Rowland Barnes , (2005 ), Atlanta judge
Assassinations in South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Venezuela
Assassinations in the former Soviet Union
Peter III of Russia , (1762 ), Emperor of Russia
Paul of Russia , (1801 ), Emperor of Russia
Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (1825 ), military Governor of St.Petersburg
Nikolay Vladimirovich Mezentsev (1878 ), Executive Director of the Third Section
Alexander II of Russia , (1881 ), Emperor of All the Russias
Dmitry Sipyagin , (1902 ), Russian Interior Minister
Vyacheslav Pleve , (1904 ), Russian Interior Minister
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov , (1905 ), former Governor-General of Moscow
Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov , (1904 ), Governor-General of Finland
Peter Stolypin , (1911 ), Russian Prime Minister
Grigori Rasputin , (1916 ), friar, adventurer, mystic wonder-worker
Wilhelm Mirbach , (1918 ), German Ambassador in Moscow
Nicholas II of Russia , (1918 ), deposed Tsar
Simon Petlyura , (1926 ), Ukrainian independence leader
Sergei Kirov , (1934 ), Bolshevik party leader in Leningrad
Giorgi Chanturia , (1994 ), Georgian opposition leader
Dzhokhar Dudayev , (1996 ), first Chechen separatist President and anti-Russian guerrilla leader
Otakhon Latifi , (1998 ), Tajik journalist and opposition figure
Vasgen Sarkissian , (1999 ), Prime Minister of Armenia
Georgiy Gongadze , (2000 ), Ukrainian journalist
Valentin Tsvetkov , (2002 ), governor of Magadan
Georgy Tal , (2004 ), leading Russian businessman
Paul Klebnikov , (2004 ), editor of the Russian edition of Forbes Akhmad Kadyrov , (2004 ), Kremlin -backed President of the Chechen Republic
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev , (2004 ), separatist President of Chechnya from 1996 until 1997
Aslan Maskhadov , (2005 ), President of Chechnya
People who died under suspicious circumstances
Nicola Calipari , (2005 ), Italian intelligence agent
Zurab Zhvania , (2005 ), Prime Minister of Georgia
Enrique Salinas , (2004 ), brother of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas . Found with a plastic bag over the head in a parked car
George Bacchus , (2004 ); accused a Guyanese government minister of links to death squads
Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush , (2003 ), Iraqi general, died in American custody
Paul Wellstone , (2002 ), liberal Democratic United States Senator from Minnesota , killed in mysterious plane crash during his reelection campaign
Giorgi Sanaia , (2001 ), Georgian journalist known for opposition to government, shot in apartment
Juvénal Habyarimana , (1994 ), President of Rwanda , and
Cyprien Ntaryamira , (1994 ), President of Burundi , killed in mysterious plane crash; the resulting political instability led to the genocide in Rwanda and the outbreak of full-scale war in Burundi
Pablo Escobar , (1993 ), head of the Medellín Cartel
Zviad Gamsakhurdia , (1993 ), former president of Georgia - apparent suicide, though unconfirmed
Joseph Rendjambe , (1990 ), leader of the Gabonese Progress Party . Found dead of poisoning in a hotel owned by President Omar Bongo
Samora Machel , (1986 ), President of Mozambique , killed in air crash on the border of South Africa ; Machel was a leading anti-Apartheid campaigner
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , (1988 ), military ruler of Pakistan
Uwe Barschel , (1987 ), minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein
Roberto Calvi , (1982 ), CEO of Banco Ambrosiano , found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London
Eduardo Frei Montalva , 1982 , president of Chile from 1964 to 1970
Omar Torrijos , 1981 , brigadier general and president of Panama , died in a plane crash
Pope John Paul I , (1978 ), has been contended by author David Yallop to have been assassinated
Haile Selassie , (1975 ), Ethiopian emperor who was deposed and imprisoned a year earlier by the military after an eventful reign of over 40 years
Edmundo Bosio , (1975 ), dismissed Vice President of Equatorial Guinea
Aman Mikael Andom , (1974 ), Ethiopian military figure
Salvador Allende , (1973 ), President of Chile , died during a violent coup ; either suicide or killed by followers of Augusto Pinochet
Edward Mutesa , (1969 ), possibly from poisoning
Dag Hammarskjöld , (1961 ), United Nations Secretary General , killed in plane crash in Zaire
Barthélemy Boganda , (1959 ), Prime Minister of the Central African Republic , in a plane crash
Joseph Stalin , (1953 ), Soviet leader
Jan Masaryk , (1948 ), son of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Czech diplomat, politician and Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia
King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand, (1946 ). Died of gunshot wounds; suicide, accident or assassination
Ghazi of Iraq , King of Iraq (1939 )
Ottavio Bottecchia , Italian Cyclist (1927 )
S. L. MacGregor-Mathers , well-known magician and occultist, died in 1918 of an unknown cause; it is known that he had many enemies
Émile Zola , (1902 ), French author
Emperor Komei of Japan , (1840 ), Emperor of Japan
Pius VIII , (1830 ), Pope, possibly poisoned
Napoléon Bonaparte , (1821 , French general and emperor
Moctezuma II , (1520 ), Aztec emperor. According to Spanish accounts he was killed by his own people, according to Aztec accounts he was murdered by the Spanish.
Pope Alexander VI , (1503 ), Roman pope of the 15th century
Regiomontanus (aka Johannes Müller ), (1476 ), German mathematician and astronomer
Agnès Sorel , (1450 ), mistress of King Charles VII of France
King Jean I of France , (1316 )
King William II of England , (1100 ), killed by an arrow while hunting
Flavius Claudius Julianus , (363 ), Roman emperor
Carus , (283 ), Roman emperor
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