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.
Assassinations in Africa
Algeria
- Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of
Numidia
- François Darlan, (1942),
senior figure of Vichy France
- Mohamed Khemisti, (1963 April
11), Algerian foreign minister
- Mustafa Bouyali, (1987), Islamic
fundamentalist
- Mohamed Boudiaf, (1992 June 29),
President of Algeria, shot at Annaba
- 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
Angola
Burkina Faso
Burundi
- Louis Rwagasore, (1961), Prime
Minister of Burundi
- Pierre Ngendandumwe, (1965
January 15), Prime Minister of Burundi
- Joseph Bamina, (1965), Prime
Minister of Burundi
- Melchior Ndadaye, (1993),
President of Burundi, Founder of The Burundi Workers' Party
- Cyprien Ntaryamira, (1994
April 6), President of Burundi, airplane shot down
- Kassi Manlan, (2001), World Health Organisation
representative
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
- Marien Ngouabi, (1977 March 18),
President of the Congo, shot at Brazzaville
Congo (Kinshasa)
- Patrice Lumumba, (1961 January
17), former Prime Minister of the Congo
- Maurice Mpolo, (1961 January 17),
former Youth Minister, and Lumumba associate
- Joseph Okito, (1961 January 17),
Senate Vice-President and Lumumba associate
- Laurent Kabila, (2001 January
16), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, shot by
bodyguard
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
- Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi,
(1948 December 28), Prime Minister of Egypt
- Hassan al-Banna, (1949), founder
of the Muslim Brotherhood
- Anwar Sadat, (1981 October 6),
President of Egypt, shot while
reviewing military parade
- Rifaat
al-Mahgoub, (1990), speaker of Egyptian
parliament
- Farag Foda, (1992),
Egyptian
politician and intellectual
The Gambia
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Kenya
- Pio Gama Pinto, (1965), socialist
politician
- Tom Mboya, (1969
July 5), Kenyan
Minister of
Economic Planning and politician
- 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
Liberia
Madagascar
Mali
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
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

- Dele Giwa, (1986), journalist
- Bola Ige, (2001), justice minister of
Nigeria
Rwanda
Somalia
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
- 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
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
- Khalil Wazir
("Abu Jihad"), (1988 April 16), military leader of the PLO, shot by Israeli
commandos in Tunis

- Salah Khalaf ("Abu Iyad"), (1991),
deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis,
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Assassinations in the Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
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
Bermuda
Bolivia
Brazil
- Pinheiro Machado ,
(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
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
Chile
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
- 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
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
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
Grenada
- Maurice Bishop, (1983), Prime
Minister, during the protracted events of a coup.
Guatemala
- José María Reina
Barrios, (1898), President of Guatemala
- Carlos Castillo Armas,
(1957), president of
Guatemala, killed by bodyguard
- 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
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
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
Honduras
Mexico
- Motecuhzoma II Xocoyotl, (1520),
Mexica Emperor
- Francisco I. Madero, (1913 February 23), President of Mexico 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
- Doroteo Arango a.k.a. Pancho Villa,
(1923 July 20), revolutionary
- Felipe Carrillo Puerto,
(1924), Governor of
Yucatán
- Álvaro Obregón, (1928
July 17), President-elect
- Julio Antonio Mella, (1929),
Cuban revolutionary
- Leon Trotsky, (1940 August 20),
Russian communist leader
- 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
- 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
Nicaragua
- Augusto César Sandino, (1934),
Nicaraguan
revolutionary
- Anastasio Somoza
García, (1956 September 21), President of Nicaragua
- Pedro Joaquín
Chamorro Cardenal, (1978), newspaper editor, Nicaraguan Somoza
opposition
- Anastasio Somoza
Debayle (1980 September 17), former President, ambushed in
Paraguay
- Enrique Bermúdez,
(1991)
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Suriname
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- John F. Kennedy, (1963 November
22), President of the United States
- 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
- Robert F. Kennedy, (1968 June 5), U.S. Senator,
Candidate for Democratic nomination for President 1968, brother of
assassinated President John F. Kennedy
- 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
- 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
- Chauncey Bailey, (2007), Oakland
Tribune journalist
- Bill Gwatney, (2008), Chairman of
the Arkansas Democratic
Party
- George Tiller, (2009), abortion
provider
Uruguay
Venezuela
Assassinations in Asia
Afghanistan
- Habibullah
Khan, (1919), emir of Afghanistan

- Mohammed Nadir Shah, (1933
November 8), king of
Afghanistan
- Mohammed Daoud Khan, (1978),
president of Afghanistan
killed in communist coup
- Adolph Dubs, (1979 February 14),
U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan
- 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
- Abdul Qadir, (2002
July 6), vice-president of Afghanistan
- Abdul Rahman,
(2002 February 14), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and
Tourism
- Abdul Sabur Farid
Kuhestani, (2007), former Prime Minister of
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
- Sheik Mujibur Rahman, (1975
August 15), father of the nation and founder President of Bangladesh, killed in
coup
- 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
Bhutan
Cambodia
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
Georgia
India
- Phoolan Devi, (2001 July 25),
bandit queen turned politician
Indonesia
- A.
W.
S.
Mallaby,
(1945), a British brigadier general 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
- Munir Said Thalib, (2004), a
human rights and anti-corruption activist
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
- 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
Iraq
- Gordian III, (244), Roman emperor,
near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops
- Faisal II,
(1958 July 14), King of Iraq

- Nuri Pasha as-Said, (1958
July 14), Prime Minister of Iraq
- Abdul Razak al-Naif, (1978
July 9), former Prime Minister of
Iraq, killed in London
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
Jordan
- Abdullah
I, (1951 July 20), King of
Jordan, when entering the Al Aqsa Mosque

- Hazza al-Majali, (1960 August
29), Prime Minister of
Jordan, killed with 10 others by time bomb in office
- Wasfi al-Tal, (1971 November 28),
Prime Minister of Jordan
shot during visit to Cairo
- Laurence Foley, (2002), USAID
official, by Al-Qaeda operatives
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
- Park Chung-Hee, (1979 October
25), President of South
Korea
Kuwait
Laos
- Quinim Folsena, foreign minister of Laos (1963 April 1)
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)
- Kamal Jumblatt, (1977), Lebanese
Druze leader
- Tony Frangieh, (1978), Lebanese
Christian leader
- Bachir Gemayel, (1982),
president-elect of Lebanon, killed by bomb
- Rashid Karami, (1987 June 1),
Prime Minister of Lebanon,
killed by bomb aboard helicopter
- 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
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
Mongolia
Myanmar (Burma)
Nepal
- Birendra,
(2001 June 1), King of Nepal
(along
with Queen Aiswary and 9 other members of the royal family), killed
by crown prince
Pakistan
- Liaquat Ali Khan, (1951 October
16), Prime Minister of
Pakistan
- Hayat Sherpao, (1975), Former
Governor of
the North-West Frontier Province
- 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
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
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
- 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

Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka
- Solomon Bandaranaike, (1959
September 25), Sri Lankan socialist prime minister, by Buddhist
monk Talduwe Somarama
- Alfred
Duraiyapah, (1975), former Mayor, Jaffna
, by
Tamil Tigers
- Lasantha Wickrematunge,
(2009), Journalist,Polatician, By Sri Lankan Government, by Mahinda Rajapaksa
- 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
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.
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
Vietnam
Yemen
Assassinations in Australia and Oceania
Australia
New Caledonia
Samoa
Palau
Assassinations in Europe
Albania
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
- Karl von Stürgkh, (1916),
Minister-President of
Austria
- Kurt Eisner, (1919),
Minister-President of the
Bavarian Socialist Republic
- Engelbert Dollfuss, (1934),
Chancellor of Austria
- Abdul
Rahman Ghassemlou, (1989), dissident Kurdish Iranian political leader, in Vienna

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
Bosnia and Hercegovina
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
- 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
Croatia
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
Denmark
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
- Kari S. Tikka, (2006), Professor of taxtion
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
- Jean Jaurès, (1914 July 30),
politician, pacifist
- Gaston Calmette, (1914 March
16), editor of Le Figaro
newspaper, by the wife of the minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux
- Paul Doumer, (1932 May 6), President
of France, shot in Paris
- 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

- 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

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
- Stepan
Bandera (1959) - Ukrainian nationalist leader assassinated by
Bohdan Stashinsky 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)
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
- 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
Hungary
Iceland
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
- Kevin
O'Higgins, (1927), Irish
politician, Vice-President of Irish Free
State
- Henry Boyle
Townshend Somerville, (1936) murdered by the IRA for providing assistance to
Royal Navy recruits.
- 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
- Dominic McGlinchey, (1994).
INLA terrorist
leader.
- Veronica
Guerin, (1996), Irish
journalist
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
- Said Halim Pasha, (1921),
former Ottoman Prime Minister
- Giacomo Matteotti, (1924 June
10), Italian socialist politician
- Luigj
Gurakuqi, (1925), Albanian
independence leader, in Bari

- Benito Mussolini, (1945 April
28), fascist, former Prime
Minister of Italy
- 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
Montenegro
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
Norway
Ottoman Empire
Poland
- Stanisław
Szczepanowski (1079), Bishop
of Kraków (now a saint)
- Gabriel Narutowicz (December
16, 1922), President of
Poland
- 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
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 and
- Luiz Filipe of
Portugal, (1908 February 1), Crown Prince
- Sidónio Pais, (1918),
President
- Humberto Delgado, (1965),
General, Presidential Candidate
- Issam Sartawi, (1983), member of
the Palestine
Liberation Organization, shot in an hotel
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
- Nicolae Iorga, (1940), former
Prime Minister of Romania, historian
- Virgil Madgearu, (1940),
politician
- Constantin Tănase,
(1945), actor
- Danny Huwe, (1989) Belgian
journalist
Serbia
Spain
- 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
- 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
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
- Anna Lindh, (2003), Swedish foreign affairs
minister
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
Turkey
- Mahmud Şevket Pasha
(1913), prime minister
- Mustafa Suphi (1921), communist
leader
- Abdi Ipekçi, (1979),
journalist, Editor-in-Chief of Milliyet newspaper, by
Mehmet Ali Ağca in
Istanbul
- Metin Yüksel (1979), Islamic
political activist
- Cavit Orhan Tütengil
(1979), Kemalist academician and
writer
- Ümit
Kaftancıoğlu (1980), Kemalist writer
and TV producer
- Kemal Türkler, (1980),
Labor union leader, by Grey Wolves in Istanbul
- Nihat Erim, (1980), former prime minister of Turkey, by a
Dev Sol operative in Istanbul
- Muammer Aksoy, (1990), Kemalist university professor in Law, by Islamist militants in Ankara
- Bahriye Üçok, (1990),
Kemalist university professor in Islam
Studies and women's rights activist, in Istanbul, by Islamist militants
- Turan Dursun, (1990), Islamic
scholar, author, and journalist with a critical view of Islam, in
Ankara, unresolved, most probably by Islamist militants
- Musa Anter,
(1992), dissident Kurdish Turkish
activist and writer, in Diyarbakır
, unresolved, attributed to Turkish military
intelligence (JITEM)
- Uğur Mumcu, (1993), Kemalist journalist, Cumhuriyet newspaper, by Islamist militants in Ankara
- Onat Kutlar, (1995), writer, poet,
founder of Cinemateque Istanbul, columnist for Cumhuriyet
newspaper, attributed to Islamist militants
in Istanbul
- Özdemir Sabancı
(1996), prominent industrialist and member of Sabancı family
- Konca Kuriş,
(1998), Islamic feminist author, kidnapped
and tortured to death by Hizbullah in Mersin

- Ahmet Taner
Kışlalı, (1999), Kemalist politician,
former Minister of Culture, Ankara University professor in Political Science, Cumhuriyet
newspaper columnist, by Islamist militants
in Ankara
- Üzeyir Garih (2001), Turkish Jewish businessman and
industrialist
- Necip Hablemitoğlu
(2002), Kemalist professor of history at
Ankara University, unresolved,
attributed to Islamist militants, German
intelligence, or MOSSAD
- Mustafa Yücel
Özbilgin (2006), Kemalist High Judge at
Council of State, by an
Islamist lawyer in Ankara
- Hrant Dink, (2007), Turkish Armenian Journalist, publisher
of Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, in
Istanbul, currently unresolved, but has been continuously
threatened by Turkish ultra-nationalists
United Kingdom (and predecessor states)
- Carausius, (293), usurper of the
Western Roman Empire
- King Edmund
I, (946), king of England
, stabbed at a banquet
- Edward the
Martyr, (979), King of England

- Thomas Becket, (1170), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of
Albany (best known as Lord Darnley), (1567), consort
of Mary, Queen of Scots
- James Stewart, 1st Earl of
Moray, (1570), Regent of Scotland

- George
Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1628)
- 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; the only British
prime minister to be assassinated
- Sir
Henry Hughes Wilson, (1922 June
22), British
field marshal, retired
Chief of the
Imperial General Staff and Conservative politician
- Michael O'Dwyer, (1940), Former
Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, shot by a Punjabi
revolutionary, Udham Singh.
- Paddy Wilson, (1972), Social Democratic and Labour
Party politician
- Ross McWhirter, (1975), co-author
of the Guinness Book of
Records and right wing political activist
- Kadhi
Abdullah al-Hagri, (1977), past prime minister of Yemen Arab Republic, killed in London

- Georgi Markov,
(1978), Bulgarian
dissident
- Lord
Louis Mountbatten, (1979), Former Governor-General of India
on his yacht off Ireland
- Airey Neave,
(1979), British
Conservative politician
- Sir Norman Stronge (1981),
aristocrat and Northern Irish politician
- Sir James Stronge,
9th Baronet (1981), aristocrat and Northern Irish
politician
- Rev. Robert Bradford, (1981),
Unionist MP in Northern Ireland

- Edgar Graham, (1983), Ulster Unionist politician.
- George Seawright, (1987),
Northern Ireland politician
- Bernt Carlsson, (1988), UN Commissioner for Namibia,
murdered at Lockerbie
- Patrick Finucane,
(1989), solicitor
- Ian Gow, (1990), British Conservative
politician
- Billy Wright, (1997),
Loyalist Volunteer Force
leader.
- Rosemary Nelson, (1999),
Irish Catholic solicitor and human
rights advocate
- Jill Dando, (1999), British
television presenter
- Alexander
Litvinenko, (2006) Russian
critic of Vladimir
Putin
Yugoslavia
- Gallienus, (268), Roman emperor, near
Naissus
- Probus, (282), Roman emperor.
Assassinated at Sirmium

- Carinus, (284), Roman emperor.
Assassinated at Margus
- Alexander I of
Yugoslavia, (1934), was king of Yugoslavia. Assassinated in
Marseille
, France
.
- Željko
Ražnatović ("Arkan"), (2000), Serb paramilitary leader
- Pavle Bulatović, (2000),
defense minister of Yugoslavia
- Ivan Stambolić, (2000),
Serbian politician
Ukraine
Assassinations in Russia and 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 Saint
Petersburg

- Nikolay
Vladimirovich Mezentsev, (1878), Executive Director of the
Third Section
- Alexander
II of Russia, (1881 March 13), Tsar of All the
Russias

- Dmitry Sipyagin, (1902 April 8),
Russian Interior Minister
- Vyacheslav Pleve, (1904),
Russian Interior Minister
- Grand Duke Sergei
Alexandrovich Romanov, (1905), former Governor-General of Moscow

- Peter
Stolypin, (1911 September 14), Russian
Prime Minister, killed in theater in
Kiev
- Grigori Rasputin, (1916
December 30), controversial friar and mystic
- Tsar Nicholas II and his
family: Tsarina
Alexandra, Tsarevich Aleksey,
and the Grand Duchesses Anastasia,
Tatiana, Olga and Maria
(1918 July 16)
- Elizabeth of Hesse,
Grand Duchess of Russia, sister of Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of tsar
Nicholas II. (18
july 1918)
- V. Volodarsky, (1918), revolutionary
- Wilhelm
Mirbach, (1918), German
Ambassador in Moscow
- Simon
Petlyura, (1926), Ukrainian
independence leader
- Sergei Kirov,
(1934 December 1), Bolshevik party leader
in Leningrad

- Vladislav Listyev, (1995), a
Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel
- Dzhokhar
Dudayev, (1996), first Chechen
separatist President and anti-Russian
guerrilla
leader
- Valeriy
Hubulov, (1998), South Ossetian
politician, former prime minister
- Galina
Starovoitova, (1998), influential politician, then member of
Russian
parliament (Duma)
- Otakhon
Latifi, (1998), Tajik
journalist and opposition figure
- Sergei
Yushenkov, (2003), Russian politician, in Moscow

- Yuri
Shchekochikhin, (2003), Russian journalist, in Moscow

- Paul Klebnikov, (2004), editor of
the Russian edition of Forbes
magazine
- Akhmad
Kadyrov, (2004), Kremlin
-backed President of the Chechen Republic
- Aslan Maskhadov, (2005),
President of separatist
Chechnya
- Anatoly Trofimov, (2005),
former FSB deputy director
- Magomed
Omarov, (2005), deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan

- Bayaman
Erkinbayev, (2005), Kyrgyz
MP
- Altynbek
Sarsenbayev, (2006), Kazakh
politician
- Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev,
(2006), President of separatist Chechnya
- Anna Politkovskaya, (2006),
Russian journalist and human rights campaigner.
- Vitaly
Karayev, (2008), mayor of Vladikavkaz
, North Ossetia-Alania
- Kazbek
Pagiyev, (2008), former mayor of Vladikavkaz
, North Ossetia-Alania
- Nina
Varlamova, (2008), mayor of Kandalaksha
, Murmansk Oblast
- Stanislav Markelov, (2009),
human rights lawyer
- Seifutdin Kaziakhmedov,
(2009), police investigator in Dagestan
- Adilgerei
Magomedtagirov, (2009), interior minister of Dagestan
- Aza
Gazgireyeva, (2009), deputy chair of Ingushetia
Supreme Court
- Bashir Aushev,
(2009), former deputy prime minister of Ingushetia

- Natalia Estemirova, (2009),
human rights activist
References
- World Almanac 2004, p156
- World Almanac 1967, p257
- "Historic Assassinations Since 1865," The World Almanac and
Book of Facts 2004, p156 (World Almanac 2004)
- "Chief Political Assassinations Since 1865," The World
Almanac and Book of Facts 1967, p257 (World Almanac
1967)
- "Assassinations and Political Murders," 20th Century
Timeline (Griesewood & Dempsey, Ltd., 1985) (Crescent
Books, 1985) [20th Century Timeline] , p119
- 20th Century Timeline, p120
- "Historic Assassinations Since 1865," The World Almanac and
Book of Facts 1982 (World Almanac 1982), p750
- World Almanac 1982, p750
- World Almanac 2004, p155
- 20th Century Timeline, p119
- 20th Century Timeline, p118
- http://www.eng.terror99.ru/publications/092.htm
- http://www.eng.terror99.ru/publications/118.htm
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