List of assassinated people

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

Contents

1 Assassinations in Africa

2 Assassinations in the Americas

3 Assassinations in Asia

4 Assassinations in Australia and Oceania

5 Assassinations in Europe

6 Assassinations in the former Soviet Union

7 Deaths under suspicious circumstances

8 Related articles and lists

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Assassinations in Africa

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Algeria

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

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Burkina Faso

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

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Burundi

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

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C�te d'Ivoire

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

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Egypt

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

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Equatorial Guinea

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

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Ethiopia

Tilahun Gizaw, (1969), Ethiopian student leader

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Guinea

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

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Kenya

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

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Liberia

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

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Madagascar

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

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Mozambique

Carlos Cardoso, (2000), Mozambican journalist

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Niger

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

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Nigeria

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

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Rwanda

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

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Somalia

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

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South Africa

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

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Tanzania

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

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Togo

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

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Tunisia

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

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Uganda

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

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Zimbabwe

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

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Assassinations in the Americas

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Argentina

Carlos Prats, (1974), Chilean general

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Bermuda

Sir Richard Sharples, (1973), governor of Bermuda

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Bolivia

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

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Brazil

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

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Canada

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

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Chile

Ren� Schneider, (1970), Chilean general

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Colombia

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

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Dominican Republic

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

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Ecuador

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

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El Salvador

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

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Guatemala

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

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Guyana

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

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Haiti

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

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Mexico

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

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Nicaragua

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

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Panama

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

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Paraguay

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

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Peru

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

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United States

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

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Venezuela

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

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Assassinations in Asia

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Afghanistan

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

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Bangladesh

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

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Bhutan

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

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Cambodia

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

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China

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

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India

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

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Iran

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

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Iraq

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

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Israel and Palestine

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

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Japan

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

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Jordan

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

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Korea

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

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Lebanon

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

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Myanmar

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

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Nepal

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

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Pakistan

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

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Philippines

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

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Saudi Arabia

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

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Sri Lanka

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

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Syria

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

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Turkey

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