List of assassinated people

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

Assassinations in Africa

Algeria

• Hiempsal (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia
• François Darlan (December 24, 1942), senior figure of Vichy France
• Mohamed Khemisti (April 11, 1963), Algerian foreign minister
• Mustafa Bouyali (February 3, 1987), Islamic fundamentalist
• Mohamed Boudiaf (June 29, 1992), Head of State of Algeria, shot at Annaba
• Kasdi Merbah (August 22, 1993), former Prime Minister of Algeria
• Abdelkader Alloula (March 10, 1994), playwright
• Cheb Hasni (September 29, 1994), singer
• Lounès Matoub (June 25, 1998), singer
• Abdelkader Hachani, (November 22, 1999), Islamic fundamentalist
• Ali Tounsi (February 25, 2010), chief of the national police

Angola

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

Burkina Faso

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

Burundi

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

Cameroon

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

Chad

• François Tombalbaye, (1975), President of Chad

Comoros

• Ali Soilih, (1978), former President of Comoros
• Ahmed Abdallah, (1989), President of Comoros
• Combo Ayouba, (2010), army chief of staff and former interim head of state

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

• Deyda Hydara, (2004), journalist

Guinea

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

Guinea Bissau

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

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

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

Madagascar

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

Mozambique

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

Namibia

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

Niger

• Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, (1999 April 9), President of Niger, ambushed by soldiers

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

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

Somalia

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

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

• Cleo Noel Jr and George Curtis Moore, (1973 March 2), US Chief of Mission/Deputy Chief ot Mission (see 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations)
• Guy Eid, (1973), Belgian Chargé d'affaires (see 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations)
• John Granville, (2008), diplomat for the United States Agency for International Development

Swaziland

• Gabriel Mkhumane (2008), political opposition leader

Tanzania

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

Togo

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

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

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

Zambia

• Herbert Chitepo, (1975), Zimbabwean nationalist leader

Zimbabwe

• Attati Mpakati, (1983), left-wing Malawian politician

Assassinations in the Americas

Antigua and Barbuda

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

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

• Sir Richard Sharples, (1973), governor of Bermuda

Bolivia

• Pedro Blanco Soto, (1829), President of Boliva
• Manuel Isidoro Belzu, (1865), President of Bolivia
• Mariano Melgarejo, (1871), President of Bolivia
• Che Guevara, (1967), Argentine revolutionary leader
• René Barrientos Ortuño, (1969), former President of Bolivia
• Juan José Torres, (1976), former President of Bolivia

Brazil

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

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

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

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

• Antonio Guiteras, (1935), Revolutionary Socialist Leader

Dominican Republic

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

Ecuador

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

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

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

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
• Jesús Manuel Lara Rodríguez, (2010), Mayor of Guadalupe
• Rodolfo Torre Cantú, (2010), politician

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

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

Paraguay

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

Peru

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

Puerto Rico

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

Suriname

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

United States

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

• James Strang, (1856), Michigan State Representative and leader of the Strangite Mormon Church.
• Abraham Lincoln, (1865 April 14), 16th President of the United States of America
• David Hennessy, (1890), Police Chief of New Orleans
• Don Mellett, (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime
• Walter Liggett, (1935), Minnesota newspaper editor
• Carlo Tresca, (1943), anarchist organizer
• Curtis Chillingworth, (1955), a Florida judge
• Medgar Evers, (1963 June 12), U.S. civil rights activist
• John F. Kennedy, (1963 November 22), 35th President of the United States of America
• 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 6), front-running candidate for U.S. President, U.S. Senator, Attorney General and brother to 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
• Harvey Milk, (1978 November 27), American politician, first openly gay man elected, shot and killed by Dan White.
• John Lennon, (1980 December 8), British musician, founder of The Beatles, shot and killed by Mark David Chapman.
• 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
• Dimebag Darrell, (2004), Pantera guitarist, murdered during a performance.
• Chauncey Bailey, (2007), Oakland Tribune journalist
• George Tiller, (2009), Controversial late-term abortion doctor

Uruguay

• Bernardo P. Berro, (1868), Uruguayan president
• Venancio Flores, (1868), Uruguayan president (on the same day as Berro, though in completely separate incidents)
• Juan Idiarte Borda, (1897), Uruguayan president

Venezuela

• Col. Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, (1950 November 13), President of Venezuela
• Danilo Anderson, (2004), State prosecutor

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
• Mohammed Atef, (2001) alleged military chief of al-Qaeda
• Juma Namangani, (2001) Co-founder of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
• Abdul Qadir, (2002 July 6), vice-president of Afghanistan
• Abdul Rahman, (2002 February 14), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism
• Dadullah, (2007), Taliban's senior military commander
• Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani, (2007), former Prime Minister of Afghanistan
• Tohir Yo‘ldosh, (2009), Co-founder of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

Armenia

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

Azerbaijan

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

Bangladesh

• Sheikh 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

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

Cambodia

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

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

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

India

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

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
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (2006) leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
• Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, (2007), Sunni tribal leader
• Mohamed Moumou, (2008), Number 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and senior leader in Northern Iraq
• Riad Abdel Majid, (2009), Brigadier General in the Iraqi Army

Israel

• Ish-bosheth, (c1000 BC), King of Israel, by two of his captains
• Abner, (c1000 BC), Commander of Ish-bosheth's army, by Joab, commander of David's army
• Amnon, (c1000 BC), son of King David, by servants of Absalom, his brother
• Absalom, (c1000 BC), son of King David, by Joab, commander of David's army
• Nadab, (c910), King of Israel, by Baasha, one of his military commanders, who succeeded him
• Elah, (c886), King of Israel, by Zimri, captain of his chariot corps, during a drinking party (Zimri succeeded him)
• Jehoram, King of Israel, by Jehu, one of his chariot commanders, who succeeded him
• Ahaziah, King of Judah, by Jehu, at the same time as that of Jehoram of Israel
• Athaliah, Queen of Judah, during a conspiracy of priests in favor of the boy Jehoash, who succeeded her
• Jehoash, (c800 BC), King of Judah, by his servants
• Amaziah, (c768 BC), King of Judah, by unknown conspirators
• Zechariah, (c752 BC), King of Israel, publicly assassinated by Shallum, who succeeded him
• Shallum, (c752 BC), King of Israel, by Menahem, one of his generals, who succeeded him
• Pekahiah, (c737 BC), King of Israel, by Pekah, one of his military commanders, who succeeded him
• Pekah, (c732 BC), King of Israel, by Hoshea, who succeeded him
• Amon, (c651 BC), King of Judah, by his servants
• Simon Maccabaeus, (135 BC), Hasmonean king, by his son-in-law Ptolemy
• Hugh II of Le Puiset, (1134), count of Jaffa
• Miles of Plancy, (1174), regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
• Conrad of Montferrat, (1192), King of Jerusalem, leader in the Third Crusade
• Jacob Israël de Haan, (1924), pro-Orthodox Jewish diplomat
• Haim Arlosoroff, (1933), Zionist leader in the British Mandate of Palestine
• Thomas C. Wasson, (1948), US Consul General in Jerusalem
• Folke Bernadotte, (1948), Middle East peace mediator, assassinated by Lehi
• 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

Japan

• Emperor Ankō, (456), Emperor of Japan
• Emperor Sushun, (592), Emperor of Japan
• The Sogas, (645), Japanese political family
• Minamoto no Yoshitomo, (1160), head of Minamoto clan, father of Minamoto no Yoritomo
• Minamoto no Sanetomo, (1219), the third shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate
• Ashikaga Yoshinori, (1441), the sixth shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate
• Ōta Dōkan, (1486), samurai, architect and builder of Edo Castle
• Hosokawa Masamoto, (1507), shugo daimyo of Ashikaga Shogunate
• Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, (1535), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
• Matsudaira Hirotada, (1549), daimyo, son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu
• Ōuchi Yoshitaka, (1551), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
• Oda Nobuyuki, (1557), Japanese samurai, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga
• Ashikaga Yoshiteru, (1565), Shogun, feudal leader in Japan
• Mimura Iechika, (1566), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
• Yamanaka Shikanosuke, (1578), Japanese samurai
• Oda Nobunaga, (1582), samurai warlord
• Shakushain, (1669), Ainu chieftain
• Kira Yoshinaka,(1703), master of ceremonies
• Shimazu Nariaki, (1858), Japanese daimyo in Satsuma Province, now Kagoshima prefecture
• Ii Naosuke, (1860), Japanese politician
• Tokugawa Nariaki, (1860), Japanese daimyo, a relative of Tokugawa shoguns
• Charles Lennox Richardson, (1862), English diplomat, by Shimazu Hisamitsu's samurai in Namamugi. Called the Namamugi Incident
• Serizawa Kamo, (1863), a chief of Shinsen-gumi
• Sakuma Shozan, (1864), Japanese politician
• Sakamoto Ryoma, (1867), Japanese author
• Ōmura Masujirō, (1869), military leader and theorist
• Yokoi Shōnan, (1869), scholar and politician
• Okubo Toshimichi, (1878), Home Minister of Japan, briefly most powerful man in Japan
• Mori Arinori, (1889), First Education Minister
• Prince Ito Hirobumi, (1909 October 26), First Prime Minister of Japan
• 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

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

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
• Francois El Hajj, (2007) Lebanese Military General
• Wissam Eid, (2008) National Security, Information Sector

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

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

Myanmar (Burma)

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

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
• Baitullah Mehsud, (2009) Leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan

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

• Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, (2004), former President of separatist Chechnya

Saudi Arabia

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

Sri Lanka

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

Syria

• Antiochus II Theos, (246 BC), Seleucid king
• Seleucus III Ceraunus, (223 BC), Seleucid king
• Seleucus IV Philopator, (176 BC), Seleucid king
• Alexander Balas, (146 BC), Seleucid king
• Antiochus VI Dionysus, (138 BC), Seleucid heir to the throne
• Numerian, (285), Roman Emperor, by his father-in-law, Arrius Aper, in Emesa (modern-day Homs)
• Zengi, (1146), ruler of Aleppo and Mosul and founder of the Zengid Dynasty
• Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, (1940), Syrian nationalist
• Muhammad Suleiman, (2008), Syrian general and security advicer to president Bashar al-Assad
• Imad Mughniyah, (2008), senior member of Hezbollah

Turkey

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

United Arab Emirates

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

Vietnam

• Ngo Dinh Nhu, (1963 November 2), politician
• Ngo Dinh Diem, (1963 November 2), first president of South Vietnam

Yemen

• Imam Yahya, (1948), King of Yemen
• Ibrahim al-Hamadi, (1977), president of North Yemen
• Ahmad al-Ghashmi, (1978), president of North Yemen killed by bomb along with envoy from South Yemen
• Jarallah Omar, (2002), deputy secretary-general of Yemeni Socialist Party

Assassinations in Australia and Oceania

Australia

• Colin Winchester, (1989), Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police
• John Newman, (1994), New South Wales state Member for Cabramatta
• Ivens Buffett, (2004), Deputy Chief Minister of Norfolk Island

New Caledonia

• Jean-Marie Tjibaou, (1989), Kanak independence leader

Samoa

• Luagalau Levaula Kamu, (1999), cabinet minister

Palau

• Haruo Remeliik, (1985), president

Assassinations in Europe

Albania

• Avni Rustemi (1924), nationalist member of parliament

Austria

• Elisabeth of Bavaria, known as Sissi, (1898), Duchess in Bavaria and Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia
• 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
• Count Karl von Stürgkh, (1916), Minister-President of Austria
• 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

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

Bulgaria

• Stefan Stambolov, (1895), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Aleksandar Stamboliyski, (1923), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Vasil Iliev, (1995), insurance boss, owner of "VIS-2", former wrestler
• Andrey Lukanov, (1996 October 2), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 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

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

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

• Erik V Klipping, (1286), King of 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 Henriette Caillaux, wife of minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux
• Paul Doumer, (1932 May 6), President of France, shot in Paris
• Alexander I of Yugoslavia, (1934), was king of Yugoslavia. Assassinated in Marseille, France.
• Louis Barthou, (1934), foreign minister of France killed along with King Alexander I of Yugoslavia at Marseille
• Ernst vom Rath, (1938), German diplomat in France
• Constant Chevillon, (1944), head of FUDOFSI, by Gestapo in Lyon
• Philippe Henriot, (1944), State secretary for Information and Propaganda of Vichy government, by french resistants in Paris
• Georges Mandel, (1944), former radical-socialist minister and french resistant, by miliciens in forest of Fontainebleau
• Eugène Deloncle, (1944), milicien and former leader of clandestine far-right organisation La Cagoule, by Gestapo
• Mehdi Ben Barka, (1965), Moroccan socialist leader and Third-World Tricontinental leader, disappeared in Paris
• Outel Bono, (1973), Chadian medical doctor and anti-Tombalbaye activist
• Jean de Broglie, (1976), former minister and one of the french negotiators of the Évian Accords
• Henri Curiel, (1978), anticolonialist activist
• José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana "Argala", (1978), Basque leader
• Pierre Goldman, (1979), left-wing activist
• Robert Boulin, (1979), minister of Labor and many times minister since 1961. Officially suicide, but a lot of anomalies revealed since.
• Joseph Fontanet, (1980), former minister
• Salah al-Din Bitar, (1980), Syrian Baath politician
• Yehia El-Mashad, (1980), Egyptian atomic scientist.
• Jean-Pierre Maïone-Libaude, (1982), right-wing activist and criminal
• Georges Besse, (1986), Renault executive, by far-left activists of Action directe
• Dulcie September, (1988), African National Congress representative, in Paris
• Joseph Doucé, (1990), activist for sexual minorities
• Shapour Bakhtiar, (1991), Prime Minister of Iran briefly in 1979, stabbed to death at his home in France
• Abdelbaki Sahraoui, (1995), co-founder of the Algerian Islamic Salvation Front, in Paris
• Claude Erignac, (1998), prefect of Corsica

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
• Ernst Röhm, (1934), leader of the Sturm Abteilung (SA)
• Kurt von Schleicher, (1934), former German chancellor, murdered by the SS
• Stepan Bandera (1959) - Ukrainian nationalist leader assassinated by Bohdan Stashynsky in Munich
• Belkacem Krim, (1970), Algerian politician
• Siegfried Buback, (1977), German attorney general
• Jürgen Ponto, (1977), CEO Dresdner Bank
• Hanns-Martin Schleyer, (1977), president of the German employers' organization
• Alfred Herrhausen, (1989), Deutsche Bank CEO
• Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, (1991), director of Treuhandanstalt for former East Germany
• Sadeq Sharafkandi, Fattah Abdoli, Homayoun Ardalan, Nouri Dehkordi, (1992), dissident Kurdish Iranian political leaders, in Berlin (Mykonos restaurant assassinations)

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

• Count István Tisza, (1918 October 31), Premier of Hungary

Iceland

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

Ireland

• Brian Boruma (1014), Irish king
• Lord Frederick Cavendish (1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland
• Thomas Henry Burke (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland
• Tomás Mac Curtain (1920), Lord Mayor of Cork
• Michael Collins (1922), President of the Provisional Government and Irish Republican Army (IRA) guerrilla leader during the Irish War of Independence
• Kevin O'Higgins (1927), Irish politician, Minister of Home Affairs/Minister of Justice of the Irish Free State
• Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville (1936), assassinated for providing assistance to Royal Navy recruits
• Christopher Ewart-Biggs (1976), British ambassador to Ireland
• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1979), Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet, last Viceroy of India
• Dominic McGlinchey (1994), Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) 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, investigating on mafia]
• Rocco Chinnici, (1983), magistrate
• Giovanni Falcone, (1992), anti-mafia judge
• Paolo Borsellino, (1992), anti-mafia judge
• Salvo Lima, (1992), politician
• Marco Biagi, (2002), Italian Labor Ministry advisor

Montenegro

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

• Sekula Drljević, (1945), Montenegrin nationalist

Netherlands

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

Norway

• Ahmed Bouchiki, (1973), Civilian, mistakenly believed to be Ali Hassan Salameh, assassinated in Lillehammer by Israeli Mossad agents

Ottoman Empire

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

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

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

Spain

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

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

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

Main article: List of assassinated Turks

• 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), Academician and writer
• Ümit Kaftancıoğlu (1980), 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), University professor in Law, murdered in Ankara
• Bahriye Üçok, (1990), University professor in Islam Studies and women's rights activist, in Istanbul
• Turan Dursun, (1990), Islamic scholar, author, and journalist, murdered in Ankara, unresolved.
• Musa Anter, (1992), dissident Kurdish activist and writer, in Diyarbakır, unresolved, attributed to Turkish military intelligence (JITEM)
• Uğur Mumcu, (1993), A journalist of Cumhuriyet newspaper, assassinated in Ankara, murderers unknown yet.
• Onat Kutlar, (1995), writer, poet, founder of Cinemateque Istanbul, columnist for Cumhuriyet newspaper, murdered in Istanbul.
• Özdemir Sabancı (1996), prominent industrialist and member of Sabancı family
• Konca Kuriş, (1998), Islamic feminist author, kidnapped and tortured to death in Mersin
• Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, (1999), Politician, former Minister of Culture, Ankara University professor in Political Science, Cumhuriyet newspaper columnist.
• Üzeyir Garih (2001), Turkish Jewish businessman and industrialist
• Necip Hablemitoğlu (2002), Professor of history at Ankara University, his assassination unresolved.
• Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin (2006), High Judge at Council of State, by Alparslan Arslan 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 including Scotland and Northern Ireland

• 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
• [[Sir Robert Hales - Lord High Treasurer - (1381) - Executed at Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
• [[Simon of Sudbury - Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London - (1381) - Executed at Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
• [[Sir John Cavendish - Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge - (1381) - Executed in Bury St Edmunds by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
• 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
• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (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
• Shlomo Argov, (died in 2003 as a result of a 1982 assassination), Israeli Ambassador to the Court of St. James's
• 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
• Željko Ražnatović ("Arkan"), (2000), Serb paramilitary leader
• Pavle Bulatović, (2000), defense minister of Yugoslavia
• Ivan Stambolić, (2000), Serbian politician

Ukraine

• Mykola Leontovych (1918) - Ukrainian composer
• Symon Petlura, (1926), Ukrainian political leader assassinated by Sholom Schwartzbard
• Yevhen Konovaletz (1938) Ukrainian nationalist leader assassinated by Pavel Sudoplatov
• Lev Rebet (1957) - Ukrainian nationalist leader assassinated by Bohdan Stashynsky
• Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1979) - Ukrainian composer
• Vadym Hetman (1998) - Politician, banker
• Georgiy Gongadze (2000) - Ukrainian journalist
• Stepan Senchuk (2005) - Ukrainian politician

Assassinations in Russia and the 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
• Nikolay Alekseyev, (1893), Mayor of Moscow
• 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 Alexei, and the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia (1918 July 16)
• Elizabeth (Ella) of Hesse, Grand Duchess of Russia, sister of Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of tsar Nicholas II. (18 July 1918)
• V. Volodarsky, (1918), revolutionary
• Wilhelm von Mirbach, (1918), German Ambassador in Moscow
• Sergei Kirov, (1934 December 1), Bolshevik party leader in Leningrad
• Solomon Mikhoels, (1948), Chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
• 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
• 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

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