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==Assassinations in Africa== |
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=== Algeria === |
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* ] (117 BC), co-ruler of ] |
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* ] (December 1, 1916), French Catholic religious and priest |
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* ] (December 24, 1942), senior figure of ] |
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* ], (March 10, 1957) Algerian nationalist and ] leader |
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* ], (June 21, 1957) ] and ] millitant |
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* ], (June 21, 1957) Nationalist and {{Ill|fr|Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema|Association des oulémas musulmans algériens}} president |
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* ] (Mars 23, 1957), Algerian lawyer, assassinated by the French army |
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* ], (February 2, 1960), Pakistani Christian nurse |
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* {{Ill|fr|Mohamed Khemisti}} (April 11, 1963), Algerian foreign minister<ref name="wa257">''World Almanac 1967'', p257</ref> |
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* ] (February 3, 1987), Islamic fundamentalist |
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* ] (June 29, 1992), Head of State of Algeria, shot at ]<ref>"Historic Assassinations Since 1865," ''The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004'', p156 (''World Almanac 2004'')</ref> |
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* ] Poet (June 2, 1993) |
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* ] (August 22, 1993), former Prime Minister of Algeria |
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* ] (March 10, 1994), playwright |
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* ] (September 29, 1994), singer |
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* {{Ill|fr|Aboubakr Belkaid}} (Septembre 28, 1995), Politician |
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* ] (March 27, 1996) |
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* {{Ill|fr|Pierre Claverie}} (August 1, 1996), Catholic bishop of Oran |
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* {{Ill|fr|Saïd Mekbel}} (December 3, 1994) Journalist, assassinated with a car bomb in ] |
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* ] (June 25, 1998), ] singer |
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* ] (November 22, 1999), ] |
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* ] (February 25, 2010), chief of the national police |
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===Angola=== |
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* ] (November 2, 1992), Vice President of ] |
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* ] (November 2, 1992), ] senior advisor |
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===Burkina Faso=== |
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* ] (October 15, 1987), Head of State of Burkina Faso |
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* ] (December 13, 1998), journalist |
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===Burundi=== |
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* ] (October 13, 1961), Prime Minister of Burundi |
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* ] (January 15, 1965), Prime Minister of Burundi<ref>"Chief Political Assassinations Since 1865," ''The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1967'', p257 (''World Almanac 1967'')</ref> |
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* ] (September 30, 1965), Prime Minister of Burundi |
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* ] (October 21, 1993), President of Burundi, Founder of The Burundi Workers' Party |
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* ] (April 6, 1994), President of Burundi, airplane shot down<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (November 20, 2001), ] representative |
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===Cameroon=== |
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* ] (September 13, 1958), leader of the ] (UPC) |
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===Chad=== |
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* ] (April 13, 1975), ] |
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===Comoros=== |
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* ] (May 29, 1978), former ] |
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* ] (November 26, 1989), President of Comoros |
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* ] (June 13, 2010), army chief of staff and former interim head of state |
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===Congo (Brazzaville)=== |
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* ] (March 18, 1977), ], shot in ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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===Congo (Kinshasa)=== |
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* ] (1961 January 17), former Prime Minister of the Congo<ref name="wa257" /> |
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* ] (1961 January 17), former ], and Lumumba associate<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1961 January 17), Senate Vice-President and Lumumba associate<ref name="wa257" /> |
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* ] (2001 January 16), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, shot by bodyguard<ref name="wa156" /> |
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===Egypt=== |
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* ] (48 BC), Roman general and politician killed in Egypt |
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* ] (1121), ] of ] Egypt |
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* ] (1130), Fatimid ] |
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* ] (1260), ] sultan of Egypt |
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* ] (1800), French general |
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* ] (1910), ] |
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* Sir ] (1924), ] of the ] |
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* ], Lord Moyne (1944), the ]'s Minister Resident in the Middle East |
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* ] (1945 February 24), Prime Minister of Egypt<ref>"Assassinations and Political Murders," ''20th Century Timeline'' (Griesewood & Dempsey, Ltd., 1985) (Crescent Books, 1985) , p119</ref> |
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* ] (1948 December 28), Prime Minister of Egypt<ref name="timeline120">''20th Century Timeline'', p120</ref> |
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* ] (1949), founder of the ] |
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* ] (1971 November 28), ] shot during visit to Cairo<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1981 October 6), ], ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1990), speaker of ]ian parliament |
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* ] (1992), ]ian politician and intellectual |
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===The Gambia=== |
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* ] (2004), journalist |
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===Guinea=== |
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* ] (1973), Pan-African intellectual, in ], ] |
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===Guinea Bissau=== |
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* ] (2009), chief of staff of the army |
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* ] (2009, March 2), President of ] |
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* ] (2009), government minister and independent presidential candidate |
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* ] (2009), former government minister |
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===Kenya=== |
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* ] (1965), socialist politician |
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* ] (1969 July 5), ]n Minister of Economic Planning and politician<ref>"Historic Assassinations Since 1865," ''The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1982'' (''World Almanac 1982''), p750</ref> |
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* ] (1975), Kenyan politician |
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* ] (1990), foreign minister of ] |
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* ] (1998), former interior minister of ] |
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* ] (2009), human rights activist |
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* ] (2009), human rights activist |
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===Liberia=== |
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* ] (1980 April 12), ] killed in military coup<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1990), president of Liberia |
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===Madagascar=== |
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* ] (1863), king of Madagascar |
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* ] (1975 February 11), ] shot 6 days after taking power in military coup<ref name="wa156" /> |
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===Mozambique=== |
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* ] (1969), leader of the independence ] movement, allegedly killed by the Portuguese branch of ] |
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* ] (2000), Mozambican journalist |
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===Namibia=== |
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* ] (1978), ] chief and politician |
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* ] (1989), leading white ] activist |
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===Niger=== |
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* ] (1999 April 9), ], ambushed by soldiers<ref name="wa156" /> |
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===Nigeria=== |
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* Sir ] (1966), ] killed during military coup |
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* Alhaji Sir ] (1966) |
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* ] (1966) |
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* ] (1966) |
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* ] (1966), military head of state |
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* ] (1976 February 13), ] of ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1986), journalist |
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* ] (2001), justice minister of Nigeria |
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* ] (2011), ] state legislator |
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===Rwanda=== |
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* ] (1985), ], in the province of ] |
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* ] (1994), Prime Minister of ] killed one day after genocide began |
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* ] (1994 April 6), his plane was shot out of the sky as it approached Kigali airport, and signalled the start of the ]<ref name="wa156"/> |
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===Senegal=== |
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* ] (1967), government minister and mayor |
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===Somalia=== |
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* ] (1969), ] |
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* ] (2006), former acting President of Somalia |
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* ] (2009), ] police chief |
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* ] (2009), security minister |
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* ] (2011), interior minister |
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===South Africa=== |
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* ] (1828), king of the Zulus, near Stanger (now ]) by ] and Mhlangana |
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* ] (1966 September 6), ], stabbed in parliament by ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1982), anti-apartheid scholar and wife of Communist party leader ], by pro-apartheid "]" leader ] |
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* ] (1985), South African dissident |
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* ] (1988), head of the ] in ], by ] sergeant ] |
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* ] (1993), leader of the ] shot by ] |
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* ] (1995), prominent leader in the ] |
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* ] (2009), South African politician |
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===Sudan=== |
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* ] and ] (1973 March 2), US Chief of Mission/Deputy Chief ot Mission (see ])<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1973), Belgian Chargé d'affaires (see ]) |
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* ] (2008), diplomat for the ] |
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* ] (2011), ] government minister |
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===Swaziland=== |
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* ] (2008), political opposition leader |
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===Tanzania=== |
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* ] (1972), first President of ], First Vice President of ] |
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* ] (1979), South African political activist |
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===Togo=== |
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* ] (1963 January 13), first president of independent ], in a coup led by dictator ]<ref name="wa257" /> |
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* ] (1992), socialist leader (shot in ], died in ]) |
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===Tunisia=== |
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* ] ("Abu Jihad") (1988 April 16), military leader of the ], shot by Israeli commandos in ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] ("Abu Iyad") (1991), deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis, Tunisia |
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* ] (6 february 2013) a Tunisian opposition leader |
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===Uganda=== |
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* ] (1972), Chief Justice of ] |
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* ] (1977), Archbishop of ], ], ] and ] from 1974 until 1977 |
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===Western Sahara=== |
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* ] (1970), ] leader and journalist, '']'' in ] |
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===Zambia=== |
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* ] (1975), ]an nationalist leader |
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===Zimbabwe=== |
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* ] (1983), left-wing ]an politician |
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==Assassinations in the Americas== |
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===Antigua and Barbuda=== |
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* ] (1710), British governor of the ] |
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===Argentina=== |
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* ] (1870), former president of Argentina, killed by people from ], who saw him as a traitor. |
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* ] (1909), chief of the National Police, assassinated by ] as a retaliation for his brutal repression of workers. |
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* ], demonstrator. |
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* ] (1970), former ''de facto'' ], executed by the peronist guerrilla ] in revenge for the abduction of ]'s body and for the execution of those implicated in a ] fifteen years before, during Aramburu's dictatorship. |
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* ] (1974), Chilean General, former ] of the ]. Killed by the ] of the ], during his exile in Argentina. |
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* ] (1976), Uruguayan senator, founder of the ]. Exiled in Argentina as a result of the ], he was killed after the ], under the '']'', which involved the collaboration between military dictatorships in the ]. |
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* ] (1976), former speaker of the Uruguayan House of Representatives, exiled in Argentina. Killed alongside ]. |
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* ] (1976), former military ], exiled in Argentina after his overthrow by ]. He was killed after the ], under the '']'', which involved the collaboration between military dictatorships in the ]. |
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===Bermuda=== |
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* Sir ] (1973), ] |
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===Bolivia=== |
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* ] (1829), President of Boliva |
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* ] (1865), ] of ] |
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* ] (1871), President of Bolivia |
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* ] (1946), President of Bolivia |
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===Brazil=== |
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* ] (1915), Brazilian politician |
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* ] (1930) |
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* ] (1964), Syrian military dictator |
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* ] (1975), Journalist |
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* ] (1976), Brazilian activist |
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* ] (1988), Brazilian environmental activist |
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* ] (1996), Collor de Mello's campaign treasurer |
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* ] (2001), Mayor of ] |
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* ] (2002), Mayor of ] |
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* ] (2005), American nun killed by business interests |
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===Canada=== |
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* ] (1868), Father of Canadian Confederation |
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* ] (1880), newspaper editor and ] |
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* ] (1914), immigration officer, British intelligence agent, by Ghadarite sympathizer, Mewa Singh |
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* ] (1970), ] Minister of Labour, was kidnapped and murdered by the ] |
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* ] (1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by Armenian nationalists in ] |
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===Chile=== |
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* ] (1970), Chilean general, Commander-in-Chief of the ] at the moment of his assassination. After several attempts, he was kidnapped and killed by ], due to his opposition to any intervention of the armed forces to block the election of left-wing candidate ] in 1970. |
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* ] (1971), Chilean ex Secretary of Interior Affairs. |
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* ] (1973), Chilean left-wing singer, killed after the coup of 1973. |
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* ] (1982), former ] and opponent of the ]. Though he officially died by septicemia after a low-risk surgery, recent research suggests he was poisoned by the ]. However, there isn't an absolute certainty about the real causes of his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/reportajes/Veneno/magnicidio/elpepusocdmg/20091227elpdmgrep_7/Tes |title=Veneno para un magnicidio |publisher=Elpais.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref> |
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* {{Ill|es|Tucapel Jiménez}} (1982), Chilean trade-unionist, killed by the military dictatorship of Pinochet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.memoriaviva.com/culpables/criminales%20h/herrera_jimenez_carlos1.htm |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080117163105/http://www.memoriaviva.com/culpables/criminales%20h/herrera_jimenez_carlos1.htm |archivedate=2008-01-17 |title=Habla Mayor (R) Carlos Herrera Jimenez, procesado por el Caso Tucapel |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=2008-01-17 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref> |
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* ] (1991), Chilean ''pinochetist'' Senator, killed by ] after the return of democracy. |
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===Colombia=== |
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* ] (1830), Venezuelan politician, statesman, soldier |
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* ] (1914), Lawyer, journalist, diplomat, soldier |
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* ] (1948), Liberal Party leader |
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* ] (1984), Minister of Justice. The assassination was ordered by the ] |
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* ] (1985), Judge who had indicted ], head of the Medellin Cartel |
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* ] (1985), Head of the Supreme Court. Killed during the ] |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985). State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege |
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* ] (1986), Director of ] newspaper. The assassination was ordered by the[Medellin Cartel |
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* ] (1986), Supreme Court Justice. The assassination was order by the Medellin Cartel |
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* ] (1987), Presidential candidate, leader of the ] party |
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* ] (1987), Attorney General of Colombia. The assassination was ordered by the Medellin Cartel |
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* ] (1989), Presidential candidate, leader of the Colombian Liberal Party. The assassination was ordered by the Medellin Cartel |
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* ] (1989), Journalist, Director of Mundovision. The assassination was ordered by the Medellin Cartel |
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* ] (1990 March 22), Presidential candidate, leader of the ] party<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ], Commander of the Police of ]. The assassination was ordered by the Medellin Cartel |
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* ] (1990), Presidential candidate, leader of the ] party |
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* ] (1991), Former Colombian Ambassador to ]. The assassination was ordered by the[Medellin Cartel |
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* ] (1991), journalist and daughter of former Colombian president ]. Assassinated after a kidnapping by the Medellin Cartel |
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* ] (1994), International footballer |
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* ] (1994), Senator, leader of the ] party |
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* ] (1995), former presidential candidate and director of ] newspaper |
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* ] (1999), Notable journalist and satirist |
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* ] (2000), ] General. Assassinated by members of ] |
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* ] (2003), Governor of ] |
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===Cuba=== |
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* ] (1935), Revolutionary Socialist Leader |
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===Dominican Republic=== |
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* ] (1899), president of the ] |
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* ] (1961 May 30), Dominican Republic dictator, shot in ambush |
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* ] (1973) |
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===Ecuador=== |
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* ] (1875), president of ] known for his support of the Catholic Church |
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* ] and ] (1999), communist legislators, in ] |
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===El Salvador=== |
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* ] (1913), ] |
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* ] (1932), communist leader and peasant revolt organizer. |
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* ] (1975), poet and revolutionary. |
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* ] (1977), Roman Catholic priest |
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* ] (1977), Roman Catholic priest |
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* ] (1978), Roman Catholic priest |
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* ] (1979), Roman Catholic priest |
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* ] (1979), Roman Catholic priest |
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* ] (1979), Roman Catholic priest |
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* ] (1980), ], by right-wing death squad |
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* ] (1980) and five other leaders of the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Front ("FDR," for its Spanish initials), captured and killed by government aligned security forces. |
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* ], ], ], and ] (1980), ] ]s, by the National Guard of ] |
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* ] (1983), senior ] representative |
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* ] (1989), ] ] ], by ] of the ] |
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* ] (1989), ] ] ], by ] of the ] |
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* ] (1989), ] ] ], by ] of the ] |
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* ], 1989, ] and ] |
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===Grenada=== |
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* ] (1983), Prime Minister of Grenada. |
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===Guatemala=== |
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* ] (1898), President of Guatemala |
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* ] (1957), ], killed by bodyguard<ref name="wa257"/> |
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* ] (1970), German ambassador in ] |
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* ] (1979), Social Democratic Party leader |
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* ] (1979), Mayor of ] |
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* ] (1993), Liberal politician and journalist |
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* ] (1998), ] bishop |
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* ] (2012), legislator |
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*] 2013, Mayor of ] |
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===Guyana=== |
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* ] (1978), US Congressman (D) from San Mateo, California; killed while investigating religious cult led by American Jim Jones |
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* Fr. ], ] (1979), ] priest and Scouting pioneer in Guyana |
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* ] (1980), ] historian and political figure |
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* ] (2006), Agriculture Minister was murdered along with his brother and sister, a security guard by masked gunmen dressed in military fatigues |
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===Haiti=== |
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* ] (1806), ] of ] |
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* ] (1993), businessman and ] supporter |
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* ] (1993), minister of justice |
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* ] (2000), journalist |
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* ] (2005), journalist |
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===Honduras=== |
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* ] (1966), president of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944 |
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* ] (2008), deputy speaker of Congress for the Liberal Party |
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===Mexico=== |
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* ] (1520), ] |
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* ] (1913 February 23), ]<ref name="wa257" /> plus ] and ] |
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* ] (1913 March 7), revolutionary, governor of Chihuahua and mentor to Pancho Villa |
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* ] (1919), revolutionary |
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* ] (1920 May 20), President of Mexico<ref name="wa257" /> |
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* Doroteo Arango a.k.a. ] (1923 July 20), revolutionary<ref name="wa750">''World Almanac 1982'', p750</ref> |
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* ] (1924), ] |
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* ] (1928 July 17), President-elect<ref name="wa750" /> |
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* ] (1929), Cuban revolutionary |
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* ] (1940 August 20), Russian ] leader<ref name="wa750" /> |
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* ] (1985), policeman |
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* ] (1986), Journalist and State governor |
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* ] (1993), ] of ], at the ] |
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* ] (1994 March 23), Presidential candidate<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1994), contributing editor to ]. |
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* ] (1994), Secretary-General of the ] |
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* ] (1999), Comedian |
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* ] (2001), human rights lawyer |
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* ] (2010), Mayor of ] |
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* ] (2010), politician |
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===Nicaragua=== |
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* ] (1934), ]n revolutionary |
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* ] (1956 September 21), ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1978), newspaper editor, Nicaraguan Somoza opposition |
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* ] (1980 September 17), former President, ambushed in Paraguay<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1991) founder and former top commander of the Nicaraguan Contras. |
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===Panama=== |
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* ] (1955 January 2), ], killed at racetrack by machine gun<ref name="wa257" /> |
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===Paraguay=== |
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* ] (1877), ] |
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* ] (1980), former ] |
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* ] (1999 March 23), vice president of ], ambushed<ref name="wa156" /> |
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===Peru=== |
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* ] (1541), Spanish ], in ] |
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* ] (1872), President of Peru |
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* ] (1933), president of Peru |
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* ] (1992), a community organizer in ] |
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===Puerto Rico=== |
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* ] (1978), independence movement supporter |
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* ] (1978), independence movement supporter |
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* ] (1983), television show host |
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* ] (1986), undercover policeman involved in the assassinations of Rosado and Soto Arrivi |
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===Suriname=== |
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* ] (1982), Surinamese journalist, in the '']'' |
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===United States=== |
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{{sync|List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans}} |
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* ] (1837), editor of an abolitionist newspaper, the "]", by a mob of pro-slavery advocates. |
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* ] (1876), lawman, gambler, "]" ] by ]. |
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* ] (April 3, 1882) outlaw, by ] |
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* ] (1890) Police Chief of New Orleans. |
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* ] (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime. |
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* ] (1935 December 9), Minnesota newspaper editor. |
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* ] (1943), anarchist organizer. |
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* ] (1955), a Florida judge. |
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* ] (1963 June 12), U.S. civil rights activist.<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1963 November 24) shot & killed by ] in Dallas Police Precinct station |
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* ] (1965 February 21), black Muslim leader, killed in a Manhattan banquet room as he began a speech. |
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* ] (1967 August 25) Founder and flamboyant spokesman of the American Nazi Party, killed by former aide, John Patler. |
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* ] (1968 April 4), U.S. civil rights activist.<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1969), Shot and killed by police. Deputy Chair of the Chicago, IL chapter of the Black Panther Party. |
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* ] (1970), former policeman & FBI agent went to South America to teach military regimes techniques of "advanced counterinsurgency techniques" (e.g. electric shock torture) assassinated by members of the guerrilla movement ]. |
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* ] (1973), School District Superintendent in Oakland CA, killed by members of the ]. |
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*] (June 30, 1974) Mother of Martin Luther King Jr., killed by deranged gunmen, ] while her husband was preaching mass. |
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* ] (1975), a Mi'kmaq activist from Nova Scotia, Canada who became the highest-ranking woman in the ]. |
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* ] (1976 June 13), Investigative reporter for ], killed in car bomb, Max Dunlap and James Robison convicted, alleged Mafia ties. |
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* ] (1976 September 21), Chilean ambassador to the United States for the administration of Chile's democratically-elected President ] who was later ousted & killed in a coup by General Pinochet (See: Chile Assassinations). |
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* ] (1980 December 8), British musician, member of ], by ]. |
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* ] (1984 June 18), radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-Nazis. |
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* ] (1984 October 15), Taiwanese-American writer, allegedly killed by Kuomintang agents. |
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* ] (1985), Arab anti-discrimination group leader, killed when bomb exploded in his ] office. |
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* ] (1986), famous undercover policeman, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. |
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* ] (1989 August 22), founder of Black Panther Party killed by member of Black Guerrilla Army (BGA). |
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* ] (1990), Member of the Israeli ], Founder of the ] and the ] Party, ] |
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* ] (1991), Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas; killed at the University of Chicago where he taught ], allegedly because of opposition to his writings. |
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* ] (1993), abortion provider. |
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* ] (1994), Physician; abortion provider. |
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* ] (1998), Physician; abortion provider. |
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* ] (2001), federal prosecutor and gun control advocate. |
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* ] (2007), Oakland Tribune journalist. |
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* ] (2009), late-term abortion doctor, shot as he ushered at his church. |
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* ] (2011), federal judge in Arizona. |
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===Uruguay=== |
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* ] (1868), Uruguayan president |
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* ] (1868), Uruguayan president (on the same day as Berro, though in completely separate incidents) |
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* ] (1897), Uruguayan president |
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* ] (1992), Chilean chemist who worked for the ] during the ]. Killed in Uruguay by Chilean secret services for him "knowing too much". |
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===Venezuela=== |
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* Col. ] (1950 November 13), President of ]<ref name="wa257" /> |
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* ] (2004), State prosecutor |
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==Assassinations in Asia== |
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===Afghanistan=== |
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* ] (1919), emir of ] |
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* ] (1933 November 8), ]<ref name="timeline119">''20th Century Timeline'', p119</ref> |
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* ] (1978), ] killed in communist coup |
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* ] (1979 February 14), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1979), communist president |
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* ] (1979), communist ] killed during Soviet invasion |
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* ] (1987), ] founder of the ] |
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* ] (1996), president of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992, killed by the ] during the capture of ] |
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* ] (2001), leader of the ] |
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* ] (2001), ] commander killed by remnants of the Taliban |
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* ] (2001) alleged military chief of ] |
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* ] (2001) Co-founder of ] |
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* ] (2002 July 6), vice-president of Afghanistan<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (2002 February 14), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (2007), ]'s senior military commander |
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* ] (2007), former ] |
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* ] (2009), Co-founder of ] |
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* ] (2011), former ] |
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===Armenia=== |
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* ] (1999), Speaker of the ] |
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* ] (1999), ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1999), ] politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia |
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===Azerbaijan=== |
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* ] (1997), ]i historian |
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* ] (2005), ]i journalist |
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* ] (2009), commander of the ] |
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===Bangladesh=== |
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* Sheikh ] (1975 August 15), father of the nation and founder ], killed in coup<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1975), ] |
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* ] (1975), former Prime Minister |
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* ] (1975), former President |
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* ] (1975), ]i general and coup organizer |
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* ] (1981), President |
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===Bhutan=== |
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* ] (1964), ]<ref name="wa257" /> |
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===Cambodia=== |
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* ] (1950), briefly prime minister of ] in 1949 |
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===China=== |
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* ] (815), Chancellor under ] |
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* ] (1323), grand-khan of the ], Emperor of Yuan China |
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* ] (1849), Portuguese Governor of ] |
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* ] (1870), a governor assassinated by ] in the summer of 1870. |
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* ] (1909), ], in ] |
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* ] (1913), ] revolutionary, in ] |
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* ] (1916), revolutionary activist |
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* ] (1925) |
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* ] (1928), Manchurian warlord, by officers of the ]ese ] |
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* ] (1941) |
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* ] (1946), Chinese poet and scholar |
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* ] (2008), Chinese government official |
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===Georgia=== |
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* ] (1920), former Prime Minister of the ] |
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* ] (1922), former Ottoman Navy Minister |
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* ] (1994), ] opposition leader |
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===India=== |
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* ] (185 BC), last ruler of the ] dynasty |
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* ] (1602), ] of the ] emperor ] |
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* ] (1948 January 30),Father of the Nation, Independence leader and key proponent of non-violence |
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* ] (1984 October 31), ] |
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* General ] (1986 August 10) Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army from 1983 to 1986. |
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* ] (1988 March 8), controversial ]i singer/song-writer |
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* ] (1991 May 21), ], |
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* ] (1995), chief minister of ] |
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* ] (2001 July 25), bandit queen turned politician |
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* ] (2002), moderate ]i Muslim separatist leader |
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===Indonesia=== |
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* ] (1945), a British brigadier during the ] |
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* Lieutenant General ] (1965), as part of the ] |
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* Major General ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement |
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* Major General ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement |
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* Major General ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement |
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* Brigadier General ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement |
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* Brigadier General ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement |
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* First Lieutenant ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement |
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* ] (1965), leader of the ] |
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* ] (2004), a human rights and anti-corruption activist |
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===Iran=== |
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* ] (465 BC), ] king killed by guards |
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* ] (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother ] |
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* ] (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother ] |
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* ] (1092), Persian scholar and vizier of the Seljuk Turks |
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* ] (1747), ] of Persia |
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* ] (1896), Shah of Persia killed by ] |
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* ] (1930), Iranian Diplomat and Politician |
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* Abdolhossein ] (1933), Iranian Statesman |
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* ] (1947), dissident ] Iranian political leader, in ] |
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* ] (1951), ] |
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* ] (1965 January 21), Prime Minister of Iran<ref name="wa750" /> |
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* ] (1981), killed along with 71 others in bombing |
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* ] (1981), ] |
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* ] (1981), ], killed in bombing with Rajai |
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* ] (2012)A department supervisor killed by a bomber from a motorcycle |
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===Iraq=== |
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* ] (244), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops |
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* ] (1958 July 14), King of ]<ref name="wa750" /> |
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* ] (1958 July 14), Prime Minister of Iraq<ref name="wa257" /> |
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* ] (1978 July 9), former ], killed in London<ref name="wa750" /> |
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* ] (1980), former ] |
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* ] (1980), Iraqi educator and political activist she was killed by Saddam Hussein along with her brother, Ayatullah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr |
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* ] (1988), prominent figure in the Iraqi opposition, assassinated in the lobby of the Hilton in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, his companion Halim Abd-alWahhab was wounded in the leg. |
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* ] (1999), former ], killed in the Iraqi city of Najaf along with two of his sons. |
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* ] (2003), ] Special Representative in Iraq |
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* ] (2003), highly influential Shi'ite ayatollah |
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* ] (2003), ]i ] member |
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* ] (2003), Shia cleric |
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* ] (2003), Iraqi journalist |
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* ] (2004), ] journalist |
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* ] (2004), deputy governor of ] |
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* ] (2004), acting chairman of the ], Iraqi ] |
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* ] (2005), Iraqi ] |
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* ] (2005), Iraqi ] |
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* ] (2005), ]ian envoy to ] |
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* ] (2005), governor of ] |
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* ] (2005), Secretary of the ] |
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* ] (2006), head of the ] women's department |
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* ] (2006), Iraqi journalist |
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* ] (2006), Iraqi journalist |
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* ] (2006) leader of ] (AQI) |
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* ] (2007), Sunni tribal leader |
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* ] (2007), Iraqi ], killed in the ] |
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* ] (2007), former governor of ] |
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* ] (2007), governor of ] |
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* ] (2007), governor of ] |
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* ] (2008), Number 2 leader of ] and senior leader in Northern Iraq |
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* ] (2008), ] |
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* ] (2009), Iraqi ] |
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* Riad Abdel Majid (2009), ] in the ]<ref>{{cite news |title=Iraqi general assassinated |publisher=] |date=23 December 2009 |accessdate=26 December 2009 |url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jx22vsEuXSwB5-w_vNW1gFQG2M0g}}</ref> |
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* ] (2010), leader of ] (AQI) |
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* Ayfan Sadoun al-Essawi (2013), prominent Sunni MP and an important member of the ] committee in ], as well as part of the opposition to Prime Minister ]. <ref>{{cite web|author=Reuters |url= http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/01/2013115115748381903.html|title=Iraqi MP killed in suicide attack |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=2013-01-15 |accessdate=2013-01-15}}</ref> |
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===Israel=== |
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{{Disputed-section|date=June 2010}} |
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* ] (c1000 BC), King of Israel, by two of his captains |
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* ] (c1000 BC), Commander of Ish-bosheth's army, by ], commander of David's army |
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* ] (c1000 BC), son of ], by servants of ], his brother |
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* ] (c1000 BC), son of ], by ], commander of David's army |
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* ] (c910), King of Israel, by ], one of his military commanders, who succeeded him |
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* ] (c886), King of Israel, by ], captain of his chariot corps, during a drinking party (Zimri succeeded him) |
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* ], King of Israel, by ], one of his chariot commanders, who succeeded him |
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* ], King of Judah, by ], at the same time as that of ] |
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* ], Queen of Judah, during a conspiracy of priests in favor of the boy ], who succeeded her |
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* ] (c800 BC), King of Judah, by his servants |
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* ] (c768 BC), King of Judah, by unknown conspirators |
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* ] (c752 BC), King of Israel, publicly assassinated by ], who succeeded him |
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* ] (c752 BC), King of Israel, by ], one of his generals, who succeeded him |
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* ] (c737 BC), King of Israel, by ], one of his military commanders, who succeeded him |
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* ] (c732 BC), King of Israel, by ], who succeeded him |
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* ] (c651 BC), King of Judah, by his servants |
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* ] (135 BC), ] king, by his son-in-law Ptolemy |
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* ] (1134), ] |
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* ] (1174), regent of the ] |
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* ] (1192), ], leader in the ] |
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* ] (1924), pro-] ]ish diplomat |
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* ] (1933), ] leader in the ] |
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* ] (1948), US Consul General in ] |
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* ] (1948), ] peace mediator, assassinated by ]<ref name="wa257" /> |
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* ] (1957), Hungarian Zionist leader, negotiated the ] with the Nazis |
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* Sheikh ] (1981), Member of the ] |
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* ] (1983), Peace activist, member of ] movement. |
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* ] (1995), ] and 1994 ] recipient<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (2000), Son of ], Leader of ], ] |
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* ] (2001), ]i general and politician |
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===Japan=== |
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* ] (456), ] |
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* ] (592), Emperor of Japan |
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* The ] (645), Japanese political family |
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* ] (1160), head of ], father of ] |
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* ] (1219), the third ] of the ] |
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* ] (1441), the sixth shogun of the ] |
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* ] (1486), ], architect and builder of Edo Castle |
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* ] (1507), ] of Ashikaga Shogunate |
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* ] (1535), ], feudal leader in Japan |
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* ] (1549), ], son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu |
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* ] (1551), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan |
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* ] (1557), Japanese samurai, younger brother of ] |
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* ] (1565), ], feudal leader in Japan |
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* ] (1566), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan |
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* ] (1578), Japanese samurai |
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* ] (1582), samurai warlord |
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* ] (1669), ] chieftain |
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* ],(1703), master of ceremonies |
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* ] (1858), Japanese daimyo in ], now ] |
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* ] (1860), Japanese politician |
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* ] (1860), Japanese daimyo, a relative of ]s |
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* ] (1862), English diplomat, by ]'s samurai in ]. Called the ] |
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* ] (1863), a chief of ] |
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* ] (1864), Japanese politician |
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* ] (1867), Japanese author |
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* ] (1869), military leader and theorist |
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* ] (1869), scholar and politician |
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* ] (1878), Home Minister of Japan, briefly most powerful man in Japan |
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* ] (1889), First Education Minister |
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* Prince ] (1909 October 26), First Prime Minister of Japan<ref name="timeline119" /> |
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* ] (1921), Prime Minister of Japan |
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* ] (1921), entrepreneur who founded ], great-grand father of ] |
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* ] (1931), Prime Minister of Japan |
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* ] (1932), '']'' leader |
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* ] (1932), Prime Minister of Japan |
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* ] (1932), general of the ] |
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* ] (1935), general of the Imperial Japanese Army |
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* ] (1936), ] of the ] |
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* ] (1936), Prime Minister of Japan |
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* ] (1960), ] chairman |
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* ] (1985), Japanese chairman |
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* ] (1991), translated '']'' into ] |
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* ] (1995), one of the leading members of ] |
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* ] (2002), Japanese politician |
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* ] (2007), Mayor of ] |
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===Jordan=== |
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* ] (1951 July 20), ], when entering the ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1960 August 29), ], killed with 10 others by time bomb in office<ref name="wa257" /> |
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* ] (2002), ] official, by ] operatives |
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===Korea=== |
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* ] (304), King of Baekje during the ] |
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* ] (1895), the last empress of Korea |
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* ] (1947), former head of ] |
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* ] (1974 August 15), Wife of President Park Chung Hee and ] of South Korea<ref name="wa750" /> |
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* ] (1979 October 25), ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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===Kuwait=== |
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* ] (1971) Former ]i defense minister and vice president |
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===Laos=== |
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* Quinim Pholsena, foreign minister of Laos (1963 April 1)<ref name="wa257" /> |
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===Lebanon=== |
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* ] (1152), ] |
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* ] (1270), ] |
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* ] (1950), Syrian head of state |
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* ] and ], US Ambassador and US Economic Councelor to Lebanon and their driver Zuhair Mohammed Moghrabi (1976 June 16)<ref name="timeline120" /> |
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* ] (1977), Lebanese Druze leader |
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* ] (1978), Lebanese Christian leader |
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* ] (1982), president-elect of Lebanon, killed by bomb<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1987 June 1), ], killed by bomb aboard helicopter<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1989), ] |
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* ] (1990), son of late president ] |
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* ] (2002), Lebanese militia leader |
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* ] (2005), former Prime Minister of ] |
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* ] (2005), Lebanese legislator and Minister of Economy and Commerce |
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* ] (2005), Columnist at "An Nahar" daily Lebanese newspaper, long a fiery critic of Syria |
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* ] (2005), former chief of Lebanese Communist Party |
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* ] (2005), Editor in Chief of "An Nahar" daily Lebanese newspaper |
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* ] (2006), Minister of Industry of Lebanon |
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* ] (2007), member of the National Assembly |
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* ] (2007), member of the National Assembly |
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* ] (2007) Lebanese Military General |
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* ] (2008) National Security, Information Sector |
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===Malaysia=== |
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* ] (1875), a British ] in the State of Perak |
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* Sir ] (1951), was British High Commissioner in Malaya (1950–1951), killed by ] guerillas |
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* Sir Duncan Stewart (1949), was Second Governor of ], a British Crown Colony (1946–1963), killed by the Rukun 13 members, ], Awang Ramli Mohd Deli, and Bujang Suntong |
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=== Maldives === |
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* ] (2012), legislator and Islamic scholar killed |
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===Mongolia=== |
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* ] (1998), politician and democratic activist, stabbed to death in his apartment |
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===Myanmar (Burma)=== |
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* ] (1112–1167) King of ] assassinated by his son ] |
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* ] (1550) King of ] assassinated by ] revival |
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* ] (1628) King of Nyaungyan Dynasty |
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* ] (Burmese: ကနောင္မင္းသား; 1829–1866) was a son of ] and younger brother of ] |
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* ] (1947), Burmese nationalist leader, founder of ] |
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* ] (1947) |
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* ] (2007), Japanese Photojournalist |
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===Nepal=== |
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* ] (2001 June 1), King of ] (along with Queen Aiswary and 9 other members of the royal family), killed by crown prince<ref name="wa156" /> |
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===Pakistan=== |
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* ] (1951, October 16), first ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1975), Former ] was killed by Afghan extremist. |
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* ] (1988, August 17), 10-year ] and 12-year ] in a mysterious aircraft accident which seemed to be a bomb blast (traced to a crate of mangoes placed into his aircraft). |
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* ] (1989), militant ], near ] |
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* ] (1991), former governor of the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan, from 1978 to 1985 |
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* Ghulam Haider Wyne (Sep 1993) Former Chief Minister of Punjab |
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* ] (1995), 13-year-old anti-child labor activist, in Rakh Baoli |
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* ] (1998), Founder of ] and ], Karachi. Former Governor of ] |
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* ] (2001), former foreign minister of Pakistan from 1991 to 1993 |
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* ] (2007 December 27), former Prime Minister of Pakistan (first and only lady Prime minister of Pakistan), by unknown assassins |
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* ] (2009) Leader of ] |
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* ] (2011, January 4), ] of ] |
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* ] (2011, March 2), Minorities Minister |
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* ] (2012), high-ranking ] member, alleged member of the ], former detainee at the ], from where he escaped in 2005. |
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* ] (2013), high-ranking ] member in ] |
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===Palestinians=== |
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* ] (1996), ]' explosives expert |
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* ] (2001), leader of ] |
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* ] (2002), leader of Hamas' military wing |
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* ] (2003), co-founder of Hamas |
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* ] (2003), ] commander |
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* ] (2004), leader and founder of Hamas |
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* ] (2004), leader of Hamas |
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* ] (2004), Hamas operative |
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* ] (2004), Hamas' explosives expert |
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* ] (2009), Senior Hamas leader |
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* ] (2009), Senior Hamas leader |
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* ] (2009), Senior Hamas military wing commander |
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===Philippines=== |
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* ] (1719), Spanish ] |
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* ] (1763), early rebel leader |
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* ] (1899), a leader of the Filipino army during ] |
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* ] (1935), ] Congressman, young ] tried but acquitted for the slaying |
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* ] (1949), former ] |
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* ] (1949), mayor of then Philippine capital ] |
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* ] (1980), former ] governor |
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* ] (1983 August 21), senator and politician, leader of the opposition against ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1984), Mayor of ] and prominent opposition leader |
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* ] (1986), ] governor and ally of then presidential candidate ] |
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* ] (1986), ] and ] |
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* ] (1987), prominent student activist leader |
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* ] (1988), ] Governor, Father of ] |
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* ] (1989), US Military advisor |
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* ] (2001), founder of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) |
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* ] (2006), ] of the ] |
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* ] (2007), Congress Representative of ] |
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===Qatar=== |
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* ] (2004), former President of ] |
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===Saudi Arabia=== |
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* ] (644), second ] |
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* ] (665), third ] |
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* ] (1975 March 25), King of Saudi Arabia, shot by nephew at palace<ref name="wa750" /> |
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===Sri Lanka=== |
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* ] (1959 September 25), Sri Lankan prime minister, by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama, who later converts to ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1975), former Mayor, ], by ] |
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* ] (1989), movie actor turned SLFP-SLMP politician, by JVP. |
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* ] (1989), founder of JVP, by Sri Lankan Armed Forces |
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* ]) (1989), founder of separatist party ], by LTTE |
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* ] (1991), Foreign minister & ] for ], MP, by LTTE |
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* ] (1993), former cabinet minister, MP, purportedly by LTTE |
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* ] (1993), ], purportedly by LTTE (but possibly revenge for his own orchestrating murder of political rival Lalith Athulathmudali, to whom he feared losing election) |
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* ] (1994), ], ], member of ] ], by LTTE |
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* ] (1998), ] Mayor, by LTTE |
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* ] (1998), ] Mayor, by LTTE |
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* ] (1999), ] (MP) and ] leader |
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* ] (1999), ] politician, by LTTE |
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* ] (2000), cabinet minister, by LTTE |
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* ] (2005), Tamil MP in Batticalo, by GoSL supported para-military Karuna Group |
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* ] (2005), foreign minister, by LTTE |
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* ] (2006), army general, by LTTE |
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* ] (2006), MP and ] politician, by GoSL paramilitary Group |
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* ] (2008), ] Tamil MP for voicing human rights violations of GoSL, by Sri Lanka IB associate. |
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* ] (2008), Nation Building Minister and ] MP, by LTTE |
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* ] (2008), ] Tamil MP, by Sri Lankan Army DPU. |
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* ] (2008),Minister of Highways and Road Development and SLFP MP, LTTE |
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* ] (2009), Journalist (The Sunday Leader), by unknown |
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===Syria=== |
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* ] (246 BC), ] king |
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* ] (223 BC), Seleucid king |
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* ] (176 BC), Seleucid king |
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* ] (146 BC), Seleucid king |
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* ] (138 BC), Seleucid heir to the throne |
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* ] (285), Roman emperor, by his father-in-law, ], in Emesa (modern-day ]) |
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* ] (1146), ruler of ] and ] and founder of the ] |
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* ] (1940), Syrian nationalist |
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* ] (2008), Syrian general and security adviser to president ] |
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* ] (2008), senior member of ] |
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* ] (2012), Minister of Defense of Syria |
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* ] (2012), chief of staff of the Syrian Armed Forces |
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===Thailand=== |
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* ] (?),King of the ] |
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* ] (1946), the eighth monarch of ] under the ]. |
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* ] (1961), the royal consort of King ] (or Rama VI) of ] |
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* ] (1977),a Thai royal well known for her fiction writing and her developmental work in rural Thailand. |
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===United Arab Emirates=== |
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* ] (2010), a member of ] |
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===Vietnam=== |
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* ] (1963 November 2), politician<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1963 November 2), first president of ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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===Yemen=== |
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* ] (1948), King of ] |
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* ] (1977), president of ] |
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* ] (1978), president of North Yemen, killed by bomb along with envoy from South Yemen. |
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* ] (2002), deputy secretary-general of ] |
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* ] (2011), spokesman and recruiter for ], leader of ], killed in a US drone strike |
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* ] (2013), deputy leader of ], killed in a US drone strike. Numerous earlier reports of his death had been previously proven wrong. <ref>{{cite web|author=Source: reuters // Reuters |url=http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/arabian-al-qaedas-number-two-is-dead-yemeni-official/ |title=Arabian Al-Qaeda's Number Two Is Dead (Reuters) |publisher=Trust.org |date=2013-01-24 |accessdate=2013-02-18}}</ref> |
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==Assassinations in Australia and Oceania== |
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===Australia=== |
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* ] Early 1802, shot and killed by British sailor Henry Hacking under orders by Governor Phillip Gidley King. |
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* ] February 12, 1894, Mayor of Burwood, NSW, Australia |
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* ] 15 July 1977, anti-drugs campaigner |
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* ] December 17, 1980 Turkish Consul General, |
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* ] (1989), Assistant Commissioner of the ] |
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* ] (1994), ] state Member for ] |
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===New Caledonia=== |
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* ] (1989), Kanak independence leader |
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===Samoa=== |
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* ] (1999), cabinet minister |
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===Palau=== |
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* ] (1985), president |
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===West Papua=== |
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* ], April 26, 1984, songman and ethnomusicologist, West Papua: shot in back by Indonesian military unit upon release from prison <ref name="arena.org.au">{{cite web|last=Papua |first=West |url=http://www.arena.org.au/2010/10/papua%E2%80%99s-fallen-leaders-2/ |title=Papua’s Fallen Leaders – arena |publisher=Arena.org.au |date=2012-06-18 |accessdate=2013-02-18}}</ref> |
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* ], March 14, 1996, Independence leader allegedly poisoned by Indonesian intelligence officers in Cipinang prison.<ref name="arena.org.au"/> |
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* ], 10 November 2001, West Papuan Independence movement leader, Assassinated by Kopassus officers after attending a military dinner, Jayapura, Papua <ref name="arena.org.au"/> |
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* ], 16 December 2009, legendary West papuan guerrilla leader assassinated by Detachment 88 officers in Timika, West Papua <ref name="arena.org.au"/> |
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* ], 14 June 2012, Chairman of main civil resistance independence organisation, West Papua National Committee(KNPB), assassinated by Detachment 88 officers in Jayapura, West Papua <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3578010.htm |title=7.30 |publisher=ABC |date=2012-08-28 |accessdate=2013-02-18}}</ref> |
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==Assassinations in Europe== |
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===Albania=== |
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* ] (1924), nationalist member of parliament |
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===Austria=== |
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* ] (1916), ] |
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* ] (1934), ]<ref name="wa155" /> |
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* ] (1989), dissident ] Iranian political leader, in ] |
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===Belgium=== |
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* ] (1950), chairman of the ] |
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* ] (1971), ] communist leader |
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* ] (1990), ] developer of the Martlet ], in ], ] |
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* ] (1991), Belgian politician |
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===Bosnia and Hercegovina=== |
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* ] (1914 June 28), assassinated by ], who also killed the Archduchess Sophie; this assassination played a role in starting ]<ref name="wa155">''World Almanac 2004'', p155</ref> |
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* ] (1995), foreign minister of ] |
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* ] (1997), minister of Internal Affair of ] |
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===Bulgaria=== |
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* ] (1895), former ] of ] |
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* ] (1907), Prime Minister of Bulgaria |
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* ] (1923), Prime Minister of Bulgaria |
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* ] (1995), insurance boss, owner of "VIS-2", former wrestler |
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* ] (1996 October 2), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1998), insurance tycoon, former rowing champion |
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* ] (2003), president of Multigroup corporation, former wrestler, the wealthiest man in Bulgaria |
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* ] (2005), football club owner, brother of the assassinated Vasil Iliev |
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* ] (2005), banker, ex-professional swimmer, voted Mr. Economics in Bulgaria for 2002 |
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* ] (2006), businessman alleged of smuggling |
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* ] (2008), CEO of "Atomenergoremont" Nucler plant repair company |
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===Croatia=== |
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* ] (480), Roman emperor. Assassinated near Salona (modern ]). |
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===Czech Republic=== |
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* ] (921), Wife of Duke ], Grandmother of Duke ] |
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* ] (Saint Wenceslas) (935 or 929), Duke of ] |
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* ] (1306), King of ] |
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* ] (1634), ] general during the ] |
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* ] (1923), Minister of Finances of ] |
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* ] (1942), a General in the ] German paramilitary corps and governor of occupied Czech lands |
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===Denmark=== |
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* ] (1286), King of ] |
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===Finland=== |
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* ] (1156), ] bishop in ] (according to a legend) |
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* ] (1904), ] |
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* ] (1905), attorney General |
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* ] (1917),entrepreneur |
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* ] (1918), composer |
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* ] (1922), Minister of the Interior of Finland |
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===France=== |
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* ] (1354), constable of France |
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* ] (1407) |
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* ] (1419) |
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* ] (1572) |
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* ] (1589), King of ] |
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* ] (1610), King of France, stabbed by ] |
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* ] (1789), ] of Paris |
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* ] (1793), revolutionary, stabbed in his bathtub by ] |
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* ] (1820, February 13), younger son of the future King Charles X, stabbed by Louis Pierre Louvel |
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* ] (1894 June 24), ], shot by anarchist ] in Lyon<ref name="wa155" /> |
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* ] (1914 July 30), politician, pacifist<ref name="timeline118">''20th Century Timeline'', p118</ref> |
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* ] (1914 March 16), editor of '']'' newspaper,<ref name="timeline118" /> by ], wife of ] ] |
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* ] (1932 May 6), President of France, shot in Paris<ref name="wa155" /> |
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* ] (1934), was king of Yugoslavia. Assassinated in ], ]. |
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* ] (1934), ] killed along with King ] at ] |
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* ] (1938), German diplomat in France |
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* ] (1944), head of ], by ] in ] |
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* ] (1944), State secretary for Information and Propaganda of ], by ] in Paris |
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* ] (1944), former ] minister and ], by '']'' in ] |
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* ] (1944), '']'' and former leader of clandestine far-right organisation ], by ] |
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* ] (1965), Moroccan socialist leader and Third-World ] leader, '']'' in Paris |
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* ] (1973), ]ian medical doctor and anti-] activist |
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* ] (1976), former minister and one of the French negotiators of the ] |
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* ] (1978), ] ] |
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* ] "]" (1978), ] leader |
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* ] (1979), left-wing activist |
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* ] (1979), minister of Labor and many times minister since 1961. Officially suicide, but a lot of anomalies revealed since. |
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* ] (1980), former minister |
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* ] (1980), Syrian Baath politician |
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* ] (1980), ]ian atomic scientist. |
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* ] (1982), right-wing activist and criminal |
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* ] (1986), ] executive, by far-left activists of ] |
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* ] (1988), ] representative, in Paris |
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* ] (1990), activist for sexual minorities |
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* ] (1991), ] briefly in 1979, stabbed to death at his home in France |
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* ] (1995), co-founder of the Algerian ], in Paris |
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* ] (1998), ] of ] |
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===Germany=== |
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* ] (235), ], near ] (present-day ]) by his troops |
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* ] (268), Gallic emperor, in ] |
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* ] (268), Gallic emperor, in ] |
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* ] (1208), Emperor, in ] |
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* ] (1225), ] |
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* ] (1233), inquisitor |
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* ] (1919), socialist writer, in ] |
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* ] (1919), socialist lawyer and politician, in ] |
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* ] (1919), Prime Minister of Bavaria |
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* ] (1921), former Ottoman Minister of Interior Affairs, in ] by ] |
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* ] (1921), politician |
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* ] (1922 June 24), German foreign minister<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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* ] (1934), leader of the Sturm Abteilung (SA) |
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* ] (1934), former German chancellor, murdered by the SS |
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* ] (1959) - ] nationalist leader assassinated by ] in ] |
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* ] (1970), ]n politician |
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* ] (1977), ] ] |
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* ] (1977), CEO ] |
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* ] (1977), president of the ] employers' organization |
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* ] (1989), ] CEO |
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* ] (1991), director of ] for former ] |
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* ], Fattah Abdoli, Homayoun Ardalan, Nouri Dehkordi (1992), dissident ] Iranian political leaders, in ] (]) |
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===Greece=== |
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* ] (514 BC), brother of the tyrant of ] |
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* ] (461 BC), leader of the radical democracy movement in Athens |
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* ] (404 BC), Athenian general and politician |
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* ] (358 BC), despot of ] |
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* ] (336 BC), king of ], by ] in ] |
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* ] (281 BC), founder of the ], near ] |
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* ] (251 BC), tyrant of ] |
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* ] (212 BC), Greek mathematician, was killed in syracusa, magna Greece |
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* ] (1831), first ] |
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* ] (1905 June 13), ] |
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* ] (1907 March 8), Greek politician |
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* ] (1913 March 18), King of Greece<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (May 1948), American journalist critical of US aid to rightist Greek government |
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* ] (1963), leader of anti-fascist movement in Greece. |
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* ] (1975), CIA Station Chief |
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* ] (1988), Armenian leader of ] |
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* ] (1988), Tsantes successor as U.S. military attaché in Athens |
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* ] (1989), ] politician |
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* ] (2000), Brigadier and British military attaché in Athens |
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===Hungary=== |
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* Count ] (1918 October 31), Premier of ]<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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===Iceland=== |
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* ] (1241 September 23), historian and politician, by ] |
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===Ireland=== |
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* ] (1014), Irish king |
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* ] (1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland |
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* ] (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland |
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* ] (1920), ] |
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* ] (1922), ] and ] (IRA) ] leader during the ]<ref name="wa750" /> |
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* ] (1927), Irish politician, Minister of Home Affairs/Minister of Justice of the ]<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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* ] (1936), assassinated for providing assistance to ] recruits |
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* ] (1976), ] ambassador to Ireland |
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* ] (1979), ] ], last ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (1994), ] (INLA) leader |
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* ] (1996), Irish ] |
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===Italy (and former Roman Empire)=== |
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* ] (748 BC), ] king, in ] |
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* ] (579 BC), ] ], in Rome by the sons of ] |
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* ] (534 BC), Etruscan king of Rome, in Rome by ] |
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* ] (133 BC), Roman tribune, in Rome by Roman senators |
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* ] (44 BC), Roman general and dictator, in Rome by members of the ] |
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* ] (43 BC), Roman orator, outside of Rome under orders from ] |
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* ] (41), ], in Rome by ] through a conspiracy with the ] and the Senate |
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* ] (54), Roman Emperor, poisoned in Rome by his wife, ] |
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* ] (69), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the ] army |
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* ] (69), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders from ] |
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* ] (96), Roman Emperor, in Rome by Stephanus, steward to ] |
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* ] (192), Roman Emperor, killed in Rome by ] the wrestler |
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* ] (193), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard |
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* ] (193), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard |
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* ] (212), Roman Emperor, in Rome by ]s under orders of ] |
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* ] (217), ], between ] and Carrhae (modern-day ] and ]) by Martialis, possibly under orders of ] |
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* ] (222), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders of ] and ] |
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* ] (238), Roman Emperor, outside ] by his troops |
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* ] (238), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard |
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* ] (238), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard |
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* ] (253), Roman Emperor, near Interamna by his troops |
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* ] (253), Roman Emperor, near Interamna by his troops |
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* ] (275), Roman Emperor, near Caenophrurium (modern-day ]) |
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* ] (276), Roman Emperor, near ] |
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* ] (1412), Duke of Milan<ref name=Adams>{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=John |authorlink1=John Adams |title=A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America, against the attack of M. Turgot in his letter to Dr. Price, dated the twenty-second day of March, 1778 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SXQSAAAAIAAJ&q=%22John%20Maria%22&f=true#v=snippet&q=%22John%20Maria%22&f=false |accessdate=November 6, 2010 |year=1794 |publisher=] |location=London |oclc=2678599 |pages=153–155 }}</ref> |
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* ] (1478), co-ruler of Florence |
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* ] (1497), ], son of ] |
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* ] (1848), ] Minister of Justice |
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* ] (1900 July 29), King of Italy<ref name="wa750" /> |
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* ] (1921), former Ottoman Prime Minister |
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* ] (1924 June 10), Italian socialist politician<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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* ] (1925), ] independence leader, in ] |
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* ] (1945 April 28), fascist, former ]<ref name="timeline119" /> |
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* ] (1962), Italian public head officer, head of ] oil company, supported ] |
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* ] (1975), Italian writer, poet and film director |
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* ] (1978), former ] |
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* ] (1978), Anti-mafia activist |
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* ] (1979), magistrate |
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* ] (1982), General of the ], investigating on the mafia |
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* ] (1983), magistrate |
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* ] (1992), anti-] judge |
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* ] (1992), anti-mafia judge |
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* ] (1992), ] |
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* ] (2002), Italian Labor Ministry advisor |
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===Montenegro=== |
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* ],(1860), killed in ], then ] by a member of ] tribe |
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* ] (1945), Montenegrin nationalist |
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===Netherlands=== |
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* ] (754), Christian missionary |
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* ] (1099) |
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* ] (1296) |
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* ] (1425) |
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* ] (1584), leader of the ] war of independence from Spanish rule (]) |
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* ] (1649), diplomat |
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* ] (1672), politician, and his brother |
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* ] (1672) |
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* ] (1987), top manager of Ahold |
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* ] (2002), publicist and politician, leader of his political party |
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* ] (2004), film director, writer and critic |
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===Norway=== |
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* ] (1136), King assassinated by a pretender to the throne. |
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* ] (1973), civilian, mistakenly believed to be ], assassinated in ] by Israeli ] agents. |
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===Ottoman Empire=== |
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* ] (1579), Grand ] of ] |
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* ] (1622), ] of the ] |
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* ] (1913 January 23), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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* ] (1929), former Ottoman Minister for the Navy, in ], due to his role in the ]. |
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===Poland=== |
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* ] (1079), ] (now a ]) |
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* ] (December 16, 1922), ]<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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* ] (June 15, 1934), ] |
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* ] (1944), German SS general and chief of police, by Polish resistance |
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* ] (1984), Polish priest, by the communist political police |
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* ] (1998), chief of the police, believed to be by the mafia |
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===Portugal=== |
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* ] (139 BC), leader of the ] people that resisted Roman expansion over the regions of Western Iberia |
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* ] (1355), posthumously declared Queen of Portugal |
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* ] (1908 February 1), King<ref name="timeline118" /> and |
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* ] (1908 February 1), Crown Prince<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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* ] (1918), President |
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* ] (1965), General, Presidential Candidate |
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* ], (1980), Prime Minister |
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* ], 1980, Minister of Defense |
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* ] (1983), member of the ], shot in an hotel |
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===Romania=== |
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* ] (1601), Ruler of ], ] and ] |
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* ] (1862), ] |
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* ] (1933), Prime Minister of Romania |
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* ] (1938), politician |
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* ] (1939), Prime Minister of Romania<ref name="timeline119" /> |
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* ] (1940), former Prime Minister of Romania, historian |
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* ] (1940), politician |
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* ] (1945), actor |
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* ] (1989) Belgian journalist |
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===Serbia=== |
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* ] (1817) Leader of the First Serbian Uprising |
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* ] (1868) Prince of Serbia |
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* ] (1903) King of Serbia, along with ], Queen Consort |
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* ] (2003) Prime Minister of Serbia |
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===Spain=== |
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]'', Madrid.]] |
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* ] (1870), ] and ] |
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* ] (1897), Prime Minister of Spain shot by ] in Mondragón, Guipúzcoa. |
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* ] (1912), Prime Minister of Spain |
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* ] (1921), Prime Minister of Spain |
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* ] (1936), ] lieutenant in the ] |
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* ] (1936), ] politician |
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* ] (1936), ] ] and ]tist, by fascists |
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* ] (1936), assassin of ] |
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* ] (1937), ] ] revolutionary |
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* ] (1967), Algerian politician, in ] |
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* ] (1968), secret police officer |
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* ] (1973 December 20), Spanish prime minister<ref name="timeline120" /> |
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* ] (1997), ] politician, by ] |
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* ] (2000), ] politician and party leader |
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* ] (2000), former Spanish minister |
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===Sweden=== |
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* King ] (1156) |
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* King ] (1160) |
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* King ] (1167) |
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* ] (1436), statesman, Regent of Sweden |
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* King ] (1577), on order of his half-brother King ] |
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* King ] (1792) |
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* ] (1810), statesman, Grand Marshal of Sweden |
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* ] (1986 February 28), ]<ref name="wa156" /> |
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* ] (2003), ] |
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===Switzerland=== |
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* ] (1308), ] King and Duke of ], by his nephew ], whom he had deprived of his inheritance, at ] on the Reuss River |
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* ] (1639), in ] |
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* ] ("Sisi") (1898), empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, in ] |
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* ] (1936), German leader of the Swiss Nazi party |
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* ] (1960), successor to ] at the head of the ], assassinated by the ] (French secret services) |
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* ] (1990), Iranian opposition leader, in Geneva |
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===Turkey=== |
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* ] (1913), prime minister |
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* ] (1921), communist leader |
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* ] (1979), journalist, Editor-in-Chief of ''Milliyet'' newspaper, by ] in Istanbul |
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* ] (1979), Islamic political activist |
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* ] (1979), Academician and writer |
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* ] (1980), Writer and TV producer |
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* ] (1980), ] leader, by ] in Istanbul |
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* ] (1980), former ], by a ] operative in Istanbul |
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* ] (1990), University professor in Law, murdered in Ankara |
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* ] (1990), University professor in Islam Studies and women's rights activist, in Istanbul |
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* ] (1990), Islamic scholar, author, and journalist, murdered in Ankara, unresolved. |
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* ] (1992), dissident ] activist and writer, in ], unresolved, attributed to Turkish military intelligence (]) |
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* ] (1993), A journalist of '']'' newspaper, assassinated in Ankara, murderers unknown yet. |
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* ] (1995), writer, poet, founder of Cinemateque Istanbul, columnist for ''Cumhuriyet'' newspaper, murdered in Istanbul. |
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* ] (1996), prominent industrialist and member of ] family |
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* ] (1998), Islamic ] author, kidnapped and tortured to death in ] |
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* ] (1999), Politician, former Minister of Culture, Ankara University professor in ], ''Cumhuriyet'' newspaper columnist. |
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* ] (2001), ] businessman and industrialist |
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* ] (2002), Professor of history at ], his assassination unresolved. |
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* ] (2006), High Judge at ], by ] in Ankara. |
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* ] (2006), Roman Catholic priest, murdered in the Santa Maria Church in Trabzon. |
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* ] (2007), ] Journalist, publisher of ] newspaper, by Ogün Samast in Istanbul |
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===United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland=== |
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* ] (293), usurper of the ] |
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* ] (946), king of ], stabbed at a banquet |
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* ] (978), King of ] |
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* ] (1170), ] |
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* ] (1306), killed by Robert the Bruce |
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* Sir ] - Lord High Treasurer - (1381) - Beheaded at Tower Hill by rebels during the ] |
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* ] - Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London - (1381) - Beheaded at Tower Hill by rebels during the ] |
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* Sir ] - Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge - (1381) - Beheaded in Bury St Edmunds by rebels during the ] |
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* King ] (1437), killed at Perth on the night of 20–1 February in a failed coup by his kinsman and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl. |
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* ] (1452), killed by James II of Scotland |
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* ], King of England who was killed in the ] likely on the orders of ] |
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* King ] (1488), killed by rebels |
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* ] (1567), husband of ] |
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* ] (1570), Regent of ] |
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* ] (1628), the assassin was John Felton, an army officer who had been wounded in the earlier military adventure |
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* ] (1679), ], in ], near ] |
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* ] (1812), ], in ] by ]; the only ] prime minister to be assassinated |
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* Sir ] (1922 June 22), ] ], retired ] and Conservative politician<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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* ] (1940), Former Lieutenant Governor of the ], shot by a Punjabi revolutionary, ]. |
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* ] (1972), ] politician |
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* ] (1975), co-author of the ] and right wing political activist |
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* ] (1977), past prime minister of ], killed in ] |
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* ] (1978), ]n dissident |
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* ] (1979), Former Governor-General of ] on his yacht off ] |
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* ] (1979), ] Conservative politician |
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* ] (1981), aristocrat and Northern Irish politician |
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* ] (1981), aristocrat and Northern Irish politician |
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* Rev. ] (1981), Unionist MP in ] |
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* ] (died in 2003 as a result of a 1982 assassination), ]i Ambassador to the ] |
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* ] (1983), ] politician. |
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* ] (1987), Northern Ireland politician |
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* ] (1989), solicitor |
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* ] (1990), British Conservative politician |
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* ] (1997), ] leader. |
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* ] (1999), ] solicitor and human rights advocate |
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* ] (1999), British television presenter |
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* ] (2006) ]n critic of ] |
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* ] (2010 Sept 16), founding member of the All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization (APMSO), in ], London, by ] through conspiracy |
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===Yugoslavia=== |
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* ] (268), Roman emperor, near ] |
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* ] (282), Roman emperor. Assassinated at ] |
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* ] (285), Roman emperor. Assassinated at ] |
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* ] ("Arkan") (2000), Serb paramilitary leader |
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* ] (2000), ] of Yugoslavia |
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* ] (2000), Serbian politician |
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===Ukraine=== |
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* ] (1959) - ] nationalist leader assassinated by ] |
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* ] (1918) - ] composer |
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* ] (1926), ] political leader assassinated by ] |
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* ] (1938) ] nationalist leader assassinated by ] |
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* ] (1957) - ] nationalist leader assassinated by ] |
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* ] (1979) - Ukrainian composer |
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* ] (1998) - Politician, banker |
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* ] (2000) - Ukrainian journalist |
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* ] (2000) - Ukrainian politician |
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* ] (2005) - Ukrainian politician |
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==Assassinations in Russia and the Soviet Union== |
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* ] (1762), ] |
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* ] (1801), ] |
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* ] (1825), military Governor of ] |
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* ] (1878), Executive Director of the ] |
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* ] (1881 March 13), Tsar of ]<ref name="wa155" /> |
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* ] (1893), Mayor of ] |
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* ] (1902 April 8), Russian ]<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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* ] (1904), Russian Interior Minister |
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* ] (1905), former ] of ] |
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* ] (1911 September 14), ]n Prime Minister, killed in theater in Kiev<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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* ] (1916 December 30), controversial friar and mystic<ref name="wa750" /> |
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* ] and his family: ], ], and the Grand Duchesses ], ], ] and ] (1918 July 16)<ref name="wa750" /> |
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* ], Grand Duchess of Russia, sister of ], wife of tsar ]. (18 July 1918) |
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* ] (1918), revolutionary |
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* ] (1918), ] Ambassador in ] |
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* ] (1934 December 1), ] party leader in ]<ref name="timeline118" /> |
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* ] (1948), Chairman of the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joshuarubenstein.com/stalinsecret/intro.html |title=stalin's secret pogrom-INTRO |publisher=Joshuarubenstein.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref> |
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* ] (1991), singer-songwriter, anti-Soviet activist |
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* ] (1995), a Russian journalist and head of the ] |
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* ] (1996), first ] separatist President and anti-]n ] leader |
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* ] (1998), ]n politician, former prime minister |
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* ] (1998), influential politician, then member of ]n parliament (]) |
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* ] (1998), ] journalist and opposition figure |
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* ] (2003), Russian politician, in ]<ref>http://www.eng.terror99.ru/publications/092.htm</ref> |
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* ] (2003), Russian journalist, in ]<ref>http://www.eng.terror99.ru/publications/118.htm</ref> |
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* ] (2004), editor of the Russian edition of '']'' magazine |
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* ] (2004), ]-backed President of the ] |
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* ] (2005), President of ] |
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* ] (2005), former ] deputy director |
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* ] (2005), deputy Interior Minister of ] |
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* ] (2005), ] MP |
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* ] (2006), ] politician |
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* ] (2006), President of ] |
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* ] (2006), Russian journalist and human rights campaigner. |
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* ] (2008), mayor of ], ] |
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* ] (2008), former mayor of ], ] |
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* ] (2008), mayor of ], ] |
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* ] (2009), human rights lawyer |
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* ] (2009), interior minister of Dagestan |
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* ] (2009), deputy chair of ] Supreme Court |
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* ] (2009), former deputy prime minister of ] |
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* ] (2009), human rights activist |
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* ] (2011), journalist |
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