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	==Assassinations in Africa==

	=== Algeria ===

	* ] (117 BC), co-ruler of ]
	* ] (December 1, 1916), French Catholic religious and priest
	* ] (December 24, 1942), senior figure of ]
	* ], (March 10, 1957) Algerian nationalist and ] leader
	* ], (June 21, 1957) ] and ] millitant
	* ], (June 21, 1957) Nationalist and ] president
	* ] (Mars 23, 1957), Algerian lawyer, assassinated by the French army
	* ] (April 11, 1963), Algerian foreign minister<ref name="wa257">''World Almanac 1967'', p257</ref>
	* ] (February 3, 1987), Islamic fundamentalist
	* ] (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>
	* ] Poet (June 2, 1993)
	* ] (August 22, 1993), former Prime Minister of Algeria
	* ] (March 10, 1994), playwright
	* ] (September 29, 1994), singer
	* ] (Septembre 28, 1995), Politician
	* ] (March 27, 1996)
	* ] (August 1, 1996), Catholic bishop of Oran
	* ] (December 3, 1994) Journalist, assassinated with a car bomb in ]
	* ] (June 25, 1998), ] singer
	* ] (November 22, 1999), ]
	* ] (February 25, 2010), chief of the national police

	===Angola===
	* ] (November 2, 1992), Vice President of ]
	* ] (November 2, 1992), ] senior advisor

	===Burkina Faso===
	* ] (October 15, 1987), Head of State of Burkina Faso
	* ] (December 13, 1998), journalist

	===Burundi===
	* ] (October 13, 1961), Prime Minister of Burundi
	* ] (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>
	* ] (September 30, 1965), Prime Minister of Burundi
	* ] (October 21, 1993), President of Burundi, Founder of The Burundi Workers' Party
	* ] (April 6, 1994), President of Burundi, airplane shot down<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (November 20, 2001), ] representative

	===Cameroon===
	* ] (September 13, 1958), leader of the ] (UPC)

	===Chad===
	* ] (April 13, 1975), ]

	===Comoros===
	* ] (May 29, 1978), former ]
	* ] (November 26, 1989), President of Comoros
	* ] (June 13, 2010), army chief of staff and former interim head of state

	===Congo (Brazzaville)===
	* ] (March 18, 1977), ], shot in ]<ref name="wa156" />

	===Congo (Kinshasa)===
	* ] (1961 January 17), former Prime Minister of the Congo<ref name="wa257" />
	* ] (1961 January 17), former Youth Minister, and Lumumba associate<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1961 January 17), Senate Vice-President and Lumumba associate<ref name="wa257" />
	* ] (2001 January 16), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, shot by bodyguard<ref name="wa156" />

	===Egypt===
	* ] (48 BC), Roman general and politician killed in Egypt
	* ] (1121), ] of ] Egypt
	* ] (1130), Fatimid ]
	* ] (1260), ] sultan of Egypt
	* ] (1800), French general
	* ] (1910), ]
	* Sir ] (1924), ] of the ]
	* ], Lord Moyne (1944), the ]'s Minister Resident in the Middle East
	* ] (1945 February 24), Prime Minister of Egypt<ref>"Assassinations and Political Murders," ''20th Century Timeline'' (Griesewood & Dempsey, Ltd., 1985) (Crescent Books, 1985) , p119</ref>
	* ] (1948 December 28), Prime Minister of Egypt<ref name="timeline120">''20th Century Timeline'', p120</ref>
	* ] (1949), founder of the ]
	* ] (1971 November 28), ] shot during visit to Cairo<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1981 October 6), ], ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1990), speaker of ]ian parliament
	* ] (1992), ]ian politician and intellectual

	===The Gambia===
	* ] (2004), journalist

	===Guinea===
	* ] (1973), Pan-African intellectual, in ], ]

	===Guinea Bissau===
	* ] (2009), chief of staff of the army
	* ] (2009, March 2), President of ]
	* ] (2009), government minister and independent presidential candidate
	* ] (2009), former government minister

	===Kenya===
	* ] (1965), socialist politician
	* ] (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>
	* ] (1975), Kenyan politician
	* ] (1990), foreign minister of ]
	* ] (1998), former interior minister of ]
	* ] (2009), human rights activist
	* ] (2009), human rights activist

	===Liberia===
	* ] (1980 April 12), ] killed in military coup<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1990), president of Liberia

	===Madagascar===
	* ] (1863), king of Madagascar
	* ] (1975 February 11), ] shot 6 days after taking power in military coup<ref name="wa156" />

	===Mozambique===
	* ] (1969), leader of the independence ] movement, allegedly killed by the Portuguese branch of ]
	* ] (2000), Mozambican journalist

	===Namibia===
	* ] (1978), ] chief and politician
	* ] (1989), leading white ] activist

	===Niger===
	* ] (1999 April 9), ], ambushed by soldiers<ref name="wa156" />

	===Nigeria===
	* Sir ] (1966), ] killed during military coup
	* Alhaji Sir ] (1966)
	* ] (1966)
	* ] (1966)
	* ] (1966), military head of state
	* ] (1976 February 13), ] of ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1986), journalist
	* ] (2001), justice minister of Nigeria
	* ] (2011), ] state legislator

	===Rwanda===
	* ] (1985), ], in the province of ]
	* ] (1994), Prime Minister of ] killed one day after genocide began
	* ] (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"/>

	===Senegal===
	* ] (1967), government minister and mayor

	===Somalia===
	* ] (1969), ]
	* ] (2006), former acting President of Somalia
	* ] (2009), ] police chief
	* ] (2009), security minister
	* ] (2011), interior minister

	===South Africa===
	* ] (1828), king of the Zulus, near Stanger (now ]) by ] and Mhlangana
	* ] (1966 September 6), ], stabbed in parliament by ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1982), anti-apartheid scholar and wife of Communist party leader ], by pro-apartheid "]" leader ]
	* ] (1985), South African dissident
	* ] (1988), head of the ] in ], by ] sergeant ]
	* ] (1993), leader of the ] shot by ]
	* ] (1995), prominent leader in the ]
	* ] (2009), South African politician

	===Sudan===
	* ] and ] (1973 March 2), US Chief of Mission/Deputy Chief ot Mission (see ])<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1973), Belgian Chargé d'affaires (see ])
	* ] (2008), diplomat for the ]
	* ] (2011), ] government minister

	===Swaziland===
	* ] (2008), political opposition leader

	===Tanzania===
	* ] (1972), first President of ], First Vice President of ]
	* ] (1979), South African political activist

	===Togo===
	* ] (1963 January 13), first president of independent ], in a coup led by dictator ]<ref name="wa257" />
	* ] (1992), socialist leader (shot in ], died in ])

	===Tunisia===
	* ] ("Abu Jihad") (1988 April 16), military leader of the ], shot by Israeli commandos in ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] ("Abu Iyad") (1991), deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis, Tunisia

	===Uganda===
	* ] (1972), Chief Justice of ]
	* ] (1977), Archbishop of ], ], ] and ] from 1974 until 1977

	===Western Sahara===
	* ] (1970), ] leader and journalist, '']'' in ]

	===Zambia===
	* ] (1975), ]an nationalist leader

	===Zimbabwe===
	* ] (1983), left-wing ]an politician

	==Assassinations in the Americas==

	===Antigua and Barbuda===
	* ] (1710), British governor of the ]

	===Argentina===
	* ] (1870), former president of Argentina, killed by people from ], who saw him as a traitor.
	* ] (1909), chief of the National Police, assassinated by ] as a retaliation for his brutal repression of workers.
	* ], demonstrator.
	* ] (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.
	* ] (1974), Chilean General, former ] of the ]. Killed by the ] of the ], during his exile in Argentina.
	* ] (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 ].
	* ] (1976), former speaker of the Uruguayan House of Representatives, exiled in Argentina. Killed alongside ].
	* ] (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 ].

	===Bermuda===
	* Sir ] (1973), ]

	===Bolivia===
	* ] (1829), President of Boliva
	* ] (1865), ] of ]
	* ] (1871), President of Bolivia
	* ] (1946), President of Bolivia

	===Brazil===
	* ] (1915), Brazilian politician
	* ] (1930)
	* ] (1964), Syrian military dictator
	* ] (1975), Journalist
	* ] (1976), Brazilian activist
	* ] (1988), Brazilian environmental activist
	* ] (1996), Collor de Mello's campaign treasurer
	* ] (2001), Mayor of ]
	* ] (2005), American nun killed by business interests

	===Canada===
	* ] (1868), Father of Canadian Confederation
	* ] (1880), newspaper editor and ]
	* ] (1914), immigration officer, British intelligence agent, by Ghadarite sympathizer, Mewa Singh
	* ] (1970), ] Minister of Labour, was kidnapped and murdered by the ]
	* ] (1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by Armenian nationalists in ]

	===Chile===
	* ] (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.
	* ] (1971), Chilean ex Secretary of Interior Affairs.
	* ] (1973), Chilean left-wing singer, killed after the coup of 1973.
	* ] (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>
	* ] (1982), Chilean trade-unionist, killed by the military dictatorship of Pinochet.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080117163105/http://www.memoriaviva.com/culpables/criminales%20h/herrera_jimenez_carlos1.htm \|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>
	* ] (1991), Chilean ''pinochetist'' Senator, killed by ] after the return of democracy.

	===Colombia===
	* ] (1830), Venezuelan politician, statesman, soldier
	* ] (1914), Lawyer, journalist, diplomat, soldier
	* ] (1948), Liberal Party leader
	* ] (1984), Minister of Justice. The assassination was ordered by the ]
	* ] (1985), Judge who had indicted ], head of the ]
	* ] (1985), Head of the Supreme Court. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985). State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the ]
	* ] (1986), Director of ] newspaper. The assassination was ordered by the ]
	* ] (1986), Supreme Court Justice. The assassination was order by the ]
	* ] (1987), Presidential candidate, leader of the ] party
	* ] (1987), Attorney General of Colombia. The assassination was ordered by the ]
	* ] (1989), Presidential candidate, leader of the Colombian Liberal Party. The assassination was ordered by the ]
	* ] (1989), Journalist, Director of Mundovision. The assassination was ordered by the ]
	* ] (1990 March 22), Presidential candidate, leader of the ] party<ref name="wa156" />
	* ], Commander of the Police of ]. The assassination was ordered by the ]
	* ] (1990), Presidential candidate, leader of the ] party
	* ] (1991), Former Colombian Ambassador to ]. The assassination was ordered by the ]
	* ] (1991), journalist and daughter of former Colombian president ]. Assassinated after a kidnapping by the ]
	* ] (1994), International footballer
	* ] (1994), Senator, leader of the ] party
	* ] (1995), former presidential candidate and director of ] newspaper
	* ] (1999), Notable journalist and satirist
	* ] (2000), ] General. Assassinated by members of ]
	* ] (2003), Governor of ]

	===Cuba===
	* ] (1935), Revolutionary Socialist Leader

	===Dominican Republic===
	* ] (1899), president of the ]
	* ] (1961 May 30), Dominican Republic dictator, shot in ambush
	* ] (1973)

	===Ecuador===
	* ] (1875), president of ] known for his support of the Catholic Church
	* ] and ] (1999), communist legislators, in ]

	===El Salvador===
	* ] (1913), ]
	* ] (1932), communist leader and peasant revolt organizer.
	* ] (1975), poet and revolutionary.
	* ] (1977), Roman Catholic priest
	* ] (1977), Roman Catholic priest
	* ] (1978), Roman Catholic priest
	* ] (1979), Roman Catholic priest
	* ] (1979), Roman Catholic priest
	* ] (1979), Roman Catholic priest
	* ] (1980), ], by right-wing death squad
	* ] (1980) and five other leaders of the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Front ("FDR," for its Spanish initials), captured and killed by government aligned security forces.
	* ], ], ], and ] (1980), ] ]s, by the National Guard of ]
	* ] (1983), senior ] representative
	* ] (1989), ] ] ], by ] of the ]
	* ] (1989), ] ] ], by ] of the ]
	* ] (1989), ] ] ], by ] of the ]
	* ], 1989, ] and ]

	===Grenada===
	* ] (1983), Prime Minister of Grenada.

	===Guatemala===
	* ] (1898), President of Guatemala
	* ] (1957), ], killed by bodyguard<ref name="wa257"/>
	* ] (1970), German ambassador in ]
	* ] (1979), Social Democratic Party leader
	* ] (1979), Mayor of ]
	* ] (1993), Liberal politician and journalist
	* ] (1998), ] bishop
	* ] (2012), legislator
	*] 2013, Mayor of ]

	===Guyana===
	* ] (1978), US Congressman (D) from San Mateo, California; killed while investigating religious cult led by American Jim Jones
	* Fr. ], ] (1979), ] priest and Scouting pioneer in Guyana
	* ] (1980), ] historian and political figure
	* ] (2006), Agriculture Minister was murdered along with his brother and sister, a security guard by masked gunmen dressed in military fatigues

	===Haiti===
	* ] (1806), ] of ]
	* ] (1993), businessman and ] supporter
	* ] (1993), minister of justice
	* ] (2000), journalist
	* ] (2005), journalist

	===Honduras===
	* ] (1966), president of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944
	* ] (2008), deputy speaker of Congress for the Liberal Party

	===Mexico===
	* ] (1520), ]
	* ] (1913 February 23), ]<ref name="wa257" /> plus ] and ]
	* ] (1913 March 7), revolutionary, governor of Chihuahua and mentor to Pancho Villa
	* ] (1919), revolutionary
	* ] (1920 May 20), President of Mexico<ref name="wa257" />
	* Doroteo Arango a.k.a. ] (1923 July 20), revolutionary<ref name="wa750">''World Almanac 1982'', p750</ref>
	* ] (1924), ]
	* ] (1928 July 17), President-elect<ref name="wa750" />
	* ] (1929), Cuban revolutionary
	* ] (1940 August 20), Russian ] leader<ref name="wa750" />
	* ] (1985), policeman
	* ] (1986), Journalist and State governor
	* ] (1993), ] of ], at the ]
	* ] (1994 March 23), Presidential candidate<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1994), contributing editor to ].
	* ] (1994), Secretary-General of the ]
	* ] (1999), Comedian
	* ] (2001), human rights lawyer
	* ] (2010), Mayor of ]
	* ] (2010), politician

	===Nicaragua===
	* ] (1934), ]n revolutionary
	* ] (1956 September 21), ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1978), newspaper editor, Nicaraguan Somoza opposition
	* ] (1980 September 17), former President, ambushed in Paraguay<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1991) founder and former top commander of the Nicaraguan Contras.

	===Panama===
	* ] (1955 January 2), ], killed at racetrack by machine gun<ref name="wa257" />

	===Paraguay===
	* ] (1877), ]
	* ] (1980), former ]
	* ] (1999 March 23), vice president of ], ambushed<ref name="wa156" />

	===Peru===
	* ] (1541), Spanish ], in ]
	* ] (1872), President of Peru
	* ] (1933), president of Peru
	* ] (1992), a community organizer in ]

	===Puerto Rico===
	* ] (1978), independence movement supporter
	* ] (1978), independence movement supporter
	* ] (1983), television show host
	* ] (1986), undercover policeman involved in the assassinations of Rosado and Soto Arrivi

	===Suriname===
	* ] (1982), Surinamese journalist, in the '']''

	===United States===
	''For a list of assassinated American politicians see '']'''
	<!-- DO NOT ADD ELECTED POLITICIANS TO THIS LIST, ADD THEM TO THE ABOVE ARTICLE -->
	{{sync\|List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans}}
	* ] (1837), editor of an abolitionist newspaper, the "]", by a mob of pro-slavery advocates.
	* ] (1876), lawman, gambler, "]" ] by ].
	* ] (1890) Police Chief of New Orleans.
	* ] (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime.
	* ] (1935 December 9), Minnesota newspaper editor.
	* ] (1943), anarchist organizer.
	* ] (1955), a Florida judge.
	* ] (1963 June 12), U.S. civil rights activist.<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1963 November 24) shot & killed by ] in Dallas Police Precinct station
	* ] (1965 February 21), black Muslim leader, killed in a Manhattan banquet room as he began a speech.
	* ] (1967 August 25) Founder and flamboyant spokesman of the American Nazi Party, killed by former aide, John Patler.
	* ] (1968 April 4), U.S. civil rights activist.<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1969), Shot and killed by police. Deputy Chair of the Chicago, IL chapter of the Black Panther Party.
	* ] (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 ].
	* ] (1973), School District Superintendent in Oakland CA, killed by members of the ].
	*] (June 30, 1974) Mother of Martin Luther King Jr., killed by deranged gunmen, ] while her husband was preaching mass.
	* ] (1975), a Mi'kmaq activist from Nova Scotia, Canada who became the highest-ranking woman in the ].
	* ] (1976 June 13), Investigative reporter for ], killed in car bomb, Max Dunlap and James Robison convicted, alleged Mafia ties.
	* ] (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).
	* ] (1980 December 8), British musician, member of ].
	* ] (1984 June 18), radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-Nazis.
	* ] (1984 October 15), Taiwanese-American writer, allegedly killed by Kuomintang agents.
	* ] (1985), Arab anti-discrimination group leader, killed when bomb exploded in his ] office.
	* ] (1986), famous undercover policeman, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
	* ] (1989 August 22), founder of Black Panther Party killed by member of Black Guerrilla Army (BGA).
	* ] (1990), Member of the Israeli ], Founder of the ] and the ] Party, ]
	* ] (1991), Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas; killed at the University of Chicago where he taught ], allegedly because of opposition to his writings.
	* ] (1993), abortion provider.
	* ] (1994), Physician; abortion provider.
	* ] (1998), Physician; abortion provider.
	* ] (2001), federal prosecutor and gun control advocate.
	* ] (2007), Oakland Tribune journalist.
	* ] (2009), late-term abortion doctor, shot as he ushered at his church.
	* ] (2011), federal judge in Arizona.

	===Uruguay===
	* ] (1868), Uruguayan president
	* ] (1868), Uruguayan president (on the same day as Berro, though in completely separate incidents)
	* ] (1897), Uruguayan president
	* ] (1992), Chilean chemist who worked for the ] during the ]. Killed in Uruguay by Chilean secret services for him "knowing too much".

	===Venezuela===
	* Col. ] (1950 November 13), President of ]<ref name="wa257" />
	* ] (2004), State prosecutor

	==Assassinations in Asia==

	===Afghanistan===
	* ] (1919), emir of ]
	* ] (1933 November 8), ]<ref name="timeline119">''20th Century Timeline'', p119</ref>
	* ] (1978), ] killed in communist coup
	* ] (1979 February 14), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1979), communist president
	* ] (1979), communist ] killed during Soviet invasion
	* ] (1987), ] founder of the ]
	* ] (1996), president of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992, killed by the ] during the capture of ]
	* ] (2001), leader of the ]
	* ] (2001), ] commander killed by remnants of the Taliban
	* ] (2001) alleged military chief of ]
	* ] (2001) Co-founder of ]
	* ] (2002 July 6), vice-president of Afghanistan<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (2002 February 14), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (2007), ]'s senior military commander
	* ] (2007), former ]
	* ] (2009), Co-founder of ]
	* ] (2011), former ]

	===Armenia===
	* ] (1999), Speaker of the ]
	* ] (1999), ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1999), ] politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia

	===Azerbaijan===
	* ] (1997), ]i historian
	* ] (2005), ]i journalist
	* ] (2009), commander of the ]

	===Bangladesh===
	* Sheikh ] (1975 August 15), father of the nation and founder ], killed in coup<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1975), ]
	* ] (1975), former Prime Minister
	* ] (1975), former President
	* ] (1975), ]i general and coup organizer
	* ] (1981), President

	===Bhutan===
	* ] (1964), ]<ref name="wa257" />

	===Cambodia===
	* ] (1950), briefly prime minister of ] in 1949

	===China===
	* ] (815), Chancellor under ]
	* ] (1323), grand-khan of the ], Emperor of Yuan China
	* ] (1849), Portuguese Governor of ]
	* ] (1870), a governor assassinated by ] in the summer of 1870.
	* ] (1909), ], in ]
	* ] (1913), ] revolutionary, in ]
	* ] (1916), revolutionary activist
	* ] (1925)
	* ] (1928), Manchurian warlord, by officers of the ]ese ]
	* ] (1941)
	* ] (1946), Chinese poet and scholar
	* ] (2008), Chinese government official

	===Georgia===
	* ] (1920), former Prime Minister of the ]
	* ] (1922), former Ottoman Navy Minister
	* ] (1994), ] opposition leader

	===India===
	* ] (185 BC), last ruler of the ] dynasty
	* ] (1602), ] of the ] emperor ]
	* ] (1948 January 30),Father of the Nation, Independence leader and key proponent of non-violence
	* ] (1984 October 31), ]
	* General ] (1986 August 10) Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army from 1983 to 1986.
	* ] (1988 March 8), controversial ]i singer/song-writer
	* ] (1991 May 21), ],
	* ] (1995), chief minister of ]
	* ] (2001 July 25), bandit queen turned politician
	* ] (2002), moderate ]i Muslim separatist leader

	===Indonesia===
	* ] (1945), a British brigadier during the ]
	* Lieutenant General ] (1965), as part of the ]
	* Major General ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
	* Major General ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
	* Major General ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
	* Brigadier General ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
	* Brigadier General ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
	* First Lieutenant ] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
	* ] (1965), leader of the ]
	* ] (2004), a human rights and anti-corruption activist

	===Iran===
	* ] (465 BC), ] king killed by guards
	* ] (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother ]
	* ] (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother ]
	* ] (1092), Persian scholar and vizier of the Seljuk Turks
	* ] (1747), ] of Persia
	* ] (1896), Shah of Persia killed by ]
	* ] (1930), Iranian Diplomat and Politician
	* Abdolhossein ] (1933), Iranian Statesman
	* ] (1947), dissident ] Iranian political leader, in ]
	* ] (1951), ]
	* ] (1965 January 21), Prime Minister of Iran<ref name="wa750" />
	* ] (1981), killed along with 71 others in bombing
	* ] (1981), ]
	* ] (1981), ], killed in bombing with Rajai
	* ] (2012)A department supervisor killed by a bomber from a motorcycle

	===Iraq===
	* ] (244), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops
	* ] (1958 July 14), King of ]<ref name="wa750" />
	* ] (1958 July 14), Prime Minister of Iraq<ref name="wa257" />
	* ] (1978 July 9), former ], killed in London<ref name="wa750" />
	* ] (1980), former ]
	* ] (1980), Iraqi educator and political activist she was killed by Saddam Hussein along with her brother, Ayatullah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr
	* ] (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.
	* ] (1999), former ], killed in the Iraqi city of Najaf along with two of his sons.
	* ] (2003), ] Special Representative in Iraq
	* ] (2003), highly influential Shi'ite ayatollah
	* ] (2003), ]i ] member
	* ] (2003), Shia cleric
	* ] (2003), Iraqi journalist
	* ] (2004), ] journalist
	* ] (2004), deputy governor of ]
	* ] (2004), acting chairman of the ], Iraqi ]
	* ] (2005), Iraqi ]
	* ] (2005), Iraqi ]
	* ] (2005), ]ian envoy to ]
	* ] (2005), governor of ]
	* ] (2005), Secretary of the ]
	* ] (2006), head of the ] women's department
	* ] (2006), Iraqi journalist
	* ] (2006), Iraqi journalist
	* ] (2006) leader of ] (AQI)
	* ] (2007), Sunni tribal leader
	* ] (2007), Iraqi ], killed in the ]
	* ] (2007), former governor of ]
	* ] (2007), governor of ]
	* ] (2007), governor of ]
	* ] (2008), Number 2 leader of ] and senior leader in Northern Iraq
	* ] (2008), ]
	* ] (2009), Iraqi ]
	* 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>
	* ] (2010), leader of ] (AQI)
	* 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>

	===Israel===
	{{Disputed-section\|date=June 2010}}
	* ] (c1000 BC), King of Israel, by two of his captains
	* ] (c1000 BC), Commander of Ish-bosheth's army, by ], commander of David's army
	* ] (c1000 BC), son of ], by servants of ], his brother
	* ] (c1000 BC), son of ], by ], commander of David's army
	* ] (c910), King of Israel, by ], one of his military commanders, who succeeded him
	* ] (c886), King of Israel, by ], captain of his chariot corps, during a drinking party (Zimri succeeded him)
	* ], King of Israel, by ], one of his chariot commanders, who succeeded him
	* ], King of Judah, by ], at the same time as that of ]
	* ], Queen of Judah, during a conspiracy of priests in favor of the boy ], who succeeded her
	* ] (c800 BC), King of Judah, by his servants
	* ] (c768 BC), King of Judah, by unknown conspirators
	* ] (c752 BC), King of Israel, publicly assassinated by ], who succeeded him
	* ] (c752 BC), King of Israel, by ], one of his generals, who succeeded him
	* ] (c737 BC), King of Israel, by ], one of his military commanders, who succeeded him
	* ] (c732 BC), King of Israel, by ], who succeeded him
	* ] (c651 BC), King of Judah, by his servants
	* ] (135 BC), ] king, by his son-in-law Ptolemy
	* ] (1134), ]
	* ] (1174), regent of the ]
	* ] (1192), ], leader in the ]
	* ] (1924), pro-] ]ish diplomat
	* ] (1933), ] leader in the ]
	* ] (1948), US Consul General in ]
	* ] (1948), ] peace mediator, assassinated by ]<ref name="wa257" />
	* ] (1957), Hungarian Zionist leader, negotiated the ] with the Nazis
	* Sheikh ] (1981), Member of the ]
	* ] (1983), Peace activist, member of ] movement.
	* ] (1995), ] and 1994 ] recipient<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (2000), Son of ], Leader of ], ]
	* ] (2001), ]i general and politician

	===Japan===
	* ] (456), ]
	* ] (592), Emperor of Japan
	* The ] (645), Japanese political family
	* ] (1160), head of ], father of ]
	* ] (1219), the third ] of the ]
	* ] (1441), the sixth shogun of the ]
	* ] (1486), ], architect and builder of Edo Castle
	* ] (1507), ] of Ashikaga Shogunate
	* ] (1535), ], feudal leader in Japan
	* ] (1549), ], son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu
	* ] (1551), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
	* ] (1557), Japanese samurai, younger brother of ]
	* ] (1565), ], feudal leader in Japan
	* ] (1566), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
	* ] (1578), Japanese samurai
	* ] (1582), samurai warlord
	* ] (1669), ] chieftain
	* ],(1703), master of ceremonies
	* ] (1858), Japanese daimyo in ], now ]
	* ] (1860), Japanese politician
	* ] (1860), Japanese daimyo, a relative of ]s
	* ] (1862), English diplomat, by ]'s samurai in ]. Called the ]
	* ] (1863), a chief of ]
	* ] (1864), Japanese politician
	* ] (1867), Japanese author
	* ] (1869), military leader and theorist
	* ] (1869), scholar and politician
	* ] (1878), Home Minister of Japan, briefly most powerful man in Japan
	* ] (1889), First Education Minister
	* Prince ] (1909 October 26), First Prime Minister of Japan<ref name="timeline119" />
	* ] (1921), Prime Minister of Japan
	* ] (1921), entrepreneur who founded ], great-grand father of ]
	* ] (1931), Prime Minister of Japan
	* ] (1932), '']'' leader
	* ] (1932), Prime Minister of Japan
	* ] (1932), general of the ]
	* ] (1935), general of the Imperial Japanese Army
	* ] (1936), ] of the ]
	* ] (1936), Prime Minister of Japan
	* ] (1960), ] chairman
	* ] (1985), Japanese chairman
	* ] (1991), translated '']'' into ]
	* ] (1995), one of the leading members of ]
	* ] (2002), Japanese politician
	* ] (2007), Mayor of ]

	===Jordan===
	* ] (1951 July 20), ], when entering the ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1960 August 29), ], killed with 10 others by time bomb in office<ref name="wa257" />
	* ] (2002), ] official, by ] operatives

	===Korea===
	* ] (304), King of Baekje during the ]
	* ] (1895), the last empress of Korea
	* ] (1947), former head of ]
	* ] (1974 August 15), Wife of President Park Chung Hee and ] of South Korea<ref name="wa750" />
	* ] (1979 October 25), ]<ref name="wa156" />

	===Kuwait===
	* ] (1971) Former ]i defense minister and vice president

	===Laos===
	* Quinim Pholsena, foreign minister of Laos (1963 April 1)<ref name="wa257" />

	===Lebanon===
	* ] (1152), ]
	* ] (1270), ]
	* ] (1950), Syrian head of state
	* ] and ], US Ambassador and US Economic Councelor to Lebanon and their driver Zuhair Mohammed Moghrabi (1976 June 16)<ref name="timeline120" />
	* ] (1977), Lebanese Druze leader
	* ] (1978), Lebanese Christian leader
	* ] (1982), president-elect of Lebanon, killed by bomb<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1987 June 1), ], killed by bomb aboard helicopter<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1989), ]
	* ] (1990), son of late president ]
	* ] (2002), Lebanese militia leader
	* ] (2005), former Prime Minister of ]
	* ] (2005), Lebanese legislator and Minister of Economy and Commerce
	* ] (2005), Columnist at "An Nahar" daily Lebanese newspaper, long a fiery critic of Syria
	* ] (2005), former chief of Lebanese Communist Party
	* ] (2005), Editor in Chief of "An Nahar" daily Lebanese newspaper
	* ] (2006), Minister of Industry of Lebanon
	* ] (2007), member of the National Assembly
	* ] (2007), member of the National Assembly
	* ] (2007) Lebanese Military General
	* ] (2008) National Security, Information Sector

	===Malaysia===
	* ] (1875), a British ] in the State of Perak
	* Sir ] (1951), was British High Commissioner in Malaya (1950–1951), killed by ] guerillas
	* 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

	=== Maldives ===
	* ] (2012), legislator and Islamic scholar killed

	===Mongolia===
	* ] (1998), politician and democratic activist, stabbed to death in his apartment

	===Myanmar (Burma)===
	* ] (1112–1167) King of ] assassinated by his son ]
	* ] (1550) King of ] assassinated by ] revival
	* ] (1628) King of Nyaungyan Dynasty
	* ] (Burmese: ကနောင္‌မင္‌းသား; 1829–1866) was a son of ] and younger brother of ]
	* ] (1947), Burmese nationalist leader, founder of ]
	* ] (1947)
	* ] (2007), Japanese Photojournalist

	===Nepal===
	* ] (2001 June 1), King of ] (along with Queen Aiswary and 9 other members of the royal family), killed by crown prince<ref name="wa156" />

	===Pakistan===
	* ] (1951, October 16), first ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1975), Former ] was killed by Afghan extremist.
	* ] (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).
	* ] (1989), militant ], near ]
	* ] (1991), former governor of the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan, from 1978 to 1985
	* Ghulam Haider Wyne (Sep 1993) Former Chief Minister of Punjab
	* ] (1995), 13-year-old anti-child labor activist, in Rakh Baoli
	* ] (1998), Founder of ] and ], Karachi. Former Governor of ]
	* ] (2001), former foreign minister of Pakistan from 1991 to 1993
	* ] (2007 December 27), former Prime Minister of Pakistan (first and only lady Prime minister of Pakistan), by unknown assassins
	* ] (2009) Leader of ]
	* ] (2011, January 4), ] of ]
	* ] (2011, March 2), Minorities Minister
	* ] (2012), high-ranking ] member, alleged member of the ], former detainee at the ], from where he escaped in 2005.
	* ] (2013), high-ranking ] member in ]

	===Palestinians===
	* ] (1996), ]' explosives expert
	* ] (2001), leader of ]
	* ] (2002), leader of Hamas' military wing
	* ] (2003), co-founder of Hamas
	* ] (2003), ] commander
	* ] (2004), leader and founder of Hamas
	* ] (2004), leader of Hamas
	* ] (2004), Hamas operative
	* ] (2004), Hamas' explosives expert
	* ] (2009), Senior Hamas leader
	* ] (2009), Senior Hamas leader
	* ] (2009), Senior Hamas military wing commander

	===Philippines===
	* ] (1719), Spanish ]
	* ] (1763), early rebel leader
	* ] (1899), a leader of the Filipino army during ]
	* ] (1935), ] Congressman, young ] tried but acquitted for the slaying
	* ] (1949), former ]
	* ] (1949), mayor of then Philippine capital ]
	* ] (1980), former ] governor
	* ] (1983 August 21), senator and politician, leader of the opposition against ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1984), Mayor of ] and prominent opposition leader
	* ] (1986), ] governor and ally of then presidential candidate ]
	* ] (1986), ] and ]
	* ] (1987), prominent student activist leader
	* ] (1988), ] Governor, Father of ]
	* ] (1989), US Military advisor
	* ] (2001), founder of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)
	* ] (2006), ] of the ]
	* ] (2007), Congress Representative of ]

	===Qatar===
	* ] (2004), former President of ]

	===Saudi Arabia===
	* ] (644), second ]
	* ] (665), third ]
	* ] (1975 March 25), King of Saudi Arabia, shot by nephew at palace<ref name="wa750" />

	===Sri Lanka===
	* ] (1959 September 25), Sri Lankan prime minister, by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama, who later converts to ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1975), former Mayor, ], by ]
	* ] (1989), movie actor turned SLFP-SLMP politician, by JVP.
	* ] (1989), founder of JVP, by Sri Lankan Armed Forces
	* ]) (1989), founder of separatist party ], by LTTE
	* ] (1991), Foreign minister & ] for ], MP, by LTTE
	* ] (1993), former cabinet minister, MP, purportedly by LTTE
	* ] (1993), ], purportedly by LTTE (but possibly revenge for his own orchestrating murder of political rival Lalith Athulathmudali, to whom he feared losing election)
	* ] (1994), ], ], member of ] ], by LTTE
	* ] (1998), ] Mayor, by LTTE
	* ] (1998), ] Mayor, by LTTE
	* ] (1999), ] (MP) and ] leader
	* ] (1999), ] politician, by LTTE
	* ] (2000), cabinet minister, by LTTE
	* ] (2005), Tamil MP in Batticalo, by GoSL supported para-military Karuna Group
	* ] (2005), foreign minister, by LTTE
	* ] (2006), army general, by LTTE
	* ] (2006), MP and ] politician, by GoSL paramilitary Group
	* ] (2008), ] Tamil MP for voicing human rights violations of GoSL, by Sri Lanka IB associate.
	* ] (2008), Nation Building Minister and ] MP, by LTTE
	* ] (2008), ] Tamil MP, by Sri Lankan Army DPU.
	* ] (2008),Minister of Highways and Road Development and SLFP MP, LTTE
	* ] (2009), Journalist (The Sunday Leader), by unknown

	===Syria===
	* ] (246 BC), ] king
	* ] (223 BC), Seleucid king
	* ] (176 BC), Seleucid king
	* ] (146 BC), Seleucid king
	* ] (138 BC), Seleucid heir to the throne
	* ] (285), Roman emperor, by his father-in-law, ], in Emesa (modern-day ])
	* ] (1146), ruler of ] and ] and founder of the ]
	* ] (1940), Syrian nationalist
	* ] (2008), Syrian general and security adviser to president ]
	* ] (2008), senior member of ]
	* ] (2012), Minister of Defense of Syria
	* ] (2012), chief of staff of the Syrian Armed Forces

	===Thailand===
	* ] (?),King of the ]
	* ] (1946), the eighth monarch of ] under the ].
	* ] (1961), the royal consort of King ] (or Rama VI) of ]
	* ] (1977),a Thai royal well known for her fiction writing and her developmental work in rural Thailand.

	===United Arab Emirates===
	* ] (2010), a member of ]

	===Vietnam===
	* ] (1963 November 2), politician<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1963 November 2), first president of ]<ref name="wa156" />

	===Yemen===
	* ] (1948), King of ]
	* ] (1977), president of ]
	* ] (1978), president of North Yemen, killed by bomb along with envoy from South Yemen.
	* ] (2002), deputy secretary-general of ]
	* ] (2011), spokesman and recruiter for ], leader of ], killed in a US drone strike
	* ] (2013), deputy leader of ], killed in a US drone strike. Numerous earlier reports of his death had been previously proven wrong. <ref></ref>

	==Assassinations in Australia and Oceania==

	===Australia===
	* ] Early 1802, shot and killed by British sailor Henry Hacking under orders by Governor Phillip Gidley King.
	* ] February 12, 1894, Mayor of Burwood, NSW, Australia
	* ] 15 July 1977, anti-drugs campaigner
	* ] December 17, 1980 Turkish Consul General,
	* ] (1989), Assistant Commissioner of the ]
	* ] (1994), ] state Member for ]

	===New Caledonia===
	* ] (1989), Kanak independence leader

	===Samoa===
	* ] (1999), cabinet minister

	===Palau===
	* ] (1985), president

	===West Papua===
	* ], April 26, 1984, songman and ethnomusicologist, West Papua: shot in back by Indonesian military unit upon release from prison <ref name="arena.org.au">http://www.arena.org.au/2010/10/papua%E2%80%99s-fallen-leaders-2/</ref>
	* ], March 14, 1996, Independence leader allegedly poisoned by Indonesian intelligence officers in Cipinang prison.<ref name="arena.org.au"/>
	* ], 10 November 2001, West Papuan Independence movement leader, Assassinated by Kopassus officers after attending a military dinner, Jayapura, Papua <ref name="arena.org.au"/>
	* ], 16 December 2009, legendary West papuan guerrilla leader assassinated by Detachment 88 officers in Timika, West Papua <ref name="arena.org.au"/>
	* ], 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>http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3578010.htm</ref>

	==Assassinations in Europe==

	===Albania===
	* ] (1924), nationalist member of parliament

	===Austria===
	* ] (1916), ]
	* ] (1934), ]<ref name="wa155" />
	* ] (1989), dissident ] Iranian political leader, in ]

	===Belgium===
	* ] (1950), chairman of the ]
	* ] (1971), ] communist leader
	* ] (1990), ] developer of the Martlet ], in ], ]
	* ] (1991), Belgian politician

	===Bosnia and Hercegovina===
	* ] (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>
	* ] (1995), foreign minister of ]
	* ] (1997), minister of Internal Affair of ]

	===Bulgaria===
	* ] (1895), former ] of ]
	* ] (1907), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
	* ] (1923), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
	* ] (1995), insurance boss, owner of "VIS-2", former wrestler
	* ] (1996 October 2), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1998), insurance tycoon, former rowing champion
	* ] (2003), president of Multigroup corporation, former wrestler, the wealthiest man in Bulgaria
	* ] (2005), football club owner, brother of the assassinated Vasil Iliev
	* ] (2005), banker, ex-professional swimmer, voted Mr. Economics in Bulgaria for 2002
	* ] (2006), businessman alleged of smuggling
	* ] (2008), CEO of "Atomenergoremont" Nucler plant repair company

	===Croatia===
	* ] (480), Roman emperor. Assassinated near Salona (modern ]).

	===Czech Republic===
	* ] (921), Wife of Duke ], Grandmother of Duke ]
	* ] (Saint Wenceslas) (935 or 929), Duke of ]
	* ] (1306), King of ]
	* ] (1634), ] general during the ]
	* ] (1923), Minister of Finances of ]
	* ] (1942), a General in the ] German paramilitary corps and governor of occupied Czech lands

	===Denmark===
	* ] (1286), King of ]

	===Finland===
	* ] (1156), ] bishop in ] (according to a legend)
	* ] (1904), ]
	* ] (1905), attorney General
	* ] (1917),entrepreneur
	* ] (1918), composer
	* ] (1922), Minister of the Interior of Finland

	===France===
	* ] (1354), constable of France
	* ] (1407)
	* ] (1419)
	* ] (1572)
	* ] (1589), King of ]
	* ] (1610), King of France, stabbed by ]
	* ] (1789), ] of Paris
	* ] (1793), revolutionary, stabbed in his bathtub by ]
	* ] (1820, February 13), younger son of the future King Charles X, stabbed by Louis Pierre Louvel
	* ] (1894 June 24), ], shot by anarchist ] in Lyon<ref name="wa155" />
	* ] (1914 July 30), politician, pacifist<ref name="timeline118">''20th Century Timeline'', p118</ref>
	* ] (1914 March 16), editor of '']'' newspaper,<ref name="timeline118" /> by ], wife of ] ]
	* ] (1932 May 6), President of France, shot in Paris<ref name="wa155" />
	* ] (1934), was king of Yugoslavia. Assassinated in ], ].
	* ] (1934), ] killed along with King ] at ]
	* ] (1938), German diplomat in France
	* ] (1944), head of ], by ] in ]
	* ] (1944), State secretary for Information and Propaganda of ], by ] in Paris
	* ] (1944), former ] minister and ], by '']'' in ]
	* ] (1944), '']'' and former leader of clandestine far-right organisation ], by ]
	* ] (1965), Moroccan socialist leader and Third-World ] leader, '']'' in Paris
	* ] (1973), ]ian medical doctor and anti-] activist
	* ] (1976), former minister and one of the French negotiators of the ]
	* ] (1978), ] ]
	* ] "]" (1978), ] leader
	* ] (1979), left-wing activist
	* ] (1979), minister of Labor and many times minister since 1961. Officially suicide, but a lot of anomalies revealed since.
	* ] (1980), former minister
	* ] (1980), Syrian Baath politician
	* ] (1980), ]ian atomic scientist.
	* ] (1982), right-wing activist and criminal
	* ] (1986), ] executive, by far-left activists of ]
	* ] (1988), ] representative, in Paris
	* ] (1990), activist for sexual minorities
	* ] (1991), ] briefly in 1979, stabbed to death at his home in France
	* ] (1995), co-founder of the Algerian ], in Paris
	* ] (1998), ] of ]

	===Germany===
	* ] (235), ], near ] (present-day ]) by his troops
	* ] (268), Gallic emperor, in ]
	* ] (268), Gallic emperor, in ]
	* ] (1208), Emperor, in ]
	* ] (1225), ]
	* ] (1233), inquisitor
	* ] (1919), socialist writer, in ]
	* ] (1919), socialist lawyer and politician, in ]
	* ] (1919), Prime Minister of Bavaria
	* ] (1921), former Ottoman Minister of Interior Affairs, in ] by ]
	* ] (1921), politician
	* ] (1922 June 24), German foreign minister<ref name="timeline118" />
	* ] (1934), leader of the Sturm Abteilung (SA)
	* ] (1934), former German chancellor, murdered by the SS
	* ] (1959) - ] nationalist leader assassinated by ] in ]
	* ] (1970), ]n politician
	* ] (1977), ] ]
	* ] (1977), CEO ]
	* ] (1977), president of the ] employers' organization
	* ] (1989), ] CEO
	* ] (1991), director of ] for former ]
	* ], Fattah Abdoli, Homayoun Ardalan, Nouri Dehkordi (1992), dissident ] Iranian political leaders, in ] (])

	===Greece===
	* ] (514 BC), brother of the tyrant of ]
	* ] (461 BC), leader of the radical democracy movement in Athens
	* ] (404 BC), Athenian general and politician
	* ] (358 BC), despot of ]
	* ] (336 BC), king of ], by ] in ]
	* ] (281 BC), founder of the ], near ]
	* ] (251 BC), tyrant of ]
	* ] (212 BC), Greek mathematician, was killed in syracusa, magna Greece
	* ] (1831), first ]
	* ] (1905 June 13), ]
	* ] (1907 March 8), Greek politician
	* ] (1913 March 18), King of Greece<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (May 1948), American journalist critical of US aid to rightist Greek government
	* ] (1963), leader of anti-fascist movement in Greece.
	* ] (1975), CIA Station Chief
	* ] (1988), Armenian leader of ]
	* ] (1988), Tsantes successor as U.S. military attaché in Athens
	* ] (1989), ] politician
	* ] (2000), Brigadier and British military attaché in Athens

	===Hungary===
	* Count ] (1918 October 31), Premier of ]<ref name="timeline118" />

	===Iceland===
	* ] (1241 September 23), historian and politician, by Gissur

	===Ireland===
	* ] (1014), Irish king
	* ] (1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland
	* ] (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland
	* ] (1920), ]
	* ] (1922), ] and ] (IRA) ] leader during the ]<ref name="wa750" />
	* ] (1927), Irish politician, Minister of Home Affairs/Minister of Justice of the ]<ref name="timeline118" />
	* ] (1936), assassinated for providing assistance to ] recruits
	* ] (1976), ] ambassador to Ireland
	* ] (1979), ] ], last ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (1994), ] (INLA) leader
	* ] (1996), Irish ]

	===Italy (and former Roman Empire)===
	* ] (748 BC), ] king, in ]
	* ] (579 BC), ] ], in Rome by the sons of ]
	* ] (534 BC), Etruscan king of Rome, in Rome by ]
	* ] (133 BC), Roman tribune, in Rome by Roman senators
	* ] (44 BC), Roman general and dictator, in Rome by members of the ]
	* ] (43 BC), Roman orator, outside of Rome under orders from ]
	* ] (41), ], in Rome by ] through a conspiracy with the ] and the Senate
	* ] (54), Roman Emperor, poisoned in Rome by his wife, ]
	* ] (69), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the ] army
	* ] (69), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders from ]
	* ] (96), Roman Emperor, in Rome by Stephanus, steward to ]
	* ] (192), Roman Emperor, killed in Rome by ] the wrestler
	* ] (193), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
	* ] (193), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
	* ] (212), Roman Emperor, in Rome by ]s under orders of ]
	* ] (217), ], between ] and Carrhae (modern-day ] and ]) by Martialis, possibly under orders of ]
	* ] (222), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders of ] and ]
	* ] (238), Roman Emperor, outside ] by his troops
	* ] (238), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
	* ] (238), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
	* ] (253), Roman Emperor, near Interamna by his troops
	* ] (253), Roman Emperor, near Interamna by his troops
	* ] (275), Roman Emperor, near Caenophrurium (modern-day ])
	* ] (276), Roman Emperor, near ]
	* ] (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>
	* ] (1478), co-ruler of Florence
	* ] (1497), ], son of ]
	* ] (1848), ] Minister of Justice
	* ] (1900 July 29), King of Italy<ref name="wa750" />
	* ] (1921), former Ottoman Prime Minister
	* ] (1924 June 10), Italian socialist politician<ref name="timeline118" />
	* ] (1925), ] independence leader, in ]
	* ] (1945 April 28), fascist, former ]<ref name="timeline119" />
	* ] (1962), Italian public head officer, head of ] oil company, supported ]
	* ] (1975), Italian writer, poet and film director
	* ] (1978), former ]
	* ] (1978), Anti-mafia activist
	* ] (1979), magistrate
	* ] (1982), General of the ], investigating on the mafia
	* ] (1983), magistrate
	* ] (1992), anti-] judge
	* ] (1992), anti-mafia judge
	* ] (1992), ]
	* ] (2002), Italian Labor Ministry advisor

	===Montenegro===
	* ],(1860), killed in ], then ] by a member of ] tribe
	* ] (1945), Montenegrin nationalist

	===Netherlands===
	* ] (754), Christian missionary
	* ] (1099)
	* ] (1296)
	* ] (1425)
	* ] (1584), leader of the ] war of independence from Spanish rule (])
	* ] (1649), diplomat
	* ] (1672), politician, and his brother
	* ] (1672)
	* ] (1987), top manager of Ahold
	* ] (2002), publicist and politician, leader of his political party
	* ] (2004), film director, writer and critic

	===Norway===
	* ] (1136), King assassinated by a pretender to the throne.
	* ] (1973), civilian, mistakenly believed to be ], assassinated in ] by Israeli ] agents.

	===Ottoman Empire===
	* ] (1579), Grand ] of ]
	* ] (1622), ] of the ]
	* ] (1913 January 23), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire<ref name="timeline118" />
	* ] (1929), former Ottoman Minister for the Navy, in ], due to his role in the ].

	===Poland===
	* ] (1079), ] (now a ])
	* ] (December 16, 1922), ]<ref name="timeline118" />
	* ] (June 15, 1934), ]
	* ] (1944), German SS general and chief of police, by Polish resistance
	* ] (1984), Polish priest, by the communist political police
	* ] (1998), chief of the police, believed to be by the mafia

	===Portugal===
	* ] (139 BC), leader of the ] people that resisted Roman expansion over the regions of Western Iberia
	* ] (1355), posthumously declared Queen of Portugal
	* ] (1908 February 1), King<ref name="timeline118" /> and
	* ] (1908 February 1), Crown Prince<ref name="timeline118" />
	* ] (1918), President
	* ] (1965), General, Presidential Candidate
	* ], (1980), Prime Minister
	* ], 1980, Minister of Defense
	* ] (1983), member of the ], shot in an hotel

	===Romania===
	* ] (1601), Ruler of ], ] and ]
	* ] (1862), ]
	* ] (1933), Prime Minister of Romania
	* ] (1938), politician
	* ] (1939), Prime Minister of Romania<ref name="timeline119" />
	* ] (1940), former Prime Minister of Romania, historian
	* ] (1940), politician
	* ] (1945), actor
	* ] (1989) Belgian journalist

	===Serbia===
	* ] (1817) Leader of the First Serbian Uprising
	* ] (1868) Prince of Serbia
	* ] (1903) King of Serbia, along with ], Queen Consort
	* ] (2003) Prime Minister of Serbia

	===Spain===
	]'', Madrid.]]
	* ] (1870), ] and ]
	* ] (1897), Prime Minister of Spain shot by ] in Mondragón, Guipúzcoa.
	* ] (1912), Prime Minister of Spain
	* ] (1921), Prime Minister of Spain
	* ] (1936), ] lieutenant in the ]
	* ] (1936), ] politician
	* ] (1936), ] ] and ]tist, by fascists
	* ] (1936), assassin of ]
	* ] (1937), ] ] revolutionary
	* ] (1967), Algerian politician, in ]
	* ] (1968), secret police officer
	* ] (1973 December 20), Spanish prime minister<ref name="timeline120" />
	* ] (1997), ] politician, by ]
	* ] (2000), ] politician and party leader
	* ] (2000), former Spanish minister

	===Sweden===
	* King ] (1156)
	* King ] (1160)
	* King ] (1167)
	* ] (1436), statesman, Regent of Sweden
	* King ] (1577), on order of his half-brother King ]
	* King ] (1792)
	* ] (1810), statesman, Grand Marshal of Sweden
	* ] (1986 February 28), ]<ref name="wa156" />
	* ] (2003), ]

	===Switzerland===
	* ] (1308), ] King and Duke of ], by his nephew ], whom he had deprived of his inheritance, at ] on the Reuss River
	* ] (1639), in ]
	* ] ("Sisi") (1898), empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, in ]
	* ] (1936), German leader of the Swiss Nazi party
	* ] (1960), successor to ] at the head of the ], assassinated by the ] (French secret services)
	* ] (1990), Iranian opposition leader, in Geneva

	===Turkey===
	{{Main\|List of assassinated Turks}}
	* ] (1913), prime minister
	* ] (1921), communist leader
	* ] (1979), journalist, Editor-in-Chief of ''Milliyet'' newspaper, by ] in Istanbul
	* ] (1979), Islamic political activist
	* ] (1979), Academician and writer
	* ] (1980), Writer and TV producer
	* ] (1980), ] leader, by ] in Istanbul
	* ] (1980), former ], by a ] operative in Istanbul
	* ] (1990), University professor in Law, murdered in Ankara
	* ] (1990), University professor in Islam Studies and women's rights activist, in Istanbul
	* ] (1990), Islamic scholar, author, and journalist, murdered in Ankara, unresolved.
	* ] (1992), dissident ] activist and writer, in ], unresolved, attributed to Turkish military intelligence (])
	* ] (1993), A journalist of '']'' newspaper, assassinated in Ankara, murderers unknown yet.
	* ] (1995), writer, poet, founder of Cinemateque Istanbul, columnist for ''Cumhuriyet'' newspaper, murdered in Istanbul.
	* ] (1996), prominent industrialist and member of ] family
	* ] (1998), Islamic ] author, kidnapped and tortured to death in ]
	* ] (1999), Politician, former Minister of Culture, Ankara University professor in ], ''Cumhuriyet'' newspaper columnist.
	* ] (2001), ] businessman and industrialist
	* ] (2002), Professor of history at ], his assassination unresolved.
	* ] (2006), High Judge at ], by ] in Ankara.
	* ] (2006), Roman Catholic priest, murdered in the Santa Maria Church in Trabzon.
	* ] (2007), ] Journalist, publisher of ] newspaper, by Ogün Samast in Istanbul

	===United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland===
	* ] (293), usurper of the ]
	* ] (946), king of ], stabbed at a banquet
	* ] (978), King of ]
	* ] (1170), ]
	* ] (1306), killed by Robert the Bruce
	* Sir ] - Lord High Treasurer - (1381) - Beheaded at Tower Hill by rebels during the ]
	* ] - Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London - (1381) - Beheaded at Tower Hill by rebels during the ]
	* Sir ] - Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge - (1381) - Beheaded in Bury St Edmunds by rebels during the ]
	* 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.
	* ] (1452), killed by James II of Scotland
	* ], King of England who was killed in the ] likely on the orders of ]
	* King ] (1488), killed by rebels
	* ] (1567), husband of ]
	* ] (1570), Regent of ]
	* ] (1628), the assassin was John Felton, an army officer who had been wounded in the earlier military adventure
	* ] (1679), ], in ], near ]
	* ] (1812), ], in ] by ]; the only ] prime minister to be assassinated
	* Sir ] (1922 June 22), ] ], retired ] and Conservative politician<ref name="timeline118" />
	* ] (1940), Former Lieutenant Governor of the ], shot by a Punjabi revolutionary, ].
	* ] (1972), ] politician
	* ] (1975), co-author of the ] and right wing political activist
	* ] (1977), past prime minister of ], killed in ]
	* ] (1978), ]n dissident
	* ] (1979), Former Governor-General of ] on his yacht off ]
	* ] (1979), ] Conservative politician
	* ] (1981), aristocrat and Northern Irish politician
	* ] (1981), aristocrat and Northern Irish politician
	* Rev. ] (1981), Unionist MP in ]
	* ] (died in 2003 as a result of a 1982 assassination), ]i Ambassador to the ]
	* ] (1983), ] politician.
	* ] (1987), Northern Ireland politician
	* ] (1989), solicitor
	* ] (1990), British Conservative politician
	* ] (1997), ] leader.
	* ] (1999), ] solicitor and human rights advocate
	* ] (1999), British television presenter
	* ] (2006) ]n critic of ]
	* ] (2010 Sept 16), founding member of the All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization (APMSO), in ], London, by ] through conspiracy

	===Yugoslavia===
	* ] (268), Roman emperor, near ]
	* ] (282), Roman emperor. Assassinated at ]
	* ] (285), Roman emperor. Assassinated at ]
	* ] ("Arkan") (2000), Serb paramilitary leader
	* ] (2000), ] of Yugoslavia
	* ] (2000), Serbian politician

	===Ukraine===
	* ] (1957) - ] nationalist leader assassinated by ]
	* ] (1918) - ] composer
	* ] (1926), ] political leader assassinated by ]
	* ] (1938) ] nationalist leader assassinated by ]
	* ] (1957) - ] nationalist leader assassinated by ]
	* ] (1979) - Ukrainian composer
	* ] (1998) - Politician, banker
	* ] (2000) - Ukrainian journalist
	* ] (2000) - Ukrainian politician
	* ] (2005) - Ukrainian politician

	==Assassinations in Russia and the Soviet Union==
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	* ] (1762), ]
	* ] (1801), ]
	* ] (1825), military Governor of ]
	* ] (1878), Executive Director of the ]
	* ] (1881 March 13), Tsar of ]<ref name="wa155" />
	* ] (1893), Mayor of ]
	* ] (1902 April 8), Russian ]<ref name="timeline118" />
	* ] (1904), Russian Interior Minister
	* ] (1905), former ] of ]
	* ] (1911 September 14), ]n Prime Minister, killed in theater in Kiev<ref name="timeline118" />
	* ] (1916 December 30), controversial friar and mystic<ref name="wa750" />
	* ] and his family: ], ], and the Grand Duchesses ], ], ] and ] (1918 July 16)<ref name="wa750" />
	* ], Grand Duchess of Russia, sister of ], wife of tsar ]. (18 July 1918)
	* ] (1918), revolutionary
	* ] (1918), ] Ambassador in ]
	* ] (1934 December 1), ] party leader in ]<ref name="timeline118" />
	* ] (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>
	* ] (1991), singer-songwriter, anti-Soviet activist
	* ] (1995), a Russian journalist and head of the ]
	* ] (1996), first ] separatist President and anti-]n ] leader
	* ] (1998), ]n politician, former prime minister
	* ] (1998), influential politician, then member of ]n parliament (])
	* ] (1998), ] journalist and opposition figure
	* ] (2003), Russian politician, in ]<ref>http://www.eng.terror99.ru/publications/092.htm</ref>
	* ] (2003), Russian journalist, in ]<ref>http://www.eng.terror99.ru/publications/118.htm</ref>
	* ] (2004), editor of the Russian edition of '']'' magazine
	* ] (2004), ]-backed President of the ]
	* ] (2005), President of ]
	* ] (2005), former ] deputy director
	* ] (2005), deputy Interior Minister of ]
	* ] (2005), ] MP
	* ] (2006), ] politician
	* ] (2006), President of ]
	* ] (2006), Russian journalist and human rights campaigner.
	* ] (2008), mayor of ], ]
	* ] (2008), former mayor of ], ]
	* ] (2008), mayor of ], ]
	* ] (2009), human rights lawyer
	* ] (2009), interior minister of Dagestan
	* ] (2009), deputy chair of ] Supreme Court
	* ] (2009), former deputy prime minister of ]
	* ] (2009), human rights activist
	* ] (2011), journalist

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