# List of heads of state and government who were assassinated or executed

The following is a chronological list of notable heads of governments and heads of state deaths that have resulted from assassination or execution.
This list considers only the incumbent head of state or government. Heads of state or government assassinated or executed after they left office (e.g. Aldo Moro, Saddam Hussein and Shinzo Abe) are excluded.

## List

| Target | Title | Date | Place | Country | Assassin or other entity |
| Rimush | King of Akkad | 2270 BC | | Akkadian Empire | His courtiers |
| Ashur-nadin-apli | King of Assyria | 1194 BC | | Middle Assyrian Empire | Ashur-nirari III |
| Ramesses III | Pharaoh of Egypt | 1155 BC | | New Kingdom of Egypt | Tiye, Pentawer, and Pebekkamen, among othersFurther information: Harem conspiracy |
| Simbar-shipak | King of Babylon | 1008 BC | | Babylonia | Ea-mukin-zeri |
| Ea-mukin-zeri | King of Babylon | 1008 BC | | Babylonia | Kashshu-nadin-ahi |
| Kashshu-nadin-ahi | King of Babylon | 1005 BC | | Babylonia | Eulmash-shakin-shumi |
| Titus Tatius | King of the Sabines | 748 BC | Rome | Roman Kingdom | Romulus |
| Ashur-nirari V | King of Assyria | 745 BC | | Neo-Assyrian Empire | Tiglath-Pileser III |
| Nabu-nadin-zeri | King of Babylon | 732 BC | Babylon | Babylonia | Killed in an insurrection by Nabu-suma-ukin II. |
| Nabu-suma-ukin II | King of Babylon | 732 BC | Babylon | Babylonia | Nabu-mukin-zeri |
| Nabu-mukin-zeri | King of Babylon | 729 BC | Babylon | Babylonia | Killed during the Assyrian conquest of Babylon by Tiglath-Pileser III. |
| Shalmaneser V | King of Assyria | 722 BC | | Neo-Assyrian Empire | Sargon II |
| Mushezib-Marduk | King of Babylon | 689 BC | Babylon | Neo-Assyrian Empire | Murdered during Sennacherib's sack of Babylon. |
| Sennacherib | King of Assyria | 681 BC | Nineveh | Neo-Assyrian Empire | Arda-Mulissu |
| Lucius Tarquinius Priscus | King of Rome | 579 BC | Rome | Roman Kingdom | The sons of Ancus Marcius |
| Labashi-Marduk | King of Babylon | 556 BC | | Neo-Babylonian Empire | Nabonidus and Belshazzar, in concert with the nobles of the court. |
| Phalaris | Tyrant of Agrigento | 554 BC | Agrigento | Acragas | Telemachus |
| Servius Tullius | King of Rome | 535 BC | Rome | Roman Kingdom | Lucius Tarquinius Superbus |
| Hipparchus | Tyrant of Athens | 514 BC | Athens | Athens | Harmodius and Aristogeiton |
| Xerxes I | Achaemenid King of Kings | August 465 BC | Persia | Achaemenid Persia | Artabanus, commander of the royal bodyguard |
| Xerxes II | Achaemenid King of Kings | 424 BC | Persepolis | Achaemenid Persia | Sogdianus, Xerxes' half-brother |
| Sogdianus | Achaemenid King of Kings | 423 BC | Persepolis | Achaemenid Persia | Darius II, Sogdianus's half-brother |
| Dion | Tyrant of Syracuse | 354 BC | Syracuse, Sicily | Syracuse | Calippus |
| Callippus | Tyrant of Syracuse | 352 BC | Syracuse, Sicily | Syracuse | Leptines II |
| Philip II | King of Macedon | October 30, 336 BC | Aigai | Macedonia | Pausanias of Orestis (personal bodyguard) |
| Arses | Achaemenid King of Kings | 336 BC | | Achaemenid Persia | Bagoas |
| Seleucus I Nicator | Seleucid Basileus | September 281 BC | Lysimachia, Thrace | Seleucid Empire | Ptolemy Ceraunus |
| Antiochus II Theos | Seleucid Basileus | July 246 BC | Anatolia | Seleucid Empire | Laodice I |
| Lord Chunshen | Prime Minister of Chu | 238 BC | Shouchun | Chu | Li Yuan (李園) |
| Seleucus III Ceraunus | Seleucid Basileus | June 223 BC | Anatolia | Seleucid Empire | Members of his army |
| Nabis | King of Sparta | 192 BC | Sparta | Sparta | Aetolian League |
| Brihadratha Maurya | Mauryan Emperor | 180 BC | Pataliputra | Maurya Empire | Pushyamitra Shunga |
| Seleucus IV Philopator | Seleucid Basileus | September 3, 175 BC | Coele-Syria | Seleucid Empire | Heliodorus |
| Alexander Balas | Seleucid Basileus | August 145 BC | Afrin River | Seleucid Empire | Zabdiel |
| Antiochus VI Dionysus | Seleucid Basileus | 142 BC | Coele-Syria | Seleucid Empire | Diodotus Tryphon |
| Hiempsal I | King of Numidia | 117 BC | Cirta | Numidia | Jugurtha |
| Julius Caesar | Dictator of Rome | March 15, 44 BC | Theatre of Pompey, Rome | Roman Republic | LiberatoresFurther information: Assassination of Julius Caesar |
| Caligula | Emperor of Rome | January 24, 41 | Rome | Roman Empire | Praetorian Guard |
| Claudius | Emperor of Rome | October 13, 54 | Rome | Roman Empire | Agrippina the Younger |
| Galba | Emperor of Rome | January 15, 69 | Rome | Roman Empire | Praetorian Guard under orders from Otho |
| Vitellius | Emperor of Rome | December 22, 69 | Rome | Roman Empire | Vespasian's troops. |
| Domitian | Emperor of Rome | September 18, 96 | Rome | Roman Empire | Stephanus, steward to Julia Flavia |
| Commodus | Emperor of Rome | December 31, 192 | Rome | Roman Empire | Narcissus |
| Pertinax | Emperor of Rome | March 28, 193 | Rome | Roman Empire | Praetorian Guard |
| Didius Julianus | Emperor of Rome | June 1, 193 | Rome | Roman Empire | Praetorian Guard |
| Geta | Emperor of Rome | December 26, 211 | Rome | Roman Empire | Centurions under orders of Caracalla |
| Caracalla | Emperor of Rome | April 8, 217 | Near Carrhae | Roman Empire | Justin Martialis, at instigation of Macrinus |
| Macrinus and Diadumenian | Co-Emperors of Rome | June 8, 218 | Cappadocia | Roman Empire | Forces of Elagabalus |
| Elagabalus | Emperor of Rome | March 11, 222 | Rome | Roman Empire | Praetorian Guard under orders of Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea |
| Severus Alexander | Emperor of Rome | March 19, 235 | Mainz, Germania Superior | Roman Empire | Legio XXII Primigenia |
| Maximinus Thrax | Emperor of Rome | May 238 | Aquileia | Roman Empire | Soldiers of the Legio II Parthica |
| Pupienus and Balbinus | Co-Emperors of Rome | July 29, 238 | Rome | Roman Empire | Praetorian Guard |
| Gordian III | Emperor of Rome | February 20, 244 | Circesium | Roman Empire | His own army |
| Philip I the Arab | Co-Emperors of Rome | September 249 | Verona | Roman Empire | Betrayed by Decius and killed as a result of the Battle of Verona. |
| Philip II | Co-Emperors of Rome | September 249 | Rome | Roman Empire | Murdered by the Praetorian Guard. |
| Volusianus | Co-Emperors of Rome | August 253 | Terni | Roman Empire | Assassinated by their own centurions, in favour of Aemilian. |
| Trebonianus Gallus | Co-Emperors of Rome | August 253 | Terni | Roman Empire | Assassinated by their own centurions, in favour of Aemilian. |
| Aemilianus | Emperor of Rome | September 253 | Spoleto | Roman Empire | Assassinated by his own troops. |
| Saloninus | Emperor of Rome | 260 | Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium | Roman Empire | Revolting troops, led by Postumus |
| Gallienus | Emperor of Rome | September 268 | Mediolanum | Roman Empire | Aurelius Heraclianus |
| Postumus | Emperor of Gaul | 269 | Mainz | Gallic Empire | His own troops |
| Marcus Aurelius Marius | Emperor of Gaul | Mid 269 | Trier | Gallic Empire | Victorinus |
| Victorinus | Emperor of Gaul | Early 271 | Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium | Gallic Empire | Attitianus, one of his soldiers. |
| Aurelian | Emperor of Rome | September 25, 275 | Çorlu | Roman Empire | Mucapor and members of the Praetorian Guard |
| Florianus | Emperor of Rome | September 276 | Tarsus | Roman Empire | Centurions |
| Probus | Emperor of Rome | September 282 | Sirmium | Roman Empire | His own soldiers |
| Numerian | Emperor of Rome | November 20, 284 | Homs | Roman Empire | Lucius Flavius Aper |
| Carinus | Emperor of Rome | July 285 | River Margus, Moesia | Roman Empire | Titus Claudius Aurelius Aristobulus |
| Carausius | Emperor of Britannia | 293 | | Britannia | Allectus |
| Bunseo | King of Baekje | 304 | Lelang Commandery | Baekje | Hwang-Chang-Lang |
| Constans | Emperor of Rome | February 350 | Elne, Gaul | Roman Empire | Magnentius |
| Nepotianus | Emperor of Rome | June 30, 350 | Rome | Roman Empire | Marcellinus |
| Gratian | Emperor of Rome | August 25, 383 | Lyon | Roman Empire | Andragathius |
| Magnus Maximus | Emperor of Rome | August 28, 388 | Aquileia | Roman Empire | Theodosius I |
| Victor | Emperor of Rome | August 28, 388 | Trier | Roman Empire | Arbogast |
| Valentinian II | Emperor of Rome | May 15, 392 | Vienne | Roman Empire | Arbogast |
| Eugenius | Western Roman Emperor | September 6, 394 | Frigidus River | Western Roman Empire | Theodosius I |
| Constantine III | Co-Western Roman Emperors | c. September 18, 411 | Ravenna | Western Roman Empire | Constantius III |
| Constans II | Co-Western Roman Emperors | c. September 18, 411 | Vienne | Western Roman Empire | Gerontius |
| Joannes | Western Roman Emperor | June 425 | Aquileia | Western Roman Empire | Ardabur |
| Hassan Yuha'min | King of Himyar | 448 | | Iraq | Sharhabil Yafar |
| Valentinian III | Western Roman Emperor | March 16, 455 | Rome | Western Roman Empire | Followers of Flavius Aetius |
| Ankō | Emperor of Japan | 456 | | Kofun Japan | Mayowa no Ōkimi |
| Majorian | Western Roman Emperor | August 7, 461 | Tortona | Western Roman Empire | Ricimer |
| Libius Severus | Western Roman Emperor | August 15, 465 | Rome | Western Roman Empire | Ricimer |
| Anthemius | Western Roman Emperor | July 11, 472 | Rome | Western Roman Empire | Ricimer |
| Julius Nepos | Western Roman Emperor | June 22, 480 | Salona | Western Roman Empire | Two retainers at the instigation of Glycerius |
| Odoacer | King of Italy | March 15, 493 | Ravenna | Kingdom of Italy | Theodoric |
| Dhu Shanatir | King of Himyar | 517 | Zafar | Himyarite Kingdom | Dhu Nuwas |
| Bahram Chobin | Sasanian Shahanshah | 591 | Fergana | Western Turkic Khaganate | Murdered under order of Khosrow II. |
| Sushun | Emperor of Japan | 592 | | Asuka Japan | Yamato no Aya no Ataikoma, under the orders of Soga no Umako |
| Maurice | Emperor of the Romans | November 22, 602 | Chalcedon | Byzantine Empire | Overthrown and Executed by Phocas |
| Phocas | Emperor of the Romans | October 4, 610 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Overthrown and executed by Heraclius |
| Emperor Yang of Sui | Emperor of China | April 11, 618 | Danyang, Jiangsu | Sui China | Yuwen Huaji and other officials in a coup d'état |
| Umar | Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate | November 3, 644 | Medina, Arabia | Rashidun Caliphate | Abu Lulu |
| Uthman | Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate | June 17, 656 | Medina, Arabia | Rashidun Caliphate | Egyptian rebels |
| Ali ibn Abi Talib | Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate | January 29, 661 | Kufa | Rashidun Caliphate | Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam |
| Constans II | Emperor of the Romans | September 15, 668 | Syracuse | Byzantine Empire | By an attendant while in the bath |
| Tiberios III Apsimar | Emperor of the Romans | February 706 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Executed by Justinian II |
| Justinian II | Emperor of the Romans | December 711 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Overthrown and executed in a military revolt led by Phillipikos |
| Leo V "The Armenian" | Emperor of the Romans | December 24, 820 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Assassinated as part of a conspiracy in support of the imprisoned Michael the Amorian |
| Michael III | Emperor of the Romans | September 23, 867 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Basil the Macedonian |
| John VIII | Pope | December 16, 882 | Rome | Papal States | Clerics |
| Emperor Zhaozong of Tang | Emperor of China | September 22, 904 | Luoyang | Tang dynasty | Zhu Wen |
| Wenceslaus I | Duke of Bohemia | September 28, 935 | Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav | Duchy of Bohemia | Boleslaus I |
| Edmund I | King of the English | May 26, 946 | Pucklechurch | England | Leofa, a convicted outlaw |
| Nikephoros II Phokas | Emperor of the Romans | December 11, 969 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | John I Tzimiskes |
| Edward the Martyr | King of the English | March 18, 978 | Corfe Castle, Corfe Castle (village) | England | Ælfthryth |
| Kenneth II | King of Alba | 995 | Fettercairn | Scotland | Finella |
| Brian Boru | High King of Ireland | April 23, 1014 | Clontarf, Dublin | Ireland | Brodir and Ospak of Man |
| Boniface III | Margrave of Tuscany | May 6, 1052 | Oglio | March of Tuscany | Scarpetta Carnevari |
| Alp Arslan | Sultan of the Seljuk Empire | November 25, 1072 | Khwarazm | Seljuk Empire | Yussuf al-Kharezmi |
| Nizam al-Mulk | Vizier of the Seljuk Empire | October 14, 1092 | Nahavand | Seljuk Empire | Order of Assassins |
| Thoros | Lord of Edessa | March 9, 1098 | | Edessa | Mob incited by Baldwin of Boulogne |
| Conrad | Bishop of Utrecht | April 14, 1099 | Utrecht | Utrecht | A Frisian |
| William II | King of England | August 2, 1100 | The New Forest | England | Walter Tirel |
| Al-Afdal Shahanshah | Vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate | December 11, 1121 | | Fatimid Caliphate | Team of three rafiqs from the Order of Assassins |
| Charles I | Count of Flanders | March 2, 1127 | Bruges | Flanders | A group of knights answering to the Erembald family |
| Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah | Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate | October 7, 1130 | Cairo | Fatimid Caliphate | team of 7 rafiqs from the Order of Assassins |
| Al-Mustarshid | Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate | August 29, 1135 | Maragheh or Hamadan | Abbasid Caliphate | team of rafiqs from the Order of Assassins |
| Harald Gille | King of Norway | December 14, 1136 | Bergen | Norway | Sigurd Slembe |
| Eric II | King of Denmark | September 18, 1137 | Urnohoved | Denmark | Murdered by Sorte Plov during a Ting |
| Al-Rashid | Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate | June 6, 1138 | Mosul or Isfahan | Abbasid Caliphate | a team of men in his service (Order of Assassins) |
| Imad al-Din Zengi | Emir of the Zengid dynasty | September 14, 1146 | Qal'at Ja'bar | Seljuk Empire | Yarankash |
| Raymond II | Count of Tripoli | 1152 | Tripoli's southern city gate | County of Tripoli | Order of Assassins |
| Sverker I | King of Sweden | December 25, 1156 | Alvastra | Sweden | A trusted servant |
| Canute V | Triarchial King of Denmark | August 9, 1157 | Roskilde | Denmark | Killed under the Roskilde Bloodbath |
| Eric IX | King of Sweden | May 18, 1160 | Uppsala | Sweden | Magnus II |
| Charles VII | King of Sweden | April 12, 1167 | Visingsö | Sweden | Supporters of Knut Eriksson |
| Alaungsithu | King of Pagan | 1167 | Shwegugyi Temple | Pagan Kingdom | His son Narathu |
| Andronikos I Komnenos | Emperor of the Romans | September 11, 1185 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Lynched by a popular uprising instigated by Isaac Angelos |
| Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair | King of Connacht | 1189 | Clanconway | Kingdom of Connacht | Assassins instigated by Conchobar ua nDiarmata |
| Conrad of Montferrat | de facto King of Jerusalem | April 28, 1192 | Acre, en route to his house | Kingdom of Jerusalem | Order of Assassins |
| Ivan Asen I | Tsar of Bulgaria | 1196 | Tarnovo | Bulgarian Empire | Ivanko |
| Peter II | Tsar of Bulgaria | 1197 | Preslav | Bulgarian Empire | Unknown, possibly in a riot or as the result of a conspiracy. |
| Alexios IV Angelos | Emperor of the Romans | February 8, 1204 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Deposed and executed by Alexios Doukas |
| Alexios V Doukas | Emperor of the Romans | December 1204 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Executed by the participants of the Fourth Crusade |
| Baldwin I | Emperor of the Romans | 1205 | Tarnovo | Latin Empire | Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria |
| Boniface of Montferrat | King of Thessalonica and Marquis of Montferrat | September 4, 1207 | Thrace | Montferrat & Thessalonica | Murdered by Bulgarian Peasants, believed to be acting on the orders of Kaloyan |
| Kaloyan | Tsar of Bulgaria | October 1207 | Thessaloniki | Bulgarian Empire | Unknown, believed to be Manastras, the Captain of his Mercenaries |
| Han Tuozhou | Grand Chancellor of the Song dynasty | 1207 | Hangzhou | Song dynasty | Shi Miyuan |
| Philip of Swabia | King of Germany | June 21, 1208 | Bamberg, Franconia | Kingdom of Germany | Otto VIII, Count Palatine of Bavaria |
| Csépán Győr | Palatine of Hungary | 1209 | | Hungary | Tiba Tomaj |
| Minamoto no Sanetomo | Shōgun | February 13, 1219 | Tsurugaoka Hachimangū | Kamakura shogunate | Kugyō |
| Eric IV | King of Denmark | August 10, 1250 | Gottorf Castle | Denmark | Abel of Denmark |
| Michael II Asen | Tsar of Bulgaria | 1256 | Tarnovo | Bulgarian Empire | Kaliman II Asen |
| Kaliman II Asen | Tsar of Bulgaria | 1256 | Tarnovo | Bulgarian Empire | His co-conspirators from the assassination of Michael II |
| Qutuz | Sultan of Egypt | October 24, 1260 | Salihiyah [ar] | Mamluk Sultanate | Baibars |
| Eric V | King of Denmark | November 22, 1286 | Finderup, Viborg | Denmark | Unknown, believed to be a conspiracy by Danish nobles |
| Ladislaus IV | King of Hungary | July 10, 1290 | Körösszeg | Hungary | Three Cumans, named Árbóc, Törtel, and Kemence |
| Przemysł II | King of Poland | February 8, 1296 | Rogoźno | Kingdom of Poland | Brandenburg assassins |
| Floris V | Count of Holland | June 27, 1296 | Muiderberg | Holland | Gerard van Velsen |
| Chaka | Tsar of Bulgaria | 1300 | Tarnovo | Bulgarian Empire | Theodore Svetoslav |
| Wenceslaus III | King of Bohemia | August 4, 1306 | Olomouc | Bohemia | Unidentified assassin |
| Albert I | King of Germany | May 1, 1308 | Windisch | Further Austria | John Parricida |
| Gegeen Khan | Emperor of the Yuan dynasty | September 4, 1323 | Nanpo | Yuan dynasty | Tegshi |
| Yagi Basti | Ruler of Shiraz | 1344 | Tabriz | Chobanid realm | Malek Ashraf |
| Haidar Qassāb | Head of the Sarbadars | 1356 | | Sarbadar state | By a Turkish slave |
| Peter the Cruel | King of Castile | March 23, 1369 | Montiel | Toledo | Henry II |
| Murad I | Sultan of The Ottoman Empire | June 28, 1389 | Kosovo Field | Serbian Empire ( Branković) | Lazar Hrebeljanović |
| Louis I | Duke of Orléans | November 23, 1407 | Le Marais | Orléans | 15 masked assassins under the orders of John the Fearless |
| Gian Maria Visconti | Duke of Milan | May 16, 1412 | Milan | Milan | Guelphs and Ghibellines |
| John the Fearless | Duke of Burgundy | September 10, 1419 | Montereau-Fault-Yonne | Burgundy | Tanneguy du Chastel |
| Abu Said | Ruler of Qara Qoyunlu | 1430 | Qara Qoyunlu | Qara Qoyunlu | Iskandar |
| Iskandar | Ruler of Qara Qoyunlu | 1436 | Alinja Tower | Qara Qoyunlu | Jahan Shah |
| Ashikaga Yoshinori | Shōgun | July 12, 1441 | Muromachi Japan | Ashikaga shogunate | Akamatsu Mitsusuke |
| Hasan Ali | Ruler of Qara Qoyunlu | 1468 | Hamadan | Qara Qoyunlu | Ughurlu Muhammad |
| Mirza Yusuf | Ruler of Qara Qoyunlu | October 22, 1469 | Shiraz | Qara Qoyunlu | Ughurlu Muhammad |
| Henry VI | King of England | May 21, 1471 | Tower of London | England | Edward IV |
| Giuliano de' Medici | Lord of Florence | April 26, 1478 | Florence Cathedral | Florence | Francesco de' Pazzi |
| James III | King of Scotland | June 11, 1488 | Sauchieburn | Scotland | Rebels, led by James IVFurther information: Battle of Sauchieburn |
| Ahmad Shah of Malacca | Sultan of Malacca | 1513 | Riau Islands | Malacca Sultanate | Mahmud Shah of Malacca |
| Alessandro de' Medici | Lord of Florence | January 6, 1537 | Florence | Florence | Lorenzino de' Medici |
| Francisco Pizarro | Governor of New Castile | June 26, 1541 | Lima | Spanish New Castile | Diego de Almagro II |
| Worawongsathirat | King of Siam | November 11, 1548 | Lopburi | Ayutthaya Kingdom | Maha Thammaracha |
| Tabinshwehti | King of Burma | April 30, 1550 | Pantanaw | Toungoo dynasty | Smim Sawhtut |
| Ashikaga Yoshiteru | Shōgun | June 17, 1565 | Nijō Castle | Ashikaga shogunate | Miyoshi Yoshitsugu |
| James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray | Regent of Scotland | January 23, 1570 | Linlithgow | Kingdom of Scotland | James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh |
| Sokollu Mehmed Pasha | Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | October 11, 1579 | Istanbul | Ottoman Empire | Order of Assassins |
| William the Silent | Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht and Friesland | July 10, 1584 | Delft | Dutch Republic | Balthasar Gérard |
| Henry III | King of France | August 1, 1589 | Saint-Cloud | France | Jacques Clément |
| Michael the Brave | Prince of Wallachia | August 9, 1601 | Turda | Wallachia | Giorgio Basta |
| Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak | Grand Vizier of the Mughal empire | August 12, 1602 | Deccan | Mughal Empire | Vir Singh Deo |
| Henry IV | King of France | May 14, 1610 | Paris | France | François Ravaillac |
| Concino Concini | Chief minister of France | April 24, 1617 | Paris | France | Guards under orders of Louis XIII |
| Osman II | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | May 20, 1622 | Yedikule Fortress, Istanbul | Ottoman Empire | Janissaries |
| Anaukpetlun | King of Burma | July 9, 1628 | Bago, Myanmar | Toungoo dynasty | Minyedeippa, his son |
| Saru Taqi | Grand Vizier of Safavid Empire | October 11, 1645 | Isfahan | Persia | Jani Khan |
| Zhu Yujian | Emperor of the Great Ming | October 6, 1646 | Fujian | Southern Ming | Qing soldiers |
| Charles I | King of England, Scotland and Ireland | January 30, 1649 | Whitehall, London | England Scotland Ireland | High Court of JusticeFurther information: Execution of Charles I and List of regicides of Charles I |
| Mahmud II of Johor | Sultan of Johor | September 3, 1699 | Kota Tinggi, Johor | Johor Sultanate | Megat Sri Rama |
| Daniel Parke | Governor of the Leeward Islands | December 7, 1710 | Antigua | British Leeward Islands | By an angry mob |
| Abdul Aziz Hotak | Emir of Afghanistan | 1717 | Kandahar | Hotak dynasty | Mahmud Hotak |
| Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda | Governor-General of the Philippines | October 11, 1719 | Palacio del Gobernador, Manila | Spanish Philippines | Francisco de la Cuesta |
| Mahmud Hotak | Emir of Afghanistan | April 22, 1725 | Isfahan | Hotak dynasty | Ashraf Hotak |
| Nader Shah | Shahanshah of Iran | June 20, 1747 | Quchan | Persia | Salah Bey |
| Ebrahim Afshar | Shahanshah of Iran | September 24, 1748 | Afsharid Iran | Afsharid Iran | His troops |
| Peter III | Emperor of Russia | July 17, 1762 | Ropsha | Russian Empire | Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov |
| Zaki Khan Zand | Shahanshah of Iran | June 6, 1779 | Izadkhast | Zand dynasty | Rebellious tribal leaders |
| Jafar Khan | Shahanshah of Iran | January 23, 1789 | Arg of Karim Khan | Zand dynasty | Sayed Morad Khan |
| Sayed Morad Khan | Shahanshah of Iran | May 10, 1789 | Shiraz | Zand dynasty | Lotf Ali Khan |
| Gustav III | King of Sweden | March 16, 1792 (d. March 29, 1792) | Stockholm | Sweden | Jacob Johan Anckarström |
| Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar | Shahanshah of Iran | June 17, 1797 | Shusha | Qajar Empire | A Georgian servant named Sadeq and a valet called Khodadad-e Esfahani, both of whom were due to be executed. |
| Paul I | Emperor of Russia | March 23, 1801 | St. Petersburg | Russia | Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Nikita Petrovich Panin, José de Ribas, Vladimir Mikhailovich Yashvil and Nikolay Zubov |
| Kirtiman Singh Basnyat | Mulkaji of Nepal | September 28, 1801 | Kathmandu | Kingdom of Nepal | Supporters of Raj Rajeshwari Devi |
| Jean-Jacques Dessalines | Emperor of Haiti | October 17, 1806 | Pont Rouge | Haiti | Unknown |
| Spencer Perceval | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | May 11, 1812 | Westminster | United Kingdom | John Bellingham Further information: Assassination of Spencer Perceval |
| Shaka | King of the Zulus | September 22, 1828 | KwaDukuza | Zulu Kingdom | Dingane and Mhlangana, Shaka's younger brothers |
| Pedro Blanco Soto | President of Bolivia | January 1, 1829 | Sucre | Bolivia | Unknown |
| Ioannis Kapodistrias | Governor of the Hellenic State | October 9, 1831 | Nafplion | Greece | Konstantis and Georgios Mavromichalis |
| Felipe Santiago Salaverry | President of Peru | February 18, 1836 | Arequipa | Peru | Andrés de Santa Cruz |
| Mathabarsingh Thapa | Prime Minister of Nepal | May 17, 1845 | Kathmandu | Kingdom of Nepal | Jung Bahadur Kunwar and his brothers |
| Fateh Jung Shah | Prime Minister of Nepal | September 14, 1846 | Hanuman Dhoka | Kingdom of Nepal | Jung Bahadur Kunwar and his brothers |
| João Maria Ferreira do Amaral | Governor of Macau | August 22, 1849 | Macau | Portuguese Macau | Shen Zhiliang and six other Chinese men |
| Charles III | Duke of Parma | March 26, 1854 | Parma | Parma | Unknown |
| Danilo I | Prince of Montenegro | August 13, 1860 | Kotor | Montenegro | Todor Kadić |
| José Santos Guardiola | President of Honduras | January 11, 1862 | Comayagua | Honduras | His personal body guard |
| Barbu Catargiu | Prime Minister of Romania | June 20, 1862 | Bucharest | Romania | Unknown |
| Radama II | King of Madagascar | May 12, 1863 | Rova of Antananarivo | Merina Kingdom | Soldiers under orders of Rainivoninahitriniony |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States | April 14, 1865 (d. April 15, 1865) | Washington, D.C. | United States | John Wilkes Booth Further information: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
| Venancio Flores | President of Uruguay | February 19, 1868 | Montevideo | Uruguay | Unknown assailants, presumably of Blanco political faction |
| Mihailo Obrenović | Prince of Serbia | June 10, 1868 | Belgrade | Serbia | Pavle Radovanović, Kosta Radovanović |
| Juan Prim | Prime Minister of Spain | December 30, 1870 | Madrid | Spain | Unknown |
| Richard Bourke | Governor-General of India | February 8, 1872 | Port Blair | British India | Sher Ali Afridi |
| José Balta | President of Peru | July 22, 1872 | Lima | Peru | Tomás Gutiérrez |
| Tomás Gutiérrez | President of Peru | July 26, 1872 | Lima | Peru | Military coup d'état |
| Gabriel García Moreno | President of Ecuador | August 6, 1875 | Quito | Ecuador | Faustino Rayo |
| Juan Bautista Gill | President of Paraguay | April 12, 1877 | Asunción | Paraguay | Nicanor Silvano Godoi |
| Alexander II | Emperor of Russia | March 13, 1881 | St. Petersburg | Russia | Narodnaya VolyaFurther information: Assassination of Alexander II of Russia |
| James A. Garfield | President of the United States | July 2, 1881 (d. September 19, 1881) | Washington, D.C. | United States | Charles J. Guiteau Further information: Assassination of James A. Garfield |
| Ranodip Singh Kunwar | Prime Minister of Nepal | November 22, 1885 | Kathmandu | Kingdom of Nepal | Khadga Shumsher, Chandra Shumsher, and Dambar Shumsher |
| Sadi Carnot | President of France | June 24, 1894 | Lyon | France | Sante Geronimo CaserioFurther information: Assassination of Sadi Carnot |
| Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | Shah of Iran | May 1, 1896 | Tehran | Iran | Mirza Reza Kermani |
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | Prime Minister of Spain | August 8, 1897 | Mondragón | Spain | Michele AngiolilloFurther information: Assassination of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Juan Idiarte Borda | President of Uruguay | August 25, 1897 | Montevideo | Uruguay | Avelino Arredondo |
| José María Reina Barrios | President of Guatemala | February 8, 1898 | Ciudad de Guatemala | Guatemala | Edgar Zollinger |
| Ulises Heureaux | President of the Dominican Republic | July 26, 1899 | Moca | Dominican Republic | Ramón Cáceres |
| Umberto I | King of Italy | July 29, 1900 | Monza | Italy | Gaetano Bresci |
| William McKinley | President of the United States | September 6, 1901 (d. September 14, 1901) | Buffalo, New York | United States | Leon Czolgosz Further information: Assassination of William McKinley |
| Alexander I | King of Serbia | June 11, 1903 | Belgrade | Serbia | Royal Serbian ArmyFurther information: May Overthrow |
| Dimitrije Cincar-Marković | Prime Minister of Serbia | June 11, 1903 | Belgrade | Serbia | Royal Serbian ArmyFurther information: May Overthrow |
| Nikolay Bobrikov | Governor-General of Finland | June 16, 1904 | Helsinki | Grand Duchy of Finland | Eugen Schauman Further information: Assassination of Nikolay Bobrikov |
| Xavier Coppolani | Governor of Mauritania | May 12, 1905 | Adrar | French Mauritania | Gudfiyya brotherhood |
| Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid | Emir of Jabal Shammar | December 27, 1906 | Al-Ahaimar | Emirate of Jabal Shammar | Sultan bin Hamoud Al Rashid |
| Dimitar Petkov | Prime Minister of Bulgaria | March 11, 1907 | Sofia | Bulgaria | By an unnamed anarchist |
| Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan | Prime Minister of Iran | August 31, 1907 | Tehran | Iran | Abbas Aqa Tabrizi (fa) |
| Carlos I | King of Portugal | February 1, 1908 | Lisbon | Portugal | Alfredo Luís da Costa and Manuel BuíçaFurther information: Lisbon Regicide |
| Guangxu Emperor | Emperor of China | November 14, 1908 | Imperial City, Beijing | Qing China | Unknown |
| Boutros Ghali | Prime Minister of Egypt | February 21, 1910 | Cairo | Egypt | Watani Party member |
| Pyotr Stolypin | Prime Minister of Russia | September 18, 1911 | Kiev | Russian Empire | Dmitry Bogrov |
| Ramón Cáceres | President of the Dominican Republic | November 19, 1911 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | Rebels |
| José Canalejas y Méndez | Prime Minister of Spain | November 12, 1912 | Madrid | Spain | Manuel Pardiñas |
| Manuel Enrique Araujo | President of El Salvador | February 9, 1913 | San Salvador | El Salvador | Mulatilo Virgilio, Fermin Perez and Fabian Graciano |
| Francisco I. Madero | President of Mexico | February 22, 1913 | Mexico City | Mexico | Francisco CárdenasFurther information: Ten Tragic Days |
| George I | King of Greece | March 18, 1913 | Thessaloniki | Greece | Alexandros SchinasFurther information: Assassination of George I of Greece |
| Mahmud Shevket Pasha | Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | June 11, 1913 | Istanbul | Ottoman Empire | Relative of Nazım Pasha |
| Vilbrun Guillaume Sam | President of Haiti | July 27, 1915 | Port-au-Prince | Haiti | Numerous assailants |
| Karl von Stürgkh | Minister-President of Cisleithania | October 21, 1916 | Vienna | Austria-Hungary | Friedrich Adler |
| Sidónio Pais | President of Portugal | December 14, 1918 | Lisbon | Portugal | José Júlio da CostaFurther information: Assassination of Sidónio Pais |
| Habibullah Khan | Emir of Afghanistan | February 20, 1919 | Laghman | Afghanistan | Mustafa Seghir |
| Alexander Kolchak | Supreme Ruler of Russia | February 7, 1920 | Irkutsk | Russia | Bolsheviks |
| Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid | Emir of Jabal Shammar | March 1920 | | Emirate of Jabal Shammar | Abdullah bin Talal Al Rashid |
| Venustiano Carranza | President of Mexico | May 21, 1920 | Tlaxcalantongo | Mexico | Rodolfo Herrero |
| Eduardo Dato | Prime Minister of Spain | March 8, 1921 | Madrid | Spain | Lluís Nicolau, Pere Mateu, Ramon Casanelles |
| António Granjo | Prime Minister of Portugal | October 19, 1921 | Lisbon | Portugal | By riotersFurther information: Bloody Night (Lisbon, 1921) |
| Hara Takashi | Prime Minister of Japan | November 4, 1921 | Tokyo | Japan | Nakaoka Kon'ichi |
| Michael Collins | Chairman of the Provisional Government | August 22, 1922 | Béal na Bláth | Irish Republic | Anti-Treaty IRA, possibly Denis "Sonny" O'Neill |
| Gabriel Narutowicz | President of Poland | December 16, 1922 | Warsaw | Poland | Eligiusz NiewiadomskiFurther information: Assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz |
| Aleksandar Stamboliyski | Prime Minister of Bulgaria | June 14, 1923 | Slavovitsa | Bulgaria | Military coup d'état |
| Lee Stack | Governor of Sudan | November 19, 1924 | Cairo | Egypt | Egyptian Students |
| Symon Petliura | President of Ukraine | May 25, 1926 | Paris | France | Sholom Schwartzbard |
| Zhang Zuolin | President of the Republic of China | June 4, 1928 | Shenyang | China | Kwantung Army |
| Paul Doumer | President of France | May 7, 1932 | Paris | France | Paul Gorguloff |
| Inukai Tsuyoshi | Prime Minister of Japan | May 15, 1932 | Tokyo | Japan | Imperial Japanese Navy officersFurther information: May 15 Incident |
| Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro | President of Peru | April 30, 1933 | Lima | Peru | Abelardo de MendozaFurther information: Assassination of Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro |
| Mohammed Nadir Shah | King of Afghanistan | November 8, 1933 | Kabul | Afghanistan | Abdul Khaliq Hazara |
| Ion G. Duca | Prime Minister of Romania | December 30, 1933 | Sinaia | Romania | Nicolae Constantinescu |
| Engelbert Dollfuss | Chancellor of Austria | July 25, 1934 | Vienna | Austria | Nazi Party membersFurther information: July Putsch |
| Alexander I | King of Yugoslavia | October 9, 1934 | Marseille | France | Vlado Chernozemski |
| Armand Călinescu | Prime Minister of Romania | September 21, 1939 | Bucharest | Romania | Iron Guard membersFurther information: Assassination of Armand Călinescu |
| Ahmad Maher Pasha | Prime Minister of Egypt | February 24, 1945 | Cairo | Egypt | Mahmoud El Essawy |
| Ananda Mahidol | King of Siam | June 9, 1946 | Grand Palace, Bangkok | Siam | Unknown |
| Gualberto Villarroel | President of Bolivia | July 21, 1946 | La Paz | Bolivia | By an organized mobFurther information: 1946 La Paz riots |
| Aung San | Premier of Burma | July 19, 1947 | Rangoon | British Burma | U Saw |
| Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din | Imam of Yemen | February 17, 1948 | Sanaa | Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen | Al-Qardaei |
| Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha | Prime Minister of Egypt | December 28, 1948 | Cairo | Egypt | Abdel Meguid Ahmed Hassan |
| Husni al-Za'im | President of Syria | August 14, 1949 | Damascus | Syria | Coup d'état |
| Muhsin al-Barazi | Prime Minister of Syria | August 14, 1949 | Damascus | Syria | Coup d'état |
| Abdolhossein Hazhir | Prime Minister of Iran | November 5, 1949 | Tehran | Iran | Fada'iyan-e Islam |
| Duncan Stewart | Governor of Sarawak | December 10, 1949 | Sibu | British Sarawak | Rukun 13 |
| Sami al-Hinnawi | President of Syria | October 31, 1950 | Beirut | Lebanon | Hersho al-Barazi |
| Carlos Delgado Chalbaud | President of Venezuela | November 13, 1950 | Caracas | Venezuela | Rafael Simón Urbina and Domingo Urbina. |
| Haj Ali Razmara | Prime Minister of Iran | March 7, 1951 | Tehran | Iran | Fada'iyan-e Islam |
| Abdullah I | King of Jordan | July 20, 1951 | East Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Mustapha Shukari Usho Further information: Assassination of Abdullah I of Jordan |
| Henry Gurney | High Commissioner for Malaya | October 6, 1951 | Fraser's Hill | Malaya | Malayan Communist Party Further information: Assassination of Sir Henry Gurney |
| Liaquat Ali Khan | Prime Minister of Pakistan | October 16, 1951 | Rawalpindi | Pakistan | Saad Akbar Babrak |
| José Antonio Remón Cantera | President of Panama | January 2, 1955 | Panama City | Panama | Unknown |
| Anastasio Somoza García | President of Nicaragua | September 21, 1956 | León | Nicaragua | Rigoberto López Pérez |
| Carlos Castillo Armas | President of Guatemala | July 26, 1957 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Romeo Vásquez Sánchez |
| Ibrahim Hashem | Prime Minister of Jordan | June 14, 1958 | Baghdad | Iraq | By revolutionaries |
| Faisal II | King of Iraq | July 14, 1958 | Baghdad | Arab Federation | Military coup d'état |
| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Prime Minister of Ceylon | September 26, 1959 | Colombo | Ceylon | Talduwe SomaramaFurther information: Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
| Hazza' Majali | Prime Minister of Jordan | August 29, 1960 | Amman | Jordan | Killed in a bomb explosion |
| Abebe Aregai | Prime Minister of Ethiopia | December 17, 1960 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Failed military coup d'état |
| Rafael Trujillo | President of the Dominican Republic | May 30, 1961 | Ciudad Trujillo | Dominican Republic | Juan Tomás Díaz, Antonio de la Maza, Amado García Guerrero, Antonio Imbert Barrera |
| Louis Rwagasore | Prime Minister of Burundi | October 13, 1961 | Bujumbura | Ruanda-Urundi | Jean (Ioannis) Kageorgis |
| Sylvanus Olympio | President of Togo | January 13, 1963 | Lomé | Togo | Military coup d'état |
| Abd al-Karim Qasim | Prime Minister of Iraq | February 9, 1963 | Baghdad | Iraq | Military coup d'état |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | President of the Republic of Vietnam | November 2, 1963 | Saigon | South Vietnam | Military coup d'état |
| John F. Kennedy | President of the United States | November 22, 1963 | Dallas | United States | Lee Harvey Oswald Further information: Assassination of John F. Kennedy |
| Jigme Palden Dorji | Prime Minister of Bhutan | April 6, 1964 | Phuntsoling | Bhutan | Royal Bhutan Army |
| Hassan Ali Mansur | Prime Minister of Iran | January 27, 1965 | Tehran | Iran | Fada'iyan-e Islam |
| Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | Prime Minister of Nigeria | January 15, 1966 | Lagos | Nigeria | Military coup d'état |
| Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi | Head of State of Nigeria | July 29, 1966 | Lalupon | Nigeria | Military coup d'état |
| Hendrik Verwoerd | Prime Minister of South Africa | September 6, 1966 | Cape Town | South Africa | Dimitri Tsafendas |
| Abdirashid Shermarke | President of Somalia | October 15, 1969 | Las Anod | Somalia | His personal bodyguards |
| Wasfi Tal | Prime Minister of Jordan | November 28, 1971 | Cairo | Egypt | Black September |
| Abeid Karume | President of Zanzibar | April 7, 1972 | Zanzibar City | Zanzibar | Four unnamed gunmen |
| Luis Carrero Blanco | Prime Minister of Spain | December 20, 1973 | Madrid | Spain | ETAFurther information: Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco |
| Richard Ratsimandrava | President of Madagascar | February 11, 1975 | Antananarivo | Madagascar | Republican Security Forces |
| Faisal I | King of Saudi Arabia | March 25, 1975 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Faisal bin Musaid |
| François Tombalbaye | President of Chad | April 13, 1975 | N'Djamena | Chad | Military coup d'état |
| Long Boret | Prime Minister of Cambodia | April 17, 1975 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | Execution by shooting |
| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | President of Bangladesh | August 15, 1975 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | Bangladesh ArmyFurther information: Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Muhammad Mansur Ali | Prime Minister of Bangladesh | November 3, 1975 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | Bangladesh Army |
| Murtala Muhammed | Head of State of Nigeria | February 13, 1976 | Lagos | Nigeria | Buka Suka Dimka |
| Marien Ngouabi | President of the Republic of Congo | March 18, 1977 | Brazzaville | Congo-Brazzaville | Suicide Commando |
| Ibrahim al-Hamdi | President of North Yemen | October 11, 1977 | Sana'a | North Yemen | Unknown |
| Mohammed Daoud Khan | President of Afghanistan | April 28, 1978 | Kabul | Afghanistan | Saur Revolution |
| Ali Soilih | President of the Comoros | May 29, 1978 | Moroni | Comoros | French Colonel Bob Denard |
| Ahmad al-Ghashmi | President of North Yemen | June 24, 1978 | Sana'a | North Yemen | Killed in a bomb explosion |
| Salim Rubai Ali | Chairman of the Presidential Council | June 26, 1978 | Aden | South Yemen | Coup d'état |
| Francisco Mendes | Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau | July 7, 1978 | Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | PAIGC dissidents |
| Nur Muhammad Taraki | Chairman of the Revolutionary Council | September 14, 1979 | Kabul | Afghanistan | Military coup d'état |
| Park Chung-hee | President of South Korea | October 26, 1979 | Seoul | South Korea | Kim Jae-gyu (president's security chief) Further information: Assassination of Park Chung Hee |
| Hafizullah Amin | Chairman of the Revolutionary Council | December 27, 1979 | Kabul | Afghanistan | Operation Storm-333 |
| William Tolbert | President of Liberia | April 12, 1980 | Monrovia | Liberia | Military coup d'état |
| Sultan Ibraimov | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan | December 4, 1980 | Cholpon Ata | Kirghiz SSR | KGB (suspected) |
| Francisco Sá Carneiro | Prime Minister of Portugal | December 4, 1980 | Camarate | Portugal | Camarate plane crash |
| Ziaur Rahman | President of Bangladesh | May 30, 1981 | Chittagong | Bangladesh | A faction of officers of the Bangladesh ArmyFurther information: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman |
| Mohammad-Javad Bahonar | Prime Minister of Iran | August 30, 1981 | Tehran | Iran | People's Mujahedin of IranFurther information: 1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing |
| Mohammad-Ali Rajai | President of Iran | August 30, 1981 | Tehran | Iran | People's Mujahedin of IranFurther information: 1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing |
| Anwar Sadat | President of Egypt | October 6, 1981 | Cairo | Egypt | Khalid Islambouli Further information: Assassination of Anwar Sadat |
| Bachir Gemayel | President-elect of Lebanon | September 14, 1982 | Achrafieh, Beirut | Lebanon | Habib Shartouni Further information: Assassination of Bachir Gemayel |
| Maurice Bishop | Prime Minister of Grenada | October 19, 1983 | St. George's | Grenada | Coup d'état |
| Indira Gandhi | Prime Minister of India | October 31, 1984 | New Delhi | India | Satwant Singh and Beant Singh (personal bodyguards)Further information: Assassination of Indira Gandhi |
| Haruo Remeliik | President of Palau | June 30, 1985 | Koror | Palau | Unknown |
| Olof Palme | Prime Minister of Sweden | February 28, 1986 | Stockholm | Sweden | Official suspect: Stig Engström Further information: Assassination of Olof Palme |
| Rashid Karami | Prime Minister of Lebanon | June 1, 1987 | Beirut | Lebanon | Killed by a car bomb planted by unidentified militant |
| Thomas Sankara | President of Burkina Faso | October 15, 1987 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | Soldiers under the command of Gilbert DiendéréFurther information: 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état |
| René Moawad | President of Lebanon | November 22, 1989 | Beirut | Lebanon | Killed by a car bomb |
| Ahmed Abdallah | President of the Comoros | November 26, 1989 | Moroni | Comoros | Coup d'état |
| Nicolae Ceaușescu | President of Romania | December 25, 1989 | Târgoviște | Romania | Execution by firing squad Further information: Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu |
| Samuel Doe | President of Liberia | September 9, 1990 | Monrovia | Liberia | Prince Johnson |
| Mohamed Boudiaf | President of Algeria | June 29, 1992 | Annaba | Algeria | Lambarek Boumaarafi Further information: Assassination of Mohamed Boudiaf |
| Ranasinghe Premadasa | President of Sri Lanka | May 1, 1993 | Colombo | Sri Lanka | LTTEFurther information: Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| Melchior Ndadaye | President of Burundi | October 21, 1993 | Bujumbura | Burundi | Military coup d'état |
| Juvénal Habyarimana | President of Rwanda | April 6, 1994 | Kigali | Rwanda | Presidential aircraft shootdown |
| Cyprien Ntaryamira | President of Burundi | April 6, 1994 | Kigali | Rwanda | Presidential aircraft shootdown |
| Agathe Uwilingiyimana | Prime Minister of Rwanda | April 7, 1994 | Kigali | Rwanda | Rwandan Armed Forces |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Prime Minister of Israel | November 4, 1995 | Tel Aviv | Israel | Yigal Amir Further information: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin |
| Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara | President of Niger | April 9, 1999 | Niamey | Niger | Mutinous soldiers Further information: 1999 Nigerien coup d'état |
| Vazgen Sargsyan | Prime Minister of Armenia | October 27, 1999 | Yerevan | Armenia | Nairi Hunanyan Further information: Armenian parliament shooting |
| Laurent-Désiré Kabila | President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | January 16, 2001 | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Rashidi Muzele Further information: Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila |
| Birendra | King of Nepal | June 1, 2001 | Narayanhiti Palace, Kathmandu | Nepal | Dipendra Further information: Nepalese royal massacre |
| Zoran Đinđić | Prime Minister of Serbia | March 12, 2003 | Belgrade | Serbia and Montenegro | Zvezdan Jovanović Further information: Assassination of Zoran Đinđić |
| João Bernardo Vieira | President of Guinea-Bissau | March 2, 2009 | Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | Armed Forces of Guinea-Bissau |
| Muammar Gaddafi | Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution | October 20, 2011 | Libya | Libya | National Transitional Council Further information: Death of Muammar Gaddafi |
| Jovenel Moïse | President of Haiti | July 7, 2021 | Port-au-Prince | Haiti | Unknown Further information: Assassination of Jovenel Moïse |

## Gallery

* Assassination of William II on 2 August 1100, New Forest, England
* Assassination of John the Fearless on 10 September 1419, Montereau, France
* Assassination of Henry III on 2 August 1589, Château de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France
* Assassination of Paul I on 23 March 1801, St Michael's Castle, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
* Assassination of Spencer Perceval on May 11, 1812, House of Commons, Westminster, United Kingdom
* Assassination of Ioannis Kapodistrias on October 9, 1831, Nafplion, Greece
* Execution of Lajos Batthyány on October 6, 1849, Pest, Austrian Empire
* Hanging of Tomás Gutiérrez on July 26, 1872, Lima, Peru
* Assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., United States
* Assassination of Alexander II on March 13, 1881, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
* Assassination of James A. Garfield on July 2, 1881, Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington D.C., United States
* Assassination of Gabriel García Moreno on August 6, 1875, Carondelet Palace, Quito, Ecuador
* Execution of Maximilian I on June 19, 1867, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
* Assassination of Marie François Sadi Carnot on June 25, 1894, Lyon, France
* Assassination of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo on August 8, 1897, Mondragón, Spain
* Assassination of Willam McKinley on September 14, 1901, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, United States
* Assassination of Carlos I on February 1, 1908, Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon, Portugal
* Assassination of Sidónio Pais on December 14, 1918, Rossio railway station, Lisbon, Portugal
* Assassination of Alexander I and Louis Barthou on October 9, 1934, Marseilles, France
* Executed body of Abd al-Karim Qasim on February 9, 1963, Baghdad, Iraq
* Executed body of Ngô Đình Diệm on November 2, 1963, Saigon, South Vietnam
* Assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas, United States