list of people who took refuge in a diplomatic mission 

Statements about this table:
leonardo argüello barreto and acobo arbenz guzmán be both president on mission in mexico
alassane ouattara and shahram amiri both take refuge during the 21st centur
joão bernardo vieira and alassane ouattara both resolve their refuge by negotiate exile
ange patasse , michel aoun , and alassane ouattara be all on mission in france
name
notability
reason for seeking refuge
country
city
missions country
start date
end date
resolution
josé manuel balmaceda
president of chile
defeated in the chilean civil war
chile
santiago
argentina
august 29 , 1891
september 18 , 1891
committed suicide
leonardo argüello barreto
president of nicaragua
ousted by anastasio somoza garcía
nicaragua
managua
mexico
may 26 , 1947
december 1947
negotiated exile in mexico
jacobo arbenz guzmán
president of guatemala
ousted by carlos castillo armas
guatemala
guatemala city
mexico
june 27 , 1954
june 28 , 1954
negotiated exile in mexico
józsef mindszenty
hungarian roman catholic church cardinal
soviet intervention
hungary
budapest
united states
november 4 , 1956
november 4 , 1971 (total 15 years)
negotiated exile in austria
reino häyhänen
soviet lieutenant colonel
defection
france
paris
united states
november 4 , 1956
may 1957
moved to the united states
name
notability
reason for seeking refuge
country
city
missions country
start date
end date
resolution
the siberian seven
siberian pentecostals
prevented from emigrating
soviet union
moscow
united states
june 27 , 1978
june 27 , 1983 (total : 5 years (last of them))
allowed to emigrate to israel and later the us
ange patasse
central african opposition leader
opposing andre kolingba government
central african republic
bangui
france
february 27 , 1982
march 3 , 1982
negotiated exile to togo
fang lizhi and his wife
dissident in tiananmen square protests of 1989
forced end of tiananmen square protests of 1989
china prc
beijing
united states
june 5 , 1989
june 25 , 1990
negotiated flight to the united states
hou dejian
dissident in tiananmen square protests of 1989
forced end of tiananmen square protests of 1989
china prc
beijing
australia
june 1989
august 16 , 1989
negotiated exit and deported back to native taiwan
manuel noriega
president of panama
united states invasion of panama
panama
ciudad de panama
holy see
december 24 , 1989
january 3 , 1990
negotiated arrest by united states forces
name
notability
reason for seeking refuge
country
city
missions country
start date
end date
resolution
michel aoun
lebanese army commander
defeated in lebanese civil war
lebanon
beirut
france
october 1990
august 27 , 1991
left to exile in france
sylvestre ntibantunganya
president of burundi
military coup d'état
burundi
bujumbura
united states
july 23 , 1996
june 1997
negotiated exit
joão bernardo vieira
president of guinea - bissau
guinea - bissau civil war
guinea - bissau
bissau
portugal
may 1999
june 1999
negotiated exile in portugal
alassane ouattara
presidential candidate in côte d'ivoire
first ivorian civil war
côte d'ivoire
abidjan
france
september 19 , 2002
november 2002
negotiated exile in gabon and france
shahram amiri
ian iran nuclear scientist
disappeared from iran
united states
washington dc
pakistan
july 13 , 2010
july 14 , 2010
returned to iran