List of heads of state and government who died in office

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Template:Short description {{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}}{{#ifeq:||}} Template:More citations needed This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office. In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.

Such deaths have most often been from natural causes, but there are also cases of assassination, execution, suicide, accident and even death in battle.

The list is in chronological order. The name is listed first, followed by the year of death, the country, the name of the office the person held at the time of death, the location of the death (where known) and the cause of death.

Prior to 1850

Name Year Country Title Place of death Cause of death
Spencer Compton 1743 Template:Flag Prime Minister Westminster Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Henry Pelham 1754 citation CitationClass=web

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Charles Watson-Wentworth 1782 Wimbledon citation CitationClass=web

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William Pitt the Younger 1806 Template:Flagcountry Putney Template:Flag Illness – peptic ulceration<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Mateo de Toro Zambrano 1811 Template:Flagcountry President of the Government Junta Santiago Template:Flagcountry
Spencer Perceval 1812 Template:Flagcountry Prime Minister Westminster Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
George Canning 1827 Chiswick citation CitationClass=web

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Pedro Blanco Soto 1829 Template:Flagcountry Provisional President La Plata Template:Flag Assassination<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ioannis Kapodistrias 1831 Template:Flagicon Greece Governor Nafplion Template:Flag Assassination – shooting and stabbing<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Manuel González Salmón 1832 Template:Flag Prime Minister Madrid Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Casimir Pierre Périer Template:Flagdeco France Prime Minister Paris Template:Flag Illness – cholera<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Miguel Barragán 1836 Template:Flagcountry President Mexico City Template:Flagcountry Illness – typhus<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
José Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia 1840 Template:Flag Supreme Dictator Asunción Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
William Henry Harrison 1841 Template:Flag President Washington, D.C. Template:Flag Illness – pneumonia or enteric fever<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Agustín Gamarra Template:Flagcountry President Ingavi Template:Flag Killed in action<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Philippe Guerrier 1845 Template:Flagicon Haiti President Saint-Marc Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Mathabarsingh Thapa Template:Flagicon Nepal Prime Minister Kathmandu Template:Flag Assassination – shooting
Fateh Jung Shah 1846 Assassination<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Jean-Baptiste Riché 1847 Template:Flagicon Haiti President Port-au-Prince Template:Flag Illness or poisoningTemplate:Sfn

1850–1899

Name Year Country Title Place of death Cause of death
Zachary Taylor 1850 Template:Flag President Washington, D.C. Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg 1852 Template:Flagcountry Minister-President Vienna Template:Flag Stroke<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Avram Petronijević 1852 Template:Flagcountry Representative of the Prince Constantinople<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Flag
Josef Munzinger 1855 Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag
Henri Druey Stroke<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Stefano Franscini 1857 BernTemplate:Sfn
Mustafa Reşid Pasha 1858 Template:Flag Grand Vizier Constantinople Template:Flag Myocardial infarction<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Carl Edvard Rotwitt 1860 Template:Flag Prime Minister Copenhagen Template:Flag
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour 1861 Template:Flagcountry Prime Minister Turin Template:Flag Illness – malaria<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Jonas Furrer Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bad Ragaz Template:Flag Illness – kidney diseaseTemplate:Sfn
José Santos Guardiola 1862 Template:Flag President Comayagua Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Barbu Catargiu Template:Flagdeco Romanian United Principalities Prime Minister Bucharest Template:Flagdeco Romanian United Principalities Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Carlos Antonio López Template:Flag President Asunción Template:Flag Illness – gout and other diseases
José Antonio Salcedo 1864 Template:Flag President Maimón Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Rafael Carrera 1865 Template:Flag President Guatemala City Template:Flag Illness – dysentery<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Abraham Lincoln Template:Flag President Washington, D.C. Template:Flag Assassination – shooting
Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston Template:Flagcountry Prime Minister Hertfordshire Template:Flagcountry Illness – fever<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Marcos Paz 1868 Template:Flag Interim President Buenos Aires Template:Flag Illness – cholera<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Ramón María Narváez Template:Flag Prime Minister Madrid Template:Flag Illness – lung disease<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Victor Ruffy 1869 Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag
Francisco Solano López 1870 Template:Flag President Cerro Corá Template:Flag Killed in action
Juan Prim Template:Flag Prime Minister Madrid Template:Flag Assassination<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha 1871 Template:Flag Grand Vizier Constantinople Template:Flag Illness – tuberculosis<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke 1872 Template:Flag Prime Minister The Hague Template:Flag Illness – cold<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Benito Juárez Template:Flagdeco Mexico President Mexico City Template:Flagdeco Mexico Myocardial infarction<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
José Balta Template:Flag President Lima Template:Flag Assassination – shooting
Tomás Gutiérrez Assassination – lynching
Milivoje Blaznavac 1873 Template:Flagcountry President of the Ministry Belgrade Template:Flagcountry Myocardial infarction<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Adolfo Ballivián 1874 Template:Flag President La Paz Template:Flag Illness – stomach cancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt Template:Flag Prime Minister Heusden Template:Flag
Gabriel García Moreno 1875 Template:Flag President Quito Template:Flag Assassination – shooting and stabbing<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Ahmed Esad Pasha Template:Flag Grand Vizier İzmir Template:Flag Assassination – poisoning
Juan Bautista Gill 1877 Template:Flag President Villarrica Template:Flag Assassination – shooting
Konstantinos Kanaris Template:Flagcountry Prime Minister Athens Template:Flagcountry citation CitationClass=web

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Francisco Linares Alcántara 1878 Template:Flag President La Guaira Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Johann Jakob Scherer Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag Illness – appendicitisTemplate:Sfn
Tēvita ʻUnga 1879 Template:Flag Premier Auckland Template:Flag Illness – liver disease<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Cándido Bareiro 1880 Template:Flag President Asunción Template:Flag Stroke
Fridolin Anderwert Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag Suicide – gunshot<ref name="ChurchHead2013">Template:Cite book</ref>
James A. Garfield 1881 Template:Flag President Elberon Template:Flag Assassination – shooting and medical ineptitude<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez 1882 Template:Flag President Alajuela Template:Flag Illness – tuberculosis
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno 1885 Atenas
Justo Rufino Barrios Template:Flag President Chalchuapa Template:Flag Killed in battle<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ranodip Singh Kunwar Template:Flag Prime Minister Kathmandu Template:Flag Assassination
Francisco Javier Zaldúa Template:Flag President Bogotá Template:Flag
Agostino Depretis 1887 Template:Flagcountry Prime Minister Stradella Template:Flagcountry citation CitationClass=web

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Wilhelm Hertenstein 1888 Template:Flag President of the Confederation Bern Template:Flag Illness and complications following surgeryTemplate:Sfn
John A. Macdonald 1891 Template:Flag Prime Minister Ottawa Template:Flag Stroke<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
John Ballance 1893 Template:Flag Prime Minister Wellington Template:Flag Intestinal disease and complications following surgery
Louis Ruchonnet Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag Myocardial infarctionTemplate:Sfn
Lazar Dokić Template:Flagcountry President of the Ministry Opatija Template:Flag
Remigio Morales Bermúdez 1894 Template:Flag President Lima Template:Flag Illness – appendicitis
Marie François Sadi Carnot Template:Flag President (also Co-Prince of Andorra) Lyon Template:Flag Assassination – stabbing<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Rafael Núñez Template:Flag President Bogotá Template:Flag Stroke<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
John Sparrow David Thompson Template:Flag Prime Minister Berkshire Template:Flag Myocardial infarction
Karl Schenk 1895 Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag Accident – struck by carriageTemplate:Sfn
Florvil Hyppolite 1896 Template:Flag President Port-au-Prince Template:Flag Stroke<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Joseph James Cheeseman Template:Flag President Monrovia Template:Flag
Friedrich Stellwag von Carion Template:Flag State Administrator Vienna Template:Flag
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 1897 Template:Flag Prime Minister Mondragón Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Juan Idiarte Borda Template:Flag President Montevideo Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
José María Reina Barrios 1898 Template:Flag President Guatemala City Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Félix Faure 1899 Template:Flag President (also Co-Prince of Andorra) Paris Template:Flag Myocardial infarction<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ulises Heureaux Template:Flag President Moca Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1900–1949

Name Year Country Title Place of death Cause of death
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren 1901 Template:Flag President Valparaíso Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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William McKinley Template:Flag President Buffalo Template:Flag Assassination – shooting
Halil Rifat Pasha Template:Flag Grand Vizier Constantinople Template:Flag
Ramon Riu i Cabanes Template:Flag Co-Prince La Seu d'Urgell Template:Flag
Walter Hauser 1902 Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag StrokeTemplate:Sfn
Dimitrije Cincar-Marković 1903 Template:Flagcountry President of the Ministry Belgrade Template:Flagcountry Assassination
Manuel Candamo 1904 Template:Flag President Arequipa Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Theodoros Diligiannis 1905 Template:Flagdeco Greece Prime Minister Athens Template:Flagdeco Greece Public Domain  Wikisource  
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Manuel Quintana 1906 Template:Flag President Buenos Aires Template:Flag Illness – pneumonia<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Richard Seddon Template:Flag Prime Minister At sea Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Dimitar Petkov 1907 Template:Flag Prime Minister Sofia Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ali-Asghar Atabak Template:Flagdeco Iran Prime Minister Tehran Template:Flagdeco Iran Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Jules de Trooz Template:Flag Cabinet Chief Brussels Template:Flag
Afonso Pena 1909 Template:Flag President Rio de Janeiro Template:Flag Illness – pneumonia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
José Domingo de Obaldía 1910 Template:Flag President Panama City Template:Flag
Boutros Ghali Template:Flagdeco Egypt Prime Minister Cairo Template:Flagdeco Egypt Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Pedro Montt Template:Flag President Bremen Template:Flag Stroke<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Elías Fernández Albano Template:Flag Acting President Santiago Template:Flag Illness – cold<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Ernst Brenner 1911 Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Menton Template:Flag StrokeTemplate:Sfn
Pyotr Stolypin Template:Flag Prime Minister Kiev Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ramón Cáceres Template:Flag President Santo Domingo Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Emilio Estrada Carmona Template:Flag President Guayaquil Template:Flag Heart attack
Adolf Deucher 1912 Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag IllnessTemplate:Sfn
Cincinnatus Leconte Template:Flag President Port-au-Prince Template:Flag Accident – explosion<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
José Canalejas Template:Flag Prime Minister Madrid Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Manuel Enrique Araujo 1913 Template:Flag President San Salvador Template:Flag Assassination – shooting and stabbing<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Tancrède Auguste Template:Flag President Port-au-Prince Template:Flag Illness – anemia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Mahmud Shevket Pasha Template:Flag Grand Vizier Istanbul Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Carl von In der Maur Template:Flag State Administrator Vaduz Template:Flag Stroke
Roque Sáenz Peña 1914 Template:Flag President Buenos Aires Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Vilbrun Guillaume Sam 1915 Template:Flag President Port-au-Prince Template:Flag Assassination – beating<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Paul Eyschen Template:Flag Prime Minister Luxembourg Template:Flag Illness – heart and kidney disease
Yuan Shikai 1916 Template:Flagdeco China President Beijing Template:Flagdeco China Illness – uraemia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Karl von Stürgkh Template:Flag Minister-President of Cisleithania Vienna Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Sidónio Pais 1918 Template:Flag President Lisbon Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves 1919 Template:Flag President-elect Rio de Janeiro Template:Flag Illness – Spanish flu<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Yakov Sverdlov Template:Flag Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee Moscow Template:Flag Illness – Spanish flu or typhus<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Manuel Franco Template:Flag President Asunción Template:Flag Cardiac arrest<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Louis Botha Template:Flagdeco South Africa Prime Minister Pretoria Template:Flagdeco South Africa Illness – Spanish flu<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Eduard Müller Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag
Alexander Kolchak 1920 Template:Flag Supreme Ruler Irkutsk Template:Flag Execution – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Venustiano Carranza Template:Flag President Tlaxcalantongo Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
António Maria Baptista Template:Flag Prime Minister Lisbon Template:Flag Stroke or apoplexyTemplate:Sfn
Eduardo Dato 1921 Template:Flag Prime Minister Madrid Template:Flag Assassination – shooting
António Granjo Template:Flag Prime Minister Lisbon Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Hara Takashi Template:Flag Prime Minister Tokyo Template:Flag Assassination – stabbing<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Arthur Griffith 1922 Template:Flag President of Dáil Éireann Dublin Template:Flag Illness – cerebral haemorrhage<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Michael Collins Chairman of the Provisional Government Béal na Bláth Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Gabriel Narutowicz Template:Flagdeco Poland President Warsaw Template:Flagdeco Poland Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar 1923 Template:Flag Prime Minister Niislel Khüree Template:Flagdeco China
Warren G. Harding Template:Flag President San Francisco Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Vladimir Lenin 1924 Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Gorki Template:Flag Stroke<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Rafael López Gutiérrez Template:Flag President Amapala Template:Flag Illness – diabetes<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Friedrich Ebert 1925 Template:Flag President Berlin Template:Flag Illness – septic shock<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Sun Yat-sen Template:Flagdeco China Generalissimo of the National Government Beijing Template:Flagdeco China Illness – gall bladder cancer<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
William Ferguson Massey Template:Flag Prime Minister Wellington Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Katō Takaaki 1926 Template:Flag Prime Minister Tokyo Template:Flag Illness – pneumonia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Jón Magnússon Template:Flag Prime Minister Neskaupstaður Template:Flag
José María Orellana Template:Flag President Antigua Guatemala Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Jānis Čakste 1927 Template:Flag President Riga Template:Flag
Charles Coghlan Template:Flag Premier Salisbury Template:Flag Illness – cerebral haemorrhage
Balingiin Tserendorj 1928 Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Ulaanbaatar Template:Flag Illness
Zhang Zuolin Template:Flagdeco China Generalissimo of the Military Government Shenyang Template:Flagdeco China Assassination – bombingTemplate:Sfn
Abdul Muhsin al-Sa'dun 1929 Template:Flagcountry Prime Minister Baghdad Template:Flagcountry Suicide – gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Peder Kolstad 1932 Template:Flag Prime Minister Oslo Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Paul Doumer Template:Flagdeco France President (also Co-Prince of Andorra) Paris Template:Flagdeco France Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Inukai Tsuyoshi Template:Flag Prime Minister Tokyo Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro 1933 Template:Flag President Lima Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ion G. Duca Template:Flagdeco Romania Prime Minister Prahova Template:Flagdeco Romania Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Engelbert Dollfuss 1934 Template:Flagdeco Austria Chancellor Vienna Template:Flagdeco Austria Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Paul von Hindenburg Template:Flagdeco Germany President Neudeck Template:Flagdeco Germany Illness – lung cancer
Józef Piłsudski 1935 Template:Flagdeco Poland Minister of Military Affairs Warsaw Template:Flagdeco Poland Illness – liver cancerTemplate:Sfn
Juan Vicente Gómez Template:Flag President Maracay Template:Flag Illness – prostate cancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Konstantinos Demertzis 1936 Template:Flagdeco Greece Prime Minister Athens Template:Flagdeco Greece Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Gyula Gömbös Template:Flagdeco Hungary Prime Minister Munich Template:Flagcountry Illness – testicular cancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Panas Lyubchenko 1937 Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Moscow Template:Flag Suicide – gunshot
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 1938 Template:Flag President Istanbul Template:Flag Illness – liver cirrhosis
Patriarch Miron 1939 Template:Flagdeco Romania Prime Minister Cannes Template:Flag Illness – pneumonia
Joseph Lyons Template:Flag Prime Minister Sydney Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Germán Busch Template:Flag President La Paz Template:Flag Suicide – gunshot<ref name="Gotkowitz2008">Template:Cite book</ref>
Armand Călinescu Template:Flagdeco Romania Prime Minister Bucharest Template:Flagdeco Romania Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Aurelio Mosquera Template:Flag President Quito Template:Flag Illness – liver infection<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> or suicide<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Giuseppe Motta 1940 Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag Stroke
Justí Guitart i Vilardebó Template:Flag Co-Prince Barcelona Template:Flag
Lord Tweedsmuir Template:Flag Governor General Montreal Template:Flag Head injury following stroke<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Jacinto Peynado Template:Flag President Santo Domingo Template:Flag
Michael Joseph Savage Template:Flag Prime Minister Wellington Template:Flag Illness – colon cancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
José Félix Estigarribia Template:Flag President Altos Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Hassan Sabry Pasha Template:Flagdeco Egypt Prime Minister Cairo Template:Flagdeco Egypt Heart failure<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Kyösti Kallio Template:Flag President Helsinki Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ioannis Metaxas 1941 Template:Flagdeco Greece Prime Minister Athens Template:Flagdeco Greece Illness – septicemia or internal haemorrhage<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Pál Teleki Template:Flagdeco Hungary Prime Minister Budapest Template:Flagdeco Hungary Suicide – gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Alexandros Koryzis Template:Flagdeco Greece Prime Minister Athens Template:Flagdeco Greece Suicide – gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Johannes Lauristin Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars At sea<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Pedro Aguirre Cerda Template:Flag President Santiago Template:Flag Illness – tuberculosis<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
José Abad Santos 1942 Template:Flag Interim President Malabang Template:Flag Execution – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Thorvald Stauning Template:Flag Prime Minister Copenhagen Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Taj al-Din al-Hasani 1943 Template:Flagdeco Syria President Damascus Template:Flagdeco Syria Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Władysław Sikorski Template:Flagdeco Poland Prime Minister Gibraltar Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Lin Sen Template:Flagdeco China Chairman of the National Government Chongqing Template:Flagdeco China Stroke
Manuel L. Quezon 1944 Template:Flag President Saranac Lake Template:Flag Illness – tuberculosis
Wang Jingwei Template:Flag Chairman of the National Government (at Nanjing) Nagoya Template:Flag Complications from gunshot wound<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Ahmad Maher Pasha 1945 Template:Flagdeco Egypt Prime Minister Cairo Template:Flagdeco Egypt Assassination – shooting
Franklin D. Roosevelt Template:Flag President Warm Springs Template:Flag Illness – cerebral haemorrhage<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
John Curtin Template:Flag Prime Minister Canberra Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Adolf Hitler Template:Flagcountry Führer Berlin Template:Flagcountry Suicide – gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Joseph Goebbels Chancellor Suicide – gunshotTemplate:Sfn
Juan Antonio Ríos 1946 Template:Flag President Santiago Template:Flag Illness – cancer
Gualberto Villarroel Template:Flag President La Paz Template:Flag Assassination – lynchingTemplate:Sfn
Per Albin Hansson Template:Flag Prime Minister Stockholm Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Nguyen Van Thinh Template:Flagcountry President of the Provisional Government Saigon Template:Flagcountry Suicide – hanging<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Johannes Vares Template:Flag Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Tallinn Template:Flag Suicide
Aung San 1947 Template:Flag Premier Yangon Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Tomás Berreta Template:Flag President Montevideo Template:Flag Illness – prostate cancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Manuel Roxas 1948 Template:Flag President Clark Air Base Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Template:Flag Governor-General Karachi Template:Flag Illness – heart failureTemplate:Sfn
Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha Template:Flag Prime Minister Cairo Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Mir Bashir Gasimov 1949 Template:Flag Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Baku Template:Flag
Themistoklis Sofoulis Template:Flagdeco Greece Prime Minister Kifissia Template:Flagdeco Greece IllnessTemplate:Sfn
Georgi Dimitrov Template:Flagdeco Bulgaria Chairman of the Council of Ministers Barvikha Template:Flag Illness – heart and liver disease, abdominal cancer and internal haemorrhages<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Husni al-Za'im Template:Flagdeco Syria President Damascus Template:Flagdeco Syria Execution by firing squad
Muhsin al-Barazi Prime Minister

1950–1999

Name Year Country Title Place of death Cause of death
Vasil Kolarov 1950 Template:Flag Prime Minister Sofia Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes Template:Flag President Philadelphia Template:Flag Complications following stomach cancer surgeryTemplate:Sfn
Carlos Delgado Chalbaud Template:Flag President Caracas Template:Flag Assassination – lynchingTemplate:Sfn
Enrico Mizzi Template:Flag Prime Minister Valletta Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Karl Renner Template:Flag President Vienna Template:Flag Stroke<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Óscar Carmona 1951 Template:Flag President Lisbon Template:Flag Illness – bronchopneumoniaTemplate:Sfn
Haj Ali Razmara Template:Flag Prime Minister Tehran Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Liaquat Ali Khan Template:Flag Prime Minister Rawalpindi Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Sveinn Björnsson 1952 Template:Flag President Reykjavík Template:Flag Illness – heart diseaseTemplate:Sfn
Khorloogiin Choibalsan Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of Ministers Moscow Template:Flag Illness – kidney cancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
D. S. Senanayake Template:Flag Prime Minister Colombo Template:Flag Stroke<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Chaim Weizmann Template:Flag President Rehovot Template:Flag Illness – respiratory inflammationTemplate:Sfn
Adriaan Alberga Template:Flagdeco Surinam Prime Minister Paramaribo Template:Flagdeco Surinam<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Joseph Stalin 1953 Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of Ministers Moscow Template:Flag Illness – cerebral haemorrhage<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Klement Gottwald Template:Flag President Prague Template:Flag Illness – pneumoniaTemplate:Sfn
Gonchigiin Bumtsend Template:Flag Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural Ulaanbaatar Template:FlagTemplate:Sfn
Pierre Dupong Template:Flag Prime Minister Luxembourg Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Getúlio Vargas 1954 Template:Flag President Rio de Janeiro Template:Flag Suicide – gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
José Antonio Remón Cantera 1955 Template:Flag President Panama City Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Hans Hedtoft Template:Flag Prime Minister Stockholm Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Alexandros Papagos Template:Flag Prime Minister Athens Template:Flag Illness – lung haemorrhage and heart failureTemplate:Sfn
Bolesław Bierut 1956 Template:Flag General Secretary of the United Workers' Party Moscow Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Anastasio Somoza García Template:Flag President Ancón Template:Flag Complications from gunshot woundTemplate:Sfn
Theodor Körner 1957 Template:Flag President Vienna Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Ramón Magsaysay Template:Flag President Balamban Template:Flag Accident – plane crashTemplate:Sfn
Carlos Castillo Armas Template:Flag President Guatemala City Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Antonín Zápotocký Template:Flag President Prague Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Petru Groza 1958 Template:Flag President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly Bucharest Template:Flag Complications following stomach surgeryTemplate:Sfn
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom Template:Flag Prime Minister Cape Town Template:Flag Illness – heart diseaseTemplate:Sfn
Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly Template:Flag President of the Government Council Paris Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Markus Feldmann Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Bern Template:Flag Illness – heart failure<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Georgi Damyanov Template:Flag Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Sofia Template:FlagTemplate:Sfn
Pierre Frieden 1959 Template:Flag Prime Minister Zürich Template:FlagTemplate:Sfn
Barthélemy Boganda Template:Flag Prime Minister Boda Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Template:Flag Prime Minister Colombo Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Ernest George Jansen Template:Flag Governor-General Pretoria Template:Flag Illness – pneumonia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
H. C. Hansen 1960 Template:Flag Prime Minister Copenhagen Template:Flag Illness – cancerTemplate:Sfn
Hazza' al-Majali Template:Flag Prime Minister Amman Template:Flag Assassination – bombingTemplate:Sfn
Wilhelm Pieck Template:Flag President Berlin Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Abebe Aregai Template:Flag Prime Minister Addis Ababa Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
William Morrison 1961 Template:Flag Governor-General Canberra Template:Flag Illness – pulmonary embolismTemplate:Sfn
Rafael Trujillo Template:Flag Generalissimo Ciudad Trujillo Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Nicola Canali Template:Flag/Holy See President of the Governorate & President of the Pontifical Commission Template:Flag/Holy See Illness – pneumonia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Louis Rwagasore Template:Flagicon image Burundi Prime Minister Bujumbura Template:Flagicon image Burundi Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Saftar Jafarov Template:Flag Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Baku Template:Flag Illness – cardiovascular disease
Sylvanus Olympio 1963 Template:Flag President Lomé Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole Template:Flag Head of State (O le Ao o le Malo) Apia Template:Flag IllnessTemplate:Sfn
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Template:Flag President Jerusalem Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Ngo Dinh Diem Template:Flag President Saigon Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
John F. Kennedy Template:Flag President Dallas Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Sarit Thanarat Template:Flag Prime Minister Bangkok Template:Flag Illness – heart and liver diseaseTemplate:Sfn
Jigme Palden Dorji 1964 Template:Flag Prime Minister Phuntsholing Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Dimitar Ganev Template:Flag Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly Sofia Template:FlagTemplate:Sfn
Milton Margai Template:Flag Prime Minister Freetown Template:Flag IllnessTemplate:Sfn
Jawaharlal Nehru Template:Flag Prime Minister New Delhi Template:Flag Internal haemorrhage, stroke, and heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Aleksander Zawadzki Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of State Warsaw Template:Flag Illness – cancerTemplate:Sfn
Otto Grotewohl Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of Ministers Berlin Template:Flag Illness – brain haemorrhage<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Slobodan Penezić Template:Flag President of the Executive Council Šopić Template:Flag Accident – car crash<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Pierre Ngendandumwe 1965 Template:Flag Prime Minister Bujumbura Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Hassan Ali Mansur Template:Flag Prime Minister Tehran Template:Flag Complications from gunshot woundTemplate:Sfn
Luis Giannattasio Template:Flag President Punta del Este Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Adolf Schärf Template:Flag President Vienna Template:Flag Illness – influenza and liver diseaseTemplate:Sfn
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Template:Flag President of the State Council Bucharest Template:Flag Illness – lung cancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Hasan Brkić Template:Flag President of the Executive Council Sarajevo Template:Flag
Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966 Template:Flag Prime Minister Tashkent Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Efn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Template:Flag Prime Minister Lagos Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Chris Soumokil Template:Flag President Ubi Island Template:Flag Execution by firing squad<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Abdul Salam Arif Template:Flag President Al Nashwa Template:Flag Accident – plane crashTemplate:Sfn
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi Template:Flag Head of State Lagelu Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
René Schick Template:Flag President Managua Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Hendrik Verwoerd Template:Flag Prime Minister Cape Town Template:Flag Assassination – stabbing<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Georges Vanier 1967 Template:Flag Governor General Ottawa Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Donald Burns Sangster Template:Flag Prime Minister Montreal Illness – subarachnoid haemorrhageTemplate:Sfn
Léon M'ba Template:Flag President Paris Template:Flag Illness – cancerTemplate:Sfn
Óscar Diego Gestido Template:Flag President Montevideo Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Harold Holt Template:Flag Prime Minister Cheviot Beach Template:Flag Disappeared; presumed drowning<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Peter Mohr Dam 1968 Template:Flag Prime Minister Tórshavn Template:Flag
Levi Eshkol 1969 Template:Flag Prime Minister Jerusalem Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
René Barrientos Template:Flag President Arque Template:Flag Accident – helicopter crashTemplate:Sfn
Zakir Husain Template:Flag President New Delhi Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Ho Chi Minh Template:Flag Chairman of the Workers' Party and President Hanoi Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke Template:Flag President Las Anod Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
David Rose Template:Flag Governor-General London Template:Flag Accident – crushed<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Artur da Costa e Silva Template:Flag President Rio de Janeiro Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Saïd Mohamed Cheikh 1970 Template:Flag President of the Government Council Soavinandriana Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Bjarni Benediktsson Template:Flag Prime Minister Þingvellir Template:Flag Accident – fireTemplate:Sfn
Gamal Abdel Nasser Template:Flag President and Prime Minister Cairo Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Yusof bin Ishak Template:Flag President Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
François Duvalier 1971 Template:Flag President for life Port-au-Prince Template:Flag Illness – diabetes and heart disease<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
William Tubman Template:Flag President London Template:Flag Complications following prostate surgeryTemplate:Sfn
Wasfi al-Tal Template:Flag Prime Minister Cairo Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Abeid Karume 1972 Template:Flag President Zanzibar City Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Jamsrangiin Sambuu Template:Flag Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural Ulaanbaatar Template:Flag Illness – cancerTemplate:Sfn
Leonard Williams Template:Flag Governor-General Port Louis Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Richard Sharples 1973 Template:Flag Governor Hamilton Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Walter Ulbricht Template:Flag Chairman of the State Council Templin Template:Flag Illness – heart failureTemplate:Sfn
Salvador Allende Template:Flag President Santiago Template:Flag Suicide – gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn
Luis Carrero Blanco Template:Flag Prime Minister Madrid Template:Flag Assassination – bombing<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Franz Jonas 1974 Template:Flag President Vienna Template:Flag Illness – stomach cancerTemplate:Sfn
Georges Pompidou Template:Flag President (also Co-Prince of Andorra) Paris Template:Flag Illness – Waldenström's macroglobulinemia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Juan Perón Template:Flag President Buenos Aires Template:Flag Illness – heart and kidney failureTemplate:Sfn
Norman Eric Kirk Template:Flag Prime Minister Wellington Template:Flag Illness – heart failureTemplate:Sfn
Erskine Childers Template:Flag President Dublin Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Richard Ratsimandrava 1975 Template:Flag President Antananarivo Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Chiang Kai-shek Template:Flag President Taipei Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
François Tombalbaye Template:Flag President and Prime Minister N'Djamena Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Long Boret Template:Flag Prime Minister Phnom Penh Template:Flag Execution by firing squadTemplate:Sfn
Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II Template:Flag Prime Minister Apia Template:Flag
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Template:Flag President Dhaka Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Francisco Franco Template:Flag Head of State (Caudillo) Madrid Template:Flag Illness – complications of heart disease, kidney failure and gastric haemorrhageTemplate:Sfn
Zhou Enlai 1976 Template:Flag Premier Beijing Template:Flag Illness – bladder cancer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Abdul Razak Hussein Template:Flag Prime Minister London Template:Flag Illness – leukemiaTemplate:Sfn
Murtala Mohammed Template:Flag Head of the Federal Military Government Lagos Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed Template:Flag President Inchiri Template:Flag Killed in action<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Zhu De Template:Flag Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Beijing Template:Flag
Joël Rakotomalala Template:Flag Prime Minister Antsirabe Template:Flag Accident – helicopter crashTemplate:Sfn
Arleigh Winston Scott Template:Flag Governor-General St. Michael Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Mao Zedong Template:Flag Chairman of the Central Committee Beijing Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Džemal Bijedić 1977 Template:Flag President of the Federal Executive Council Kreševo Template:Flag Accident – plane crashTemplate:Sfn
Tafari Benti Template:Flag Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council Addis Ababa Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Template:Flag President New Delhi Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Marien Ngouabi Template:Flag President Brazzaville Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Makarios III Template:Flag President Nicosia Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Ibrahim al-Hamdi Template:Flag President Sana'a Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Mohammed Daoud Khan 1978 Template:Flagdeco Afghanistan President Kabul Template:Flagdeco Afghanistan Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw Template:Flag Premier Basseterre Template:Flag Illness – prostate cancer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ahmad al-Ghashmi Template:Flag President Sana'a Template:Flag Assassination – bombingTemplate:Sfn
Salim Rubai Ali Template:Flag President Aden Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Francisco Mendes Template:Flag Prime Minister Bissau Template:Flag Accident – car crashTemplate:Sfn
Nico Diederichs Template:Flag State President Cape Town Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Jomo Kenyatta Template:Flag President Mombasa Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
John Wrathall Template:Flag President Salisbury Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Botha Sigcau Template:Flag President Umtata Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Houari Boumediene Template:Flag President Algiers Template:Flag Illness – Waldenström's macroglobulinemiaTemplate:Sfn
Milo Butler 1979 Template:Flag Governor-General Nassau Template:Flag IllnessTemplate:Sfn
Jean-Marie Villot Template:Flag/Holy See Cardinal Secretary of State Template:Flag/Holy See Illness – bronchopneumonia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Mashiur Rahman Template:Flag Chief Minister Dhaka Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Paul Southwell Template:Flag Premier Castries Template:Flag Heart attack
Ahmed Ould Bouceif Template:Flag Prime Minister Off the coast of Dakar Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Agostinho Neto Template:Flag President Moscow Template:Flag Illness – pancreatic cancerTemplate:Sfn
Maphevu Dlamini Template:Flag Prime Minister Mbabane Template:FlagTemplate:Sfn
Park Chung Hee Template:Flag President Seoul Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Hafizullah Amin Template:Flagdeco Afghanistan General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council
and Chairman of the Council of Ministers		 Kabul Template:Flagdeco Afghanistan Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Tôn Đức Thắng 1980 Template:Flag President Hanoi Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
William Tolbert Template:Flag President Monrovia Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Josip Broz Tito Template:Flag Leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and President Ljubljana Template:Flag Illness – heart failure<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
J. A. G. S. McCartney Template:Flag Chief Minister Vineland Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Masayoshi Ōhira Template:Flag Prime Minister Tokyo Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Seretse Khama Template:Flag President Gaborone Template:Flag Illness – pancreatic cancerTemplate:Sfn
Abdelhamid Sharaf Template:Flag Prime Minister Amman Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Francisco Sá Carneiro Template:Flag Prime Minister Loures Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref name="LocheryPortugal">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Efn
Sultan Ibraimov Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of Ministers Cholpon-Ata Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Eric Williams 1981 Template:Flag Prime Minister Port of Spain Template:FlagTemplate:Sfn
Benjamin Henry Sheares Template:Flag President Template:Flag Cerebral haemorrhageTemplate:Sfn
Jaime Roldós Aguilera Template:Flag President Celica Template:Flag Accident – plane crashTemplate:SfnTemplate:Efn
Ziaur Rahman Template:Flag President Chittagong Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Omar Torrijos Template:Flag Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution Penonomé Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Mohammad-Ali Rajai Template:Flag President Tehran Template:Flag Assassination – bombingTemplate:Sfn
Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Prime Minister Assassination – bombingTemplate:Sfn
Anwar Sadat Template:Flag President and Prime Minister Cairo Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Mehmet Shehu Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of Ministers Tirana Template:Flag Suicide – gunshotTemplate:Efn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Antonio Guzmán Fernández 1982 Template:Flag President Santo Domingo Template:Flag Suicide – gunshotTemplate:Sfn
Bachir Gemayel Template:Flag President-elect Beirut Template:Flag Assassination – bombing<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Leonid Brezhnev Template:Flag General Secretary of the Communist Party
and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet		 Zarechye Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Willi Ritschard 1983 Template:Flag Member of the Federal Council Grenchenberg Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Deighton Lisle Ward 1984 Template:Flag Governor-General Template:Flag<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Yuri Andropov Template:Flag General Secretary of the Communist Party
and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet		 Moscow Template:Flag Illness – kidney failure<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ahmed Sékou Touré Template:Flag President Cleveland Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Edward Sokoine Template:Flag Prime Minister Morogoro Template:Flag Accident – car crashTemplate:Sfn
Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin Template:Flag Prime Minister Cairo Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Indira Gandhi Template:Flag Prime Minister New Delhi Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Chan Sy Template:Flag Chairman of the Council of Ministers Moscow Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Konstantin Chernenko 1985 Template:Flag General Secretary of the Communist Party
and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet		 Moscow Template:Flag Illness – heart failure and emphysema<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Tom Adams Template:Flag Prime Minister Saint Michael Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Enver Hoxha Template:Flag First Secretary of the Party of Labour Tirana Template:Flag Illness – complications from diabetes<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Tancredo Neves Template:Flag President-elect São Paulo Template:Flag Illness – infected leiomyomaTemplate:Efn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Haruo Remeliik Template:Flag President Koror Template:Flag Assassination – shooting
Forbes Burnham Template:Flag President Georgetown Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Template:Flag Governor-General Port Louis Template:Flag IllnessTemplate:Sfn
Olof Palme 1986 Template:Flag Prime Minister Stockholm Template:Flag Assassination – shooting
Lê Duẩn Template:Flag General Secretary of the Communist Party Hanoi Template:Flag Illness – lung and kidney diseaseTemplate:Sfn
Samora Machel Template:Flag President Mbuzini Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Efn
Edward Youde Template:Flag Governor Beijing Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Errol Barrow 1987 Template:Flag Prime Minister Bridgetown Template:FlagTemplate:Sfn
Rashid Karami Template:Flag Prime Minister Beirut Template:Flag Assassination – bombingTemplate:Sfn
Cedric Phatudi Template:Flag Chief Minister Lebowakgomo Template:Flag Illness – complications from diabetes and bone cancer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Thomas Sankara Template:Flag President Ouagadougou Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Seyni Kountché Template:Flag President of the Supreme Military Council Paris Template:Flag Illness – brain tumourTemplate:Sfn
Chiang Ching-kuo 1988 Template:Flag President Taipei Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Phạm Hùng Template:Flag Prime Minister Ho Chi Minh City Template:Flag Heart attackTemplate:Sfn
Patrick Mphephu Template:Flag President Thohoyandou Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite thesis</ref>
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Template:Flag President Bahawalpur Template:Flag Accident – plane crashTemplate:Sfn
Lazarus Salii Template:Flag President Koror Template:Flag Suicide – gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ruhollah Khomeini 1989 Template:Flag Supreme Leader Tehran Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
René Moawad Template:Flag President Beirut Template:Flag Assassination – bombingTemplate:Sfn
Ahmed Abdallah Template:Flag President Moroni Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Herbert Blaize Template:Flag Prime Minister St George's Template:Flag Illness – prostate cancerTemplate:Sfn
Ignatius Kilage Template:Flag Governor-General Port Moresby Template:Flag
Samuel Doe 1990 Template:Flag President Monrovia Template:Flag Assassination – tortureTemplate:Efn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Template:Flag Prime Minister Dubai Template:Flag IllnessTemplate:Sfn
Nasirdin Isanov 1991 Template:Flag Prime Minister Jalal-Abad–Osh Motorway Template:Flag Accident – car crashTemplate:Sfn
Artur Mkrtchyan 1992 Template:Flag Chairman of the Supreme Council Stepanakert Template:Flag/Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Mohamed Boudiaf Template:Flag Chairman of the High Council of State Annaba Template:Flag Assassination – shootingTemplate:Sfn
Kaysone Phomvihane Template:Flag President Vientiane Template:Flag IllnessTemplate:Sfn
Robert Rex Template:Flag Premier Alofi Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Turgut Özal 1993 Template:Flag President Ankara Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Efn
Ranasinghe Premadasa Template:Flag President Colombo Template:Flag Assassination – bombingTemplate:Sfn
Zhiuli Shartava Template:Flag Chairman of the Government Sukhumi Template:Flag/Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Melchior Ndadaye Template:Flag President Bujumbura Template:Flag Assassination – stabbing<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Template:Flag President Yamoussoukro Template:Flag Illness – prostate cancerTemplate:Sfn
József Antall Template:Flag Prime Minister Budapest Template:Flag Illness – lymphomaTemplate:Sfn
Penaia Ganilau Template:Flag President Washington, D.C. Template:Flag Illness – sepsis<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Cyprien Ntaryamira 1994 Template:Flag President Kigali Template:Flag Assassination – plane shot down<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Juvénal Habyarimana Template:Flag President
Agathe Uwilingiyimana Prime Minister Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Kim Il Sung Template:Flag General Secretary of the Workers' Party
and President		 Hyangsan Template:Flag Heart attack<ref name="Demick2010">Template:Cite book</ref>
Hamilton Lavity Stoutt 1995 Template:Flag Chief Minister Tortola Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Yitzhak Rabin Template:Flag Prime Minister Tel Aviv Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Nita Barrow Template:Flag Governor-General Bridgetown Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Dzhokhar Dudayev 1996 Template:Flag President Gekhi-Chu Template:Flag/Template:Flag Assassination – missile strike<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Mohamed Farrah Aidid Template:Flag PresidentTemplate:Efn Mogadishu Template:Flag Killed in action<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Amata Kabua Template:Flag President Honolulu Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Cheddi Jagan 1997 Template:Flag President Washington, D.C. Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai Template:Flag Prime Minister Bamyan Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Sani Abacha 1998 Template:Flag Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council Abuja Template:Flag Heart attack<ref name="AbachaNYT">Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim Template:Flag President Moroni Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Jumabek Ibraimov 1999 Template:Flag Prime Minister Bishkek Template:Flag Illness – stomach cancer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara Template:Flag President Niamey Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Vazgen Sargsyan Template:Flag Prime Minister Yerevan Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Franjo Tuđman Template:Flag President Zagreb Template:Flag Illness – stomach cancer, complications from surgery<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2000–present

Name Year Country Title Place of death Cause of death
Hafez al-Assad 2000 Template:Flag President Damascus Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Rosie Douglas Template:Flag Prime Minister Portsmouth Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Efn
Ionatana Ionatana Template:Flag Prime Minister Funafuti Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Laurent-Désiré Kabila 2001 Template:Flag President Kinshasa Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal 2002 Template:Flag President Pretoria Template:Flag Complications following surgery<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Charles Antrobus Template:Flag Governor-General Toronto Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Bernard Dowiyogo 2003 Template:Flag President Washington, D.C. Template:Flag Complications following heart surgery<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Zoran Đinđić Template:Flag Prime Minister Belgrade Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Pierre Charles 2004 Template:Flag Prime Minister Roseau Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Boris Trajkovski Template:Flag President Berkovići Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ezzedine Salim Template:Flag President of the Governing Council Baghdad Template:Flag Assassination – car bomb<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Thomas Klestil Template:Flag President Vienna Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> or illness – heart failure<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Yasser Arafat Template:Flag President Paris Template:Flag Disputed
Zurab Zhvania 2005 Template:Flag Prime Minister Tbilisi Template:Flag Accident – poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn
Gnassingbé Eyadéma Template:Flag President Near Tunis Template:Flag citation CitationClass=web

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Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum 2006 Template:Flag Prime Minister Gold Coast Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ibrahim Rugova Template:Flag President Pristina Template:Flag Illness – lung cancer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Saparmurat Niyazov Template:Flag President Ashgabat Template:Flag Illness – heart failure<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Pascal Yoadimnadji 2007 Template:Flag Prime Minister Paris Template:Flag Illness – brain haemorrhage<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Andranik Margaryan Template:Flag Prime Minister Yerevan Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Malietoa Tanumafili II Template:Flag Head of State (O le Ao o le Malo) Apia Template:Flag Illness – pneumonia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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John Compton Template:Flag Prime Minister Castries Template:Flag Stroke<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Soe Win Template:Flag Prime Minister Beijing Template:Flag Illness – leukemia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Levy Mwanawasa 2008 Template:Flag President Paris Template:Flag Stroke<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Lansana Conté Template:Flag President Conakry Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
João Bernardo Vieira 2009 Template:Flag President Bissau Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Omar Bongo Template:Flag President Barcelona Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Lech Kaczyński 2010 Template:Flag President Near Smolensk Template:Flag Accident – plane crash<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Template:Flag President Abuja Template:Flag Illness – pericarditis<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
David Thompson Template:Flag Prime Minister Saint Philip Template:Flag Illness – pancreatic cancer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Sergey Bagapsh 2011 Template:Flag President Moscow Template:Flag Illness – heart failure<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Muammar Gaddafi Template:Flag Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Sirte Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Kim Jong Il Template:Flag General Secretary of the Workers' Party Pyongyang Template:Flag Heart attack<ref name="BBC2011">Template:Cite news</ref>
Malam Bacai Sanhá 2012 Template:Flag President Paris Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Bingu wa Mutharika Template:Flag President Lilongwe Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
John Atta Mills Template:Flag President Accra Template:Flag Illness – intracerebral hemorrhage<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Meles Zenawi Template:Flag Prime Minister Brussels Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Hugo Chávez 2013 Template:Flag President Caracas Template:Flag Respiratory failure<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Zillur Rahman Template:Flag President Template:Flag Illness – lung infection<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Michael Sata 2014 Template:Flag President London Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Mohamed Abdelaziz 2016 Template:Flag Secretary General of the Polisario FrontTemplate:BreakPresident Tindouf Template:Flag Illness – lung cancer
Islam Karimov Template:Flag President Tashkent Template:Flag Illness – multiple organ failure<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Michael Ogio 2017 Template:Flag Governor-General Port Moresby Template:Flag Illness – multiple organ failure<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Baldwin Lonsdale Template:Flag President Port Vila Template:Flag Heart attack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Alexander Zakharchenko 2018 Template:Flag Head of the Republic and Prime Minister Donetsk Template:Flag/Template:Flag Assassination – bombing<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Gennadi Gagulia Template:Flag Prime Minister Miusera Template:Flag/Template:Flag Accident – car crash<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Trần Đại Quang Template:Flag President Hanoi Template:Flag Illness – viral disease<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Beji Caid Essebsi 2019 Template:Flag President Tunis Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva Template:Flag Prime Minister Auckland Template:Flag Illness – pneumonia<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Pierre Nkurunziza 2020 Template:Flag President Karuzi Template:Flag Illness – cardiac arrest;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> COVID-19 (suspected)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Amadou Gon Coulibaly Template:Flag Prime Minister Abidjan Template:Flag Illness – heart disease<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Template:Flag Prime Minister Rochester Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini Template:Flag Prime Minister Johannesburg Template:Flag Illness – COVID-19<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Hamed Bakayoko 2021 Template:Flag Prime Minister Freiburg im Breisgau Template:Flag Illness – cancer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
John Magufuli Template:Flag President Dar es Salaam Template:Flag Illness – heart condition<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Idriss Déby Template:Flag President Tibesti Template:Flag Killed in action<ref name="BBC">Template:Cite news</ref>
Jovenel Moïse Template:Flag President Port-au-Prince Template:Flag Assassination – shooting<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan 2022<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flag President Abu Dhabi Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Hage Geingob 2024 Template:Flag President Windhoek Template:Flag Illness – cancer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ebrahim Raisi Template:Flag President Varzaqan Template:Flag Accident – helicopter crash<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Nguyễn Phú Trọng Template:Flag General Secretary of the Communist Party Hanoi Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Didier Guillaume 2025 Template:Flag Minister of State Nice Template:Flag Illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ahmed al-Rahawi Template:Flag Prime MinisterTemplate:Efn Sanaa Template:Flag Assassination – airstrike<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

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References

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