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List of heads of state and government who were sentenced to death
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This is an incomplete list of former heads of regimes, like presidents, prime ministers and monarchs, who were sentenced to death by the succeeding regime.
| Leader | Country | Born | Title | Died | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom of Romania | Prime minister (1940–1944) | Executed by firing squad | ||||
| Saddam Hussein | Ba'athist Iraq | President (1979–2003) | Executed by hanging | |||
| Kingdom of Bulgaria | Prime minister (1944) | Executed | ||||
| El Salvador | President (1858, 1859–1860, 1861–1863) | Executed by firing squad | ||||
| French First Republic France | President (1793–1794) | Executed by decapitation (guillotine) | ||||
| Turkey | President (1950–1960) | |||||
| Prime minister (1937–1939) | Sentence commuted; released in 1964 | |||||
| Pakistan | President (1971–1973) | |||||
| Prime minister (1973–1977) | Executed by hanging | |||||
| Central African Empire | Emperor (1976–1979) | |||||
| President (1966–1976) | Sentence commuted; released in 1993 | |||||
| People's Republic of Bulgaria | Prime minister (1943–1944) | Executed | ||||
| Socialist Republic of Romania | President (1967–1989) | Executed by firing squad | ||||
| Charles I of England | Kingdom of England | |||||
| Kingdom of Scotland | ||||||
| Kingdom of Ireland | King (1625–1649) | Executed by decapitation | ||||
| Chen Gongbo | Wang Jingwei regime | President (1944–1945) | Executed by firing squad | |||
| Chun Doo-hwan | Fifth Republic of Korea | President (1980–1988) | Sentence commuted; released in 1997 | |||
| Kingdom of Bulgaria | Prime minister (1940–1943) | Executed | ||||
| Kingdom of England | ||||||
| Kingdom of Ireland | Queen (1553) | Executed | ||||
| Pahlavi Iran | Prime minister (1965–1977) | Executed by firing squad | ||||
| Grenada Grenada | Prime minister (1979–1983) | Executed by firing squad | ||||
| Sheikh Hasina | Bangladesh | Prime Minister (1996–2001; 2009–2024) | Living | Convicted in absentia | ||
| Joseph Kabila | Democratic Republic of the Congo | President (2001–2019) | ||||
| Acting President (2001) | Living | Convicted in absentia | ||||
| Li Si | China (Qin dynasty) | Chancellor (? to 208 BCE) | Executed by waist chop | |||
| Liang Hongzhi | Reformed Government of the Republic of China | 1882 | Chairman (1938–1940) | Executed by firing squad | ||
| Louis XVI | Kingdom of France | King (1774–1792) | Executed by decapitation (guillotine) | |||
| Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) | Prime Minister (1960) | Executed by firing squad | ||||
| Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea | President (1968–1979) | Executed | ||||
| Federal Republic of Central America | President (1829, 1830–1834, 1835–1839) | Executed by firing squad | ||||
| Philippines | President (1965–1986) | Sentence commuted; released in 22 October 1940 | ||||
| Mary, Queen of Scots | Kingdom of Scotland | Queen of Scotland (1542–1567) | Beheaded by order of Queen Elizabeth I of England to prevent her inheriting the English throne. | |||
| Congo-Brazzaville | President (1963–1968) | |||||
| Prime minister (1963) | Executed | |||||
| Peljidiin Genden | Mongolian People's Republic | 1892 | President (1924–1927) | |||
| Prime minister (1932–1936) | Executed | |||||
| Turkey | Prime minister (1950–1960) | Executed by hanging | ||||
| Mengistu Haile Mariam | Ethiopia | Head of state (1977–1987) | ||||
| President (1987–1991) | Living | Convicted in absentia | ||||
| Pervez Musharraf | Pakistan | President (2001–2008) | Convicted in absentia. Ruling overturned by higher court. | |||
| Kingdom of Italy | Prime minister (1922–1943) | Executed by firing squad | ||||
| Hungarian People's Republic | Prime minister (1953–1955, 1956) | Executed by hanging | ||||
| Democratic Republic of Afghanistan | President (1987–1992) | Executed by hanging | ||||
| Nicholas II | Russian Empire | Emperor (1894–1917) | Executed | |||
| Georgios Papadopoulos | Greece | Prime Minister (1967–1973) | ||||
| Regent (1972–1973) | ||||||
| President (1973) | Sentence commuted to life imprisonment | |||||
| Vichy France | Head of state (1940–1944) | Sentence commuted to life imprisonment | ||||
| Norway | Minister president (1942–1945) | Executed by firing squad | ||||
| Liberia | President (1870–1871) | Sentenced to death, died in uncertain circumstances before sentence was carried out | ||||
| Sima Chi | China (Western Jin) | Emperor (307 to 311) | Executed prisoner of war | |||
| Sima Ye | China (Western Jin) | Emperor (313 to 316) | Executed prisoner of war | |||
| Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946) | Nationleader (1944–1945) | Executed | ||||
| Maximilian I | Second Mexican Empire Mexico | Emperor (1864–1867) | Executed by firing squad | |||
| Slovak Republic (1939–1945) | President (1939–1945) | Executed by hanging | ||||
| Omar al-Mukhtar | Flag of Cyrenaica.svg Libya | Ruler of Senussi Zawiyas (1896–1931) | Executed by hanging | |||
| Empire of Japan | Prime minister (1941–1944) | Executed by hanging | ||||
| Federal State of Austria | Chancellor (1938) | Executed by hanging | ||||
| Mali | President (1968–1991) | Sentence commuted; released in 2002 | ||||
| Independent State of Croatia | Prime Minister (1943–1945) | Executed | ||||
| Wen Tianxiang | China (Song dynasty) | Chancellor (1275–78) | Executed prisoner of war | |||
| Ying Ziying | China (Qin dynasty) | Unknown | Emperor (207 BC) | Executed prisoner of war | ||
| Zhao Gao | China (Qin dynasty) | Unknown | Chancellor (208 BC–207 BC) | Executed | ||
| Zhao Xian | China (Song dynasty) | Emperor (1274–76) | Executed | |||
| Banu Qurayza (modern day Saudi Arabia) | 6th century | Chief of the Banu Qurayza tribe | 627 AD | Executed by decapitation | ||
| Liberia | May 6, 1951 | Chairman of the People's Redemption Council (1980–1986) | ||||
| President (1986–1990) | Summarily executed | |||||
| Dahomey | President (1968–1969) | Convicted in absentia |
Footnotes
References
- 6 May 1868, in the [[Julian calendar]]
- 4 July 1918, in the Julian calendar
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