List of assassinated serving ambassadors explained

This is a list of assassinated serving ambassadors.[1] [2]

List

PhotoAmbassador PostPlaceCountryDate of deathKilled by
Envoys of Xerxes IPersian envoys to SpartaSpartaSparta481 B.C.Leonidas I
Gaius FulciniusRoman envoys to FidenaeFidenaeRoman Republic438 B.C.On orders of Lars Tolumnius
Lucius Roscius
Spurius Antius
Tullus Cloelius
Ambassadors of Genghis KhanMongol ambassadors to the Khwarezmian EmpireOtrar/UrgenchKhwarezmian EmpireA Mongolian trade caravan including ambassadors was massacred by Inalchuq. Later on, a Muslim ambassador was beheaded on orders of Sultan Muhammad II
Ambassadors of Hulagu KhanMongol ambassadors to the Ayyubid and Mamluk SultanateMayyafariqin Ayyubid SultanateA Jacobite priest was crucified on the orders of Ayyubid emir Al-Kamil Muhammad
Egypt
Mamluk Sultanate		Sultan Qutuz
Ambassador of TimurTimurid ambassador to the Mamluk SultanateDamascus Mamluk SultanateOn orders of Mamluk viceroy, Sudun
Antonio RinconFrench Ambassador to the Ottoman EmpireRivoliVenetian Imperial Guard
Alexander GriboyedovRussian Ambassador to PersiaTehranIranian mob
Clemens von KettelerGerman Ambassador to ChinaBeijing ChinaBoxer rebel
Wilhelm von MirbachGerman Ambassador to RussiaMoscowLeft Socialist Revolutionaries
Vatslav VorovskySoviet Representative to ItalyLausanne SwitzerlandMaurice Conradi
Rayko DaskalovBulgarian Minister Plenipotentiary to CzechoslovakiaPragueInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Pyotr VoykovSoviet Ambassador to PolandWarsaw PolandBoris Kowerda
Ceno bej KryeziuAlbanian Ambassador to CzechoslovakiaPragueAlkibijad Bebi
Henry GurneyUnited Kingdom High Commissioner in MalayaFraser's HillMembers of the Malayan Communist Party
Kokkat Sankara PillaiFirst Secretary in High Commission of India in Ottawa, Canada CanadaApril 19, 1961Killed by a mentally unstable Yugoslav immigrant to Canada
John Gordon MeinUnited States Ambassador to GuatemalaGuatemala City GuatemalaRebel Armed Forces
Karl von SpretiWest German Ambassador to GuatemalaGuatemala City GuatemalaRebel Armed Forces
Vladimir RolovićYugoslav Ambassador to SwedenStockholm SwedenCroatian National Resistance
Joaquin Zenteno AnayaBolivian Ambassador to FranceParis FranceHugo Banzer regime
Marcel DupretBelgian Ambassador to MoroccoSkhirat MoroccoArmy rebels during a coup d'état attempt against King Hassan II[3]
Germain MbaGabonese Ambassador to JapanLibreville GabonAfrican mercenaries led by Bob Denard
Cleo A. Noel, Jr.United States Ambassador to SudanKhartoum SudanBlack September
Rodger DaviesUnited States Ambassador to CyprusNicosia CyprusEOKA B
Daniş TunalıgilTurkish Ambassador to AustriaVienna AustriaJustice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide
İsmail ErezTurkish Ambassador to FranceParis FranceArmenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
Christopher Ewart-BiggsUnited Kingdom Ambassador to the Republic of IrelandDublin IrelandProvisional Irish Republican Army
Carlos AbdalaUruguayan Ambassador to ParaguayAsunción ParaguayCroatian Revolutionary Brotherhood
Francis E. Meloy, Jr.United States Ambassador to LebanonBeirut LebanonPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Taha CarımTurkish Ambassador to Holy SeeRome ItalyJustice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide
Héctor Hidalgo SoláArgentine Ambassador to VenezuelaBuenos Aires Argentina (disappearance)unknown
Mario García IncháusteguiCuban Ambassador to JapanKuala Lumpur Malaysia
Said HammamiPalestinian Liberation Organization Representative to the United KingdomLondon United KingdomAbu Nidal Organization (alleged)
Adolph DubsUnited States Ambassador to AfghanistanKabulSettam-e-Melli (alleged)
Richard SykesUnited Kingdom Ambassador to the NetherlandsThe Hague NetherlandsProvisional Irish Republican Army
Gottfried LessingEast German Ambassador to UgandaKampala UgandaUganda National Liberation Front
Archibald Gardner DunnSouth African Ambassador to El SalvadorSan Salvador El SalvadorFuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí
Louis DelamareFrench Ambassador to LebanonBeirut LebanonPro-Syrian militants
Domingo Garcia RodriguezCuban Ambassador to EgyptCairo Egypt
Abdul Razzak LaftaIraqi Ambassador to LebanonBeirut Lebanonkilled in an embassy bombing by the Islamic Dawa Party
Shlomo ArgovIsraeli Ambassador to the United KingdomLondon United Kingdom
(shot on)		Abu Nidal Organization
Galip BalkarTurkish Ambassador to YugoslaviaBelgradeJustice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide
Lee Gye-cheolSouth Korean Ambassador to BurmaRangoonNorth Korean agents as part of an assassination plot against visiting South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan
Khalifa Ahmad MubarakEmirati Ambassador to FranceParis United Arab EmiratesAbu Nidal Organization
Salih Mahdi AmmashIraqi Ambassador to FinlandHelsinki FinlandBaathist Iraqi agents
Pedro Manuel de AristeguiSpanish Ambassador to LebanonBeirut Lebanonkilled by a rocket
Philippe BernardFrench Ambassador to Zairekilled by a stray bullet during a looting rampage by local soldiers[4]
Alfredo Enrique Vargas-HirschVenezuelan Ambassador to JamaicaKingston Jamaicaunknown[5]
Michael CourtneyApostolic Nuncio to BurundiBujumburaNational Forces of Liberation
Ihab el-SherifEgyptian ambassador to Iraqkidnapped and killed by al-Qaeda in Iraq
J. Christopher StevensUnited States Ambassador to LibyaBenghazi LibyaAnsar al-Sharia
Jamal al-JamalPalestinian Ambassador to CzechiaPraguekilled by a bomb
Andrei KarlovRussian Ambassador to TurkeyAnkara TurkeyMevlüt Mert Altıntaş
Kyriakos AmiridisGreek Ambassador to BrazilNova Iguaçu BrazilSérgio Moreira
Luca AttanasioItalian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the CongoGomaunknown attackers during a kidnapping attempt

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Notes and References

  1. News: US Ambassadors Killed in the Line of Duty. Associated Press. 2012-09-12. 2012-09-12.
  2. Web site: How many U.S. Ambassadors have been killed by militants? . Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs United States Department of State . 2017-04-22 . 2019-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190712150518/https://history.state.gov/about/faq/ambassadors-killed . dead .
  3. The World: Morocco: Bloody Birthday . . 19 July 1971 . . 23 February 2021 .
  4. News: French Envoy to Zaire Killed in a Shooting. The New York Times . Associated Press. 2021-02-22. 2021-02-22.
  5. News: Venezuelan Ambassador Killed. Associated Press. 1997-11-06. 2020-01-03.

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