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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime minister (1940–1944) | Executed by firing squad | |||||
| Prime minister (1944) | Executed | |||||
| President (1950-1960) Prime minister (1937–1939) | Sentence commuted; released in 1964 | |||||
| President (1971–1973) Prime minister (1973–1977) | Executed by hanging | |||||
| Emperor (1976–1979) President (1966–1976) | Sentence commuted; released in 1993 | |||||
| Prime minister (1943–1944) | Executed | |||||
| President (1967–1989) | Executed by firing squad | |||||
| King (1625–1649) | Executed by decapitation | |||||
| Collaborationist China | President (1944–1945) | Executed by firing squad | ||||
| President (1980–1988) | November 23, 2021 | Sentence commuted; released in 1997 | ||||
| Prime minister (1940–1943) | Executed | |||||
| Prime minister (1965–1977) | Executed by firing squad | |||||
| Queen (1553) | Executed | |||||
| China (Qin dynasty) | Chancellor (? to 208 BCE) | Executed by waist chop | ||||
| Collaborationist China | 1882 | Chairman (1938–1940) | 1946-11 | Executed by firing squad | ||
| King (1774–1792) | Executed by decapitation (guillotine) | |||||
| Prime Minister (1960) | Executed by firing squad | |||||
| President (1968–1979) | Executed | |||||
| President (1965–1986) | Sentence commuted; released in 22 October 1940 | |||||
| Queen of Scotland (1542–1567) | Beheaded by order of Queen Elizabeth I of England to prevent her inheriting the English throne. | |||||
| President (1963–1968) Prime minister (1963) | Executed | |||||
| Prime minister (1950–1960) | Executed by hanging | |||||
| Head of state (1977-1987) President (1987-1991) | Living | Convicted in absentia | ||||
| Prime minister (1922–1943) | Executed by firing squad | |||||
| Prime minister (1953–1955, 1956) | Executed by hanging | |||||
| President (1987–1992) | Executed by hanging | |||||
| [1] | Emperor (1894–1917) | [2] | Executed | |||
| Head of state (1940–1944) | Sentence commuted to life imprisonment | |||||
| Minister president (1942–1945) | Executed by firing squad | |||||
| President (1870–1871) | Sentenced to death, died in uncertain circumstances before sentence was carried out | |||||
| President (1979–2003) | Executed by hanging | |||||
| China (Western Jin) | Emperor (307 to 311) | Executed prisoner of war | ||||
| China (Western Jin) | Emperor (313 to 316) | Executed prisoner of war | ||||
| Nationleader (1944–1945) | Executed | |||||
| President (1939–1945) | Executed by hanging | |||||
| Prime minister (1941–1944) | Executed by hanging | |||||
| President (1968–1991) | Sentence commuted; released in 2002 | |||||
| China (Song dynasty) | Chancellor (1275–78) | Executed prisoner of war | ||||
| China (Qin dynasty) | Unknown | Emperor (207 BC) | Executed prisoner of war | |||
| China (Qin dynasty) | Unknown | Chancellor (208 BC–207 BC) | Executed | |||
| China (Song dynasty) | Emperor (1274–76) | Executed | ||||
| President (1968-–) | Convicted in absentia | |||||
| Prime Minister (1967–1973) Regent (1972-1973) President (June 1 to November 25, 1973) | Sentence commuted to life imprisonment |