This is a list of assassinated serving ambassadors.
List Photo Ambassador Post Place Country Date of death Killed by Envoys of Xerxes IPersian envoys to SpartaSparta Sparta481 B.C.Leonidas I Gaius FulciniusRoman envoys to FidenaeFidenaeRoman Republic438 B.C.On orders of Lars TolumniusLucius RosciusSpurius AntiusTullus CloeliusAmbassadors 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 IIAmbassadors of Hulagu KhanMongol ambassadors to the Ayyubid and Mamluk SultanateMayyafariqin Ayyubid SultanateA Jacobite priest was crucified on the orders of Ayyubid emir Al-Kamil MuhammadEgypt Mamluk SultanateSultan QutuzAmbassador of TimurTimurid ambassador to the Mamluk SultanateDamascus Mamluk SultanateOn orders of Mamluk viceroy, SudunAntonio RinconFrench Ambassador to the Ottoman EmpireRivoliVenetian Imperial GuardAlexander GriboyedovRussian Ambassador to PersiaTehranIranian mob Clemens von KettelerGerman Ambassador to ChinaBeijingBoxer rebel Wilhelm von MirbachGerman Ambassador to RussiaMoscowLeft Socialist RevolutionariesVatslav VorovskySoviet Representative to ItalyLausanneMaurice Conradi Rayko DaskalovBulgarian Minister Plenipotentiary to CzechoslovakiaPragueInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization Pyotr VoykovSoviet Ambassador to PolandWarsawBoris Kowerda Ceno bej KryeziuAlbanian Ambassador to CzechoslovakiaPragueAlkibijad BebiHenry GurneyUnited Kingdom High Commissioner in MalayaFraser's HillMembers of the Malayan Communist PartyKokkat Sankara PillaiFirst Secretary in High Commission of India in Ottawa, CanadaOttawa April 19, 1961Killed by a mentally unstable Yugoslav immigrant to CanadaJohn Gordon MeinUnited States Ambassador to GuatemalaGuatemala CityRebel Armed Forces Karl von SpretiWest German Ambassador to GuatemalaGuatemala CityRebel Armed Forces Vladimir RolovićYugoslav Ambassador to SwedenStockholmCroatian National ResistanceMarcel DupretBelgian Ambassador to MoroccoSkhiratArmy rebels during a coup d'état attempt against King Hassan IIGermain MbaGabonese Ambassador to JapanLibrevilleAfrican mercenaries led by Bob Denard Cleo A. Noel, Jr.United States Ambassador to SudanKhartoumBlack September Rodger DaviesUnited States Ambassador to CyprusNicosiaEOKA BDaniş Tunalıgil Turkish Ambassador to AustriaViennaJustice Commandos of the Armenian Genocideİsmail ErezTurkish Ambassador to FranceParisArmenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia Joaquin Zenteno AnayaBolivian Ambassador to FranceParisHugo Banzer regime Carlos AbdalaUruguayan Ambassador to ParaguayAsunciónCroatian Revolutionary BrotherhoodFrancis E. Meloy, Jr.United States Ambassador to LebanonBeirutPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Christopher Ewart-BiggsUnited Kingdom Ambassador to the Republic of IrelandDublinProvisional Irish Republican Army Taha Carım Turkish Ambassador to Holy SeeRomeJustice Commandos of the Armenian GenocideHéctor Hidalgo SoláArgentine Ambassador to VenezuelaBuenos Aires (disappearance)unknown Mario García IncháusteguiCuban Ambassador to JapanKuala Lumpurkilled in the deliberate crash of Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 Said HammamiPalestinian Liberation Organization Representative to the United KingdomLondonAbu Nidal Organization (alleged)Adolph DubsUnited States Ambassador to AfghanistanKabulSettam-e-Melli (alleged) Richard SykesUnited Kingdom Ambassador to the NetherlandsThe HagueProvisional Irish Republican Army Gottfried LessingEast German Ambassador to UgandaKampalaUganda National Liberation FrontArchibald Gardner DunnSouth African Ambassador to El SalvadorSan SalvadorFuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo MartíLouis DelamareFrench Ambassador to LebanonBeirutPro-Syrian militantsDomingo Garcia RodriguezCuban Ambassador to EgyptCairoRogue military gunmen during the Assassination of Anwar Sadat Abdul Razzak LaftaIraqi Ambassador to LebanonBeirutkilled in an embassy bombing by the Islamic Dawa PartyShlomo ArgovIsraeli Ambassador to the United KingdomLondon (shot on )Abu Nidal Organization Galip BalkarTurkish Ambassador to YugoslaviaBelgradeJustice Commandos of the Armenian GenocideLee Gye-cheolSouth Korean Ambassador to BurmaRangoonNorth Korean agents as part of an assassination plot against visiting South Korean President Chun Doo-hwanKhalifa Ahmad MubarakEmirati Ambassador to FranceParisAbu Nidal OrganizationSalih Mahdi AmmashIraqi Ambassador to FinlandHelsinkiBaathist Iraqi agentsPedro Manuel de AristeguiSpanish Ambassador to LebanonBeirutkilled by a rocketPhilippe BernardFrench Ambassador to ZaireKinshasa killed by a stray bullet during a looting rampage by local soldiersAlfredo Enrique Vargas-HirschVenezuelan Ambassador to JamaicaKingstonunknownMichael CourtneyApostolic Nuncio to BurundiBujumburaNational Forces of LiberationIhab el-SherifEgyptian ambassador to IraqBaghdad kidnapped and killed by al-Qaeda in Iraq J. Christopher StevensUnited States Ambassador to LibyaBenghaziAnsar al-ShariaJamal al-JamalPalestinian Ambassador to CzechiaPraguekilled by a bomb Andrei KarlovRussian Ambassador to TurkeyAnkaraMevlüt Mert AltıntaşKyriakos AmiridisGreek Ambassador to BrazilNova IguaçuSérgio MoreiraLuca AttanasioItalian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the CongoGoma unknown attackers during a kidnapping attempt
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