List of former heads of regimes who were sentenced to death
This is an incomplete list of former heads of regimes, like Presidents, Prime Ministers, Monarchs, who were sentenced to death by the succeeding regime following their removal from power.
| Names indexed by surnames | Countries | Dates born | Official positions | Dates died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonescu, Ion |  | 1882-06-15 | Prime minister (1940-1944) | 1946-06-01 | Executed by firing squad |
| Bagryanov, Ivan Ivanov |  | 1891-10-29 | Prime minister (1944) | 1945-02-01 | Executed |
| Bayar, Celal |  | 1883-05-16 | President (1950-1960), prime minister (1937-1939) | 1986-08-22 | Sentence commuted; released in 1964 |
| Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali |  | 1928-01-05 | President (1971-1973), prime minister (1973-1977) | 1979-04-04 | Executed by hanging |
| Bokassa, Jean-Bédel |  | 1921-02-22 | Emperor (1976-1979), president (1966-1976) | 1996-11-03 | Sentence commuted; released in 1993 |
| Bozhilov, Dobri | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1884-06-13 | Prime minister (1943-1944) | 1945-02-01 | Executed |
| Ceauşescu, Nicolae | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1918-01-26 | President (1967-1989) | 1989-12-25 | Executed by firing squad |
| Charles I of England |  |
1600-11-19 | King (1625-1649) | 1649-01-30 | Executed by decapitation |
| Chen Gongbo | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1892 | President (1944-1945) | 1946 | Executed by firing squad |
| Chun Doo-hwan | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1931-01-18 | President (1980-1988) | Living | Sentence commuted; released in 1997 |
| Filov, Bogdan | | 1883-04-09 | Prime minister (1940-1943) | 1945-02-02 | Executed |
| Hoveida, Amir-Abbas | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1919-02-18 | Prime minister (1965-1977) | 1979-04-07 | Executed by firing squad |
| Lady Jane Grey | | 1536/1537 | Queen (1553) | 1553-07-19 | Executed |
| Li Si | China (Qin dynasty) | -0280? | Chancellor (? to -0208) | -0208 | Executed by waist chop |
| Liang Hongzhi |  | 1882 | Chairman (1938-1940) | 1946-11 | Executed by firing squad |
| Louis XVI of France |  | 1754-08-23 | King (1774-1792) | 1793-01-21 | Executed by decapitation (guillotine) |
| Lumumba, Patrice | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1925-07-02 | Prime Minister (1960) | 1961-01-17 | Execution by firing squad |
| Macías Nguema, Francisco |  | 1924-01-01 | President (1968-1979) | 1979-09-29 | Executed |
| Mary, Queen of Scots |  | 1542-12-08 | Queen of Scotland (1542-1567) | 1587-02-08 | Beheaded by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England, to prevent her inheriting the English throne. |
| Massemba-Débat, Alphonse |  | 1921 | President (1963-1968), prime minister (1963) | 1977-03-25 | Executed |
| Menderes, Adnan | | 1899 | Prime minister (1950-1960) | 1961-09-17 | Executed by hanging |
| Mengistu Haile Mariam | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1937 or 1941 | Head of state (1977-1987), president (1987-1991) | Living | in absentia |
| Mussolini, Benito | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} | 1883-07-29 | Prime minister (1922-1943) | 1945-04-28 | Executed by firing squad |
| Nagy, Imre | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1896-06-07 | Prime minister (1953-1955, 1956) | 1958-06-16 | Executed by hanging |
| Najibullah, Mohammad | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1947 | President (1987-1992) | 1996-09-27 | Executed by hanging |
| Nicholas II of Russia |  | 1868-05-18[1] | Emperor (1894-1917) | 1918-07-17[2] | Executed |
| Pétain, Philippe | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1856-04-24 | Head of state (1940-1944) | 1951-07-23 | Sentence commuted to life imprisonment |
| Ferenc Szálasi | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1897-01-06 | Nationleader (1944-1945) | 1946-03-12 | Executed |
| Quisling, Vidkun |  | 1887-07-18 | Minister president (1942-1945) | 1945-10-24 | Executed by firing squad |
| Saddam Hussein | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1937-04-28 | President (1979-2003) | 2006-12-30 | Executed by hanging |
| Sima Chi | China (Western Jin) | 0284 | Emperor (0307 to 0311) | 0313-03-14 | Executed prisoner of war |
| Sima Ye | China (Western Jin) | 0300 | Emperor (0313 to 0316) | 0318-02-07 | Executed prisoner of war |
| Tiso, Jozef | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1887-10-13 | President (1939-1945) | 1947-04-18 | Executed by hanging |
| Tojo, Hideki | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1884-12-30 | Prime minister (1941-1944) | 1948-12-23 | Executed by hanging |
| Traoré, Moussa |  | 1936-09-25 | President (1968-1991) | Living | Sentence commuted; released in 2002 |
| Wen Tianxiang | China (Song dynasty) | 1236-06-06 | Chancellor (1275-78) | 1283-01-09 | Executed prisoner of war |
| Ying Ziying | China (Qin dynasty) | Unknown | Emperor (-0207) | -0206-01 | Executed prisoner of war |
| Zhao Gao | China (Qin dynasty) | Unknown | Chancellor (-0208 to -0207) | -0207 | Executed |
| Zhao Xian | China (Song dynasty) | 1271-11-02 | Emperor (1274-76) | 1323-05 | Executed |
| Zinsou, Émile |  | 1918-03-23 | President (1968-1969) | 2016-07-28 | in absentia |
| Marcos, Ferdinand | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1917-09-11 | President (1965-1986) | 1989-09-28 | Sentenced commuted; released in 22 October 1940 |
Footnotes
- 6 May 1868, in the Julian calendar
- 4 July 1918, in the Julian calendar
See also
- List of heads of regimes who were later imprisoned
External links
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