Top 10 Famous Political Leaders who were Assassinated
Top 10
Famous Political
Leaders who were Assassinated
10.
Liaquat Ali Khan:
Pakistan
Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, often simply referred as Liaquat, was one of the leading
Founding Fathers of modern Pakistan, statesman, lawyer, and political theorist who became and served as the first
Prime Minister of Pakistan; in addition, he was also the first
Defence minister, the first
Finance Minister of India, and the minister of
Commonwealth and
Kashmir Affairs from
1947 until his assassination in 1951
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9.
King Faisal:
Saudi Arabia
Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was
King of Saudi Arabia from
1964 to
1975. As king, he is credited with rescuing the country's finances and implementing a policy of modernization and reform, while his main foreign policy themes were pan-Islamism, anti-Communism, and pro-Palestinian nationalism. He successfully stabilized the kingdom's bureaucracy and his reign had significant popularity among
Saudis. In 1975, he was assassinated by his nephew
Faisal bin Musaid.
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8.
Benazir Bhutto: Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto; 21 June
1953 –
27 December 2007 was a
Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan for two non-consecutive terms from
1988 to
1990 and then from
1993 to
1996.
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7.
Indira Gandhi:
India
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was the third
Prime Minister of India and a central figure of the
Indian National Congress party.
6.
Rafic Hariri:
Lebanon
Rafic
Baha El
Deen Al Hariri was a business tycoon and the
Prime Minister of Lebanon from
1992 to
1998 and again from
2000 until his resignation,
20 October 2004
. He headed five cabinets during his tenure.
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5.
Thomas D’Arcy McGee:
Canada
Thomas D'Arcy Etienne Hughes McGee, PC, was an
Irish Nationalist,
Catholic spokesman, journalist, and a
Father of
Canadian Confederation.
4.
Mahatma Gandhi: India
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of
Indian independence movement in British-ruled
India.
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3.
Abraham Lincoln:
USA
Abraham Lincoln was the
16th president of the
United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
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2.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: United States
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an
American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the
African-American Civil Rights Movement.
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1.
John F. Kennedy: USA
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, commonly known as
Jack Kennedy, or by his initials
JFK, was an
American politician who served as the
35th President of the United States from
January 1961 until his assassination in
November 1963.
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Top 10 Famous Political Leaders who were Assassinated
Top 10 Famous Political Leaders who were Assassinated