List of killed ambassadors
This is a list of ambassadors and similar diplomats who were killed during their active careers.
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Alexander Griboyedov , Russian Ambassador to Iran
Clemens von Ketteler , German diplomat in China
Wilhelm von Mirbach , German Ambassador to Russia
Pyotr Voykow , Soviet Ambassador to Poland
Site of the murder of Richard Sykes at Westeinde in The Hague.
Arnold Lewis Raphel , United States Ambassador to Pakistan
J. Christopher Stevens , United States Ambassador to Libya, died in the Benghazi attack
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| diplomat | Post | place | Country | date | circumstances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Rincon | French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire | Rivoli |
 Republic of Venice
|
July 3, 1541 | presumably killed by imperial troops |
| Alexander Griboyedov | Russian ambassador to Persia | Tehran |
 Persia
|
February 11, 1829 | killed by Iranian insurgents |
| Clemens von Ketteler | German ambassador to China | Beijing |
.svg){kind=small} Empire of China
|
June 20, 1900 | killed during the Boxer Rebellion |
| Grigoriy Shterbina | Russian diplomat to Turkey | Vilayet Kosovo |
 Ottoman Empire
|
April 10, 1903 | killed by Albanian sergeant |
| Wilhelm von Mirbach | German ambassador to Russia | Moscow |
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|
June 6, 1918 | killed by left SRs |
| Pyotr Wojkov | Soviet ambassador to Poland | Warsaw |
.svg){kind=small} Second Polish Republic
|
June 7, 1927 | killed by Boris Kowerda |
| Henry Gurney | United Kingdom High Commissioner in Malaya | Fraser's Hill (Sankarakhiri ) |
 Federation of Malaya
|
October 6, 1951 | killed by supporters of the Malay Communist Party |
| John Mein | United States Ambassador to Guatemala | Guatemala City |
 Guatemala
|
August 28, 1968 | killed by the FAR |
| Karl von Spreti | German ambassador to Guatemala | Guatemala City |
Guatemala
|
May 4th 1970 | killed by the FAR |
| Vladimir Rolović | Yugoslav Ambassador to Sweden | Stockholm |
 Sweden
|
April 15, 1971 | killed by the Hrvatski narodni otpor |
| Joaquin Zenteno Anaya | Bolivian Ambassador to France | Paris |
 France
|
April 15, 1971 | killed by the regime of Hugo Banzer |
| Germain Mba | Gabonese ambassador to Japan | Libreville |
 Gabon
|
5th November 1971 | killed by African mercenaries, led by Bob Denard |
| Cleo Noel | United States Ambassador to Sudan | Khartoum |
 Sudan
|
3rd February 1973 | killed by Black September |
| Rodger Davies | United States Ambassador to Cyprus | Nicosia |
 Cyprus
|
19th August 1974 | killed by EOKA-B |
| İsmail Erez | Turkish ambassador to France | Paris |
France
|
October 24, 1975 | killed by the Armenian secret army for the liberation of Armenia |
| Daniş Tunalıgil | Turkish ambassador to Austria | Vienna |
 Austria
|
October 11, 1975 | killed by the justice squads of the Armenian genocide |
| Christopher Ewart-Biggs | UK Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland | Dublin |
 Ireland
|
June 21, 1976 | killed by the IRA |
| Carlos Abdala | Uruguayan Ambassador to Paraguay | Asunción |
 Paraguay
|
5th November 1976 | killed by the Hrvatsko revolucionarno bratstvo |
| Francis Meloy | United States Ambassador to Lebanon | Beirut |
 Lebanon
|
June 16, 1976 | killed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
| Taha Carim | Turkish Ambassador to the Holy See | Rome |
 Italy
|
June 9, 1977 | killed by the justice squads of the Armenian genocide |
| Adolph Dubs | United States Ambassador to Afghanistan | Kabul |
.svg){kind=small} Afghanistan
|
February 14, 1979 | killed by the Settam e Melli movement |
| Richard Sykes | Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands | The hague |
 Netherlands
|
March 22, 1979 | killed by the IRA |
| Archibald Gardner Dunn | South African Ambassador to El Salvador | San Salvador |
 El Salvador
|
October 8, 1980 | killed by forerunners of the FMLN |
| Louis Delamare | French ambassador to Lebanon | Beirut |
Lebanon
|
5th September 1981 | killed by pro-Iranian hitmen |
| Shlomo Argov | Israel Ambassador to the United Kingdom | London |
 United Kingdom
|
3rd June 1982 | Attack by the Abu Nidal organization , Argov died in 2003 of the long-term consequences |
| Galip Balkar | Turkish ambassador to Yugoslavia | Belgrade |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
March 9, 1983 | killed by the justice squads of the Armenian genocide |
| Lee Gye-cheol | South Korean Ambassador to Burma | Rangoon |
.svg){kind=small} Burma
|
October 9, 1983 | killed by North Korean agents |
| Saleh Mehdi Amash | Iraqi Ambassador to Finland | Helsinki |
 Finland
|
January 30, 1985 | killed by agents of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party |
| Arnold Raphel | United States Ambassador to Pakistan | Bahawalpur |
 Pakistan
|
17th August 1988 | Plane crash (controversial) |
| Pedro Manuel de Aristegui | Spanish ambassador to Lebanon | Beirut |
Lebanon
|
April 16, 1989 | killed by rocket fire |
| Alfredo Enrique Vargas-Hirsch | Venezuelan Ambassador to Jamaica | Kingston |
 Jamaica
|
November 6, 1997 | shot in his apartment |
| Michael Courtney | Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi | Bujumbura |
 Burundi
|
December 29, 2003 | killed by Forces Nationales de Liberation |
| J. Christopher Stevens | United States Ambassador to Libya | Benghazi |
 Libya
|
September 11, 2012 | killed by Ansar al-Sharia |
| Jamal al-Jamal | Palestinian Ambassador to the Czech Republic | Prague |
 Czech Republic
|
1st of January 2014 | killed by bomb attack |
| Andrei Karlov | Russian ambassador to Turkey | Ankara |
 Turkey
|
19th December 2016 | killed by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş |
| Kyriakos Amiridis | Greek ambassador to Brazil | Nova Iguaçu |
 Brazil
|
December 26, 2016 | killed by Sérgio Moreira |
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Ambassadors Killed in the Line of Duty . In: Associated Press , September 12, 2012.
- ↑ How many US Ambassadors have been killed by militants? . Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs United States Department of State.
- ↑ Venezuelan Ambassador Killed . In: Associated Press , November 6, 1997. Retrieved January 3, 2020.