Assassinated presidents in Asia

Ali Hosseini Khamenei was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in the 2026 Iran war. A member of the Khamenei family, he previously served as the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He held the title Grand Ayatollah, and his tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years and six months, made him the longest-serving head of state in West Asia at the time of his death.

3rd President of the Republic of Korea

President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh

President of North Yemen (1978–1990) and Yemen (1990–2012)

1st President of Georgia (1991–92)

South Vietnamese politician; President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963

4th General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

Afghanistan politician, former President of Afghanistan (1992-2001)

Iranian Prime Minister and President of Iran (1933-1981)

Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher (1929–1979)

politician, first President of Afghanistan (1973-1978)

Chief of Army Staff and President of Bangladesh (1936-1981)

Lebanese politician and militia commander and President of Lebanon (1947-1982)

Chinese warlord and politician (1875-1928)

President of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993

Syrian military leader and politician (1909–1964)

politician (1925-1989)

President of North Yemen from 1974 to 1977

President of North Yemen (1941-1978)

Tajik politician (1947–1992)