Politicians assassinated in the 1940s

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

Burmese revolutionary leader (1915-1947)

Egyptian Islamist leader and politician (1906—1949)

Italian philosopher, educator, fascist theoretician and politician (1875-1944)

Korean politician (1876–1949)

French admiral (1881-1942)

Swedish diplomat (1895–1948)

Imam (1869–1948)

Colombian politician (1903-1948)

Iranian academic (1890–1946)

President of Bolivia (1908-1946)

British politician, businessman and army officer (1880-1944)

Korean politician (1886–1947)

French equestrian (1887–1944)

Bulgarian politician and general (1887-1943)

Ukrainian Soviet journalist and playwright (1902–1949)

Egyptian politician (1888-1948)

Italian politician (1902-1943)

Yugoslav politician (1899-1949)

French politician and entomologist (1889-1944)

Hungarian politician from Romania (1892-1946)

Egyptian Prime Minister (1888-1945)

Syrian politician

German lawyer and politician (1902-1945)

Albanian politician (1887–1943)

Slovak politician

Iranian prime minister (1899-1949)

Vietnamese politician

French politician (1890-1944)

French politician (1888-1941)

Italian politician (1892–1945)

Belgian politician (1890-1944)

Vietnamese Trotskyist politician (1906-1945)

British colonial administrator

Korean politician (1889-1945)

Iraqi politician

Indian politician

Burmese politician

Burmese politician (1895-1948)

Burmese politician (1898-1947)

Burmese politician (1897-1947)

Dutch politician (1874-1943)

Burmese politician

Vietnamese litersty scholar

Korean politician (1894-1947)