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World Leaders Killed or Captured

A full rundown of world leaders who were killed or captured, with every year and outcome accounted for. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, then Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 and John F. Kennedy in 1963. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in 1975, followed by Anwar Sadat in 1981 and Indira Gandhi in 1984. Manuel Noriega got captured by U.S. forces in 1989, and Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995. Slobodan Milošević was arrested in 2001 and transferred to The Hague. Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003 and later executed in 2006. Charles Taylor was arrested in 2006 and Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in 2007. Muammar Gaddafi was killed during the civil war in 2011, the same year Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces and Laurent Gbagbo was captured. Abdul Hasib was killed in a U.S.-Afghan operation in 2017, and Qari Yasin was killed in a U.S. drone strike that same year. Nicolás Maduro was captured in 2026 and Ali Khamenei was killed in 2026. The graphic includes portraits, flags, and outcomes for each leader, with a note that many news sources and blogs were used to collect the information.

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World Leaders Killed or Captured

A full rundown of world leaders who were killed or captured, with every year and outcome accounted for. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, then Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 and John F. Kennedy in 1963. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in 1975, followed by Anwar Sadat in 1981 and Indira Gandhi in 1984. Manuel Noriega got captured by U.S. forces in 1989, and Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995. Slobodan Milošević was arrested in 2001 and transferred to The Hague. Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003 and later executed in 2006. Charles Taylor was arrested in 2006 and Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in 2007. Muammar Gaddafi was killed during the civil war in 2011, the same year Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces and Laurent Gbagbo was captured. Abdul Hasib was killed in a U.S.-Afghan operation in 2017, and Qari Yasin was killed in a U.S. drone strike that same year. Nicolás Maduro was captured in 2026 and Ali Khamenei was killed in 2026. The graphic includes portraits, flags, and outcomes for each leader, with a note that many news sources and blogs were used to collect the information.

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