List of heads of state and government who died by suicide
A number of heads of state and heads of government have died as a result of suicide, either while in office or after leaving office. National leaders who die by suicide while in office generally do so because their leadership is under threat – for instance, by a coup or an invading army. Some have done so under compulsion.
Heads of state
| Name | State | Year | In office? | Method | (Probable) motive | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhou | Shang dynasty | 1046 BC | Yes | Immolation | Impending defeat by rebels under Jiang Ziya | [1] |
| Zimri | Israel | 885 BC? | Impending defeat by rebels under Omri | [2] | ||
| Rusa I | Urartu | 714 BC | Stabbing | Defeat by Sargon II, looting of Musasir | [3] | |
| Midas | Phrygia | 676 BC? | Poisoning | Impending defeat by the Cimmerians | [4] | |
| Šamaš-šuma-ukin (disputed) | Babylonia | 648 BC | Immolation | Defeat by Ashurbanipal | [5] | |
| Cheng | Chu | 626 BC | Hanging | Palace coup by Prince Shangchen | [6] | |
| Sîn-šar-iškun (disputed) | Assyria | 612 BC | Defeat by Nabopolassar | [7] | ||
| Ling | Chu | 529 BC | Hanging | Palace coup by Duke Qiji of Cai | [8] | |
| Psamtik III | Egypt | 525 BC | No | Poisoning | Defeated and deposed by the Achaemenid king Cambyses II | [4] |
| Cleomenes I (disputed) | Sparta | 490 BC | Yes | Mutilation by sword | Imprisonment on grounds of insanity | [9] |
| Fuchai | Wu | 473 BC | Hanging or slitting throat (disputed) | Defeat by Goujian of Yue | [10] | |
| Chetaka | Licchavi Republic | 468 BC | Drowning | Defeat by Ajatashatru of Magadha | [11] | |
| Huai | Qin | 425 BC | Compelled after palace coup | [12] | ||
| Chandragupta Maurya (disputed) | Maurya Empire | 295 BC | No | Starvation (sallekhana) | Piety | [13] |
| Cleomenes III | Sparta | 219 BC | Failure of revolt against Ptolemy IV | [14] | ||
| Qin Er Shi | Qin dynasty | 207 BC | Yes | Compelled after palace coup by Zhao Gao | [15] | |
| Xiang Yu | Chu | 202 BC | Slitting throat | Defeat by Liu Bang at the Battle of Gaixia | [16] | |
| An Dương Vương | Âu Lạc | 179 BC | Drowning | Defeat by Zhao Tuo | [17] | |
| Quintus Fulvius Flaccus | Roman Republic | 172 BC | No | Hanging | Depression after death of son | [18] |
| Diaeus | Achaean League | 146 BC | Yes | Poisoning | Defeat by Romans under Lucius Mummius | [19][20] |
| Diodotus Tryphon (disputed) | Seleucid Empire | 138 BC | Defeat by Antiochus VII Sidetes | [21] | ||
| Gaius Papirius Carbo | Roman Republic | 119 BC | No | Poisoning | Prosecution for treason | [22] |
| Gnaeus Papirius Carbo | Roman Republic | 112 BC | Prosecution for losing the Battle of Noreia | [23] | ||
| Gaius Marius the Younger | Roman Republic | 82 BC | Yes | Defeat at the Battle of the Colline Gate and impending capture by Sulla | [24] | |
| Gaius Norbanus | Roman Republic | 82 BC | No | Threat of extradition from Rhodes after proscription by Sulla | [25] | |
| Mithridates VI Eupator | Pontus | 63 BC | Yes | Stabbed by bodyguard on command after failed poisoning | Impending defeat by rebellion | [26] |
| Ptolemy of Cyprus | Cyprus | 58 BC | Poisoning | Threat of Roman annexation | [27] | |
| Juba I | Numidia | 46 BC | Duel as part of suicide pact with Marcus Petreius | Impending defeat by Julius Caesar after the Battle of Thapsus | [19] | |
| Mark Antony | Roman Republic | 30 BC | No | Stabbing | Defeat by Octavian at the Battle of Alexandria | [28] |
| Cleopatra VII Philopator | Ptolemaic Kingdom | 30 BC | Yes | Poisoning | Death of Mark Antony and defeat by Octavian | [29] |
| Nero | Roman Empire | 68 | Stabbing (assisted by Epaphroditus) | Impending overthrow | [19] | |
| Otho | Roman Empire | 69 | Stabbing | Impending defeat by Vitellius | [30] | |
| Decebalus | Dacia | 106 | Slitting throat | Defeat by Trajan | [31] | |
| Uthiyan Cheralathan | Chera dynasty | 130? | Starvation (vaṭakkiruttal) | Defeat by Karikala at the Battle of Venni | [32] | |
| Gordian I | Roman Empire | 238 | Hanging | Death of son and co-emperor Gordian II at the Battle of Carthage | [33] | |
| Sun Liang | Eastern Wu | 260 | No | Accused of plotting to assassinate successor after deposition | [34] | |
| Bongsang | Goguryeo | 300 | Yes | Hanging | Palace coup owing to popular unrest | [35] |
| Maximian | Roman Empire | 310 | No | Failure of rebellion against Constantine I | [36] | |
| Diocletian (disputed) | Roman Empire | 312? | Starvation | Fear of reprisal by Constantine I | [37] | |
| Li Qi | Cheng Han | 338 | Hanging | Palace coup and deposition by Li Shou | [38] | |
| Lü Shao | Later Liang | 400 | Yes | Palace coup by Lü Zuan | [39] | |
| Juqu Mujian | Northern Liang | 447 | No | Compelled by Taiwu of Northern Wei on suspicion of plotting rebellion | [40] | |
| Yujiulü Anagui | Rouran Khaganate | 552 | Yes | Defeat by Turkic rebellion led by Bumin Qaghan | [41] | |
| Gao Wei | Northern Qi | 577? | No | Compelled by Wu of Northern Zhou on suspicion of plotting rebellion | [42] | |
| Kōbun | Japan | 672 | Yes | Strangulation | Defeat by Prince Ōama in Jinshin War | [43][44] |
| Huigang | Silla | 838 | Hanging | Impending defeat by rebels under Kim Myeong | [45] | |
| Zhangxin Qaghan | Uyghur Khaganate | 839 | Defeat by Zhuyue Chixin | [46] | ||
| Zhu Yougui | Later Liang | 913 | Palace coup by Zhu Youzhen | [47] | ||
| Zhu Youzhen | Later Liang | 923 | Impending defeat by Later Tang | [48] | ||
| Gyeongae | Silla | 927 | Compelled after defeat by Kyŏn Hwŏn | [49] | ||
| Li Congke | Later Tang | 937 | Immolation | Impending defeat by Taizong of Liao | [50] | |
| Marasimha II | Western Ganga dynasty | 975 | No | Starvation (sallekhana) | Failure against Siyaka and Tailapa II, piety | [51] |
| Indra IV | Rashtrakuta | 982 | Collapse of Rashtrakuta, failure against Tailapa II, piety | [51] | ||
| Jayapala | Hindu Shahis | 1001 | Immolation | Defeat by Mahmud of Ghazni and abdication | [52] | |
| Someshvara I | Western Chalukya Empire | 1068 | Yes | Drowning | Defeat by Virarajendra Chola and illness | [53] |
| Ananta | Lohara dynasty | 1081 | No | Stabbing | Breakdown of relationship with son and successor Kalaśa after abdication | [54] |
| Zhang Bangchang | Da Chu | 1127 | Hanging | Compelled by Gaozong of Song after abdication | [55] | |
| Aizong | Jin dynasty | 1234 | Yes | Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty | [56] | |
| Prataparudra | Kakatiya dynasty | 1323 | Defeat and capture by the Delhi Sultanate | [57] | ||
| Bayezid I | Ottoman Empire | 1403 | No | Defeat and imprisonment by Timur | [58] | |
| Tezozomoctli | Cuauhtitlan | 1430 | Yes | Poisoning | Defeat in the Tepanec War | [59] |
| Hasan Ali | Qara Qoyunlu | 1469 | Defeat by Uzun Hasan | [60] | ||
| Moquihuix (disputed) | Tlatelolco | 1473 | Jumped off pyramid | Defeat by Aztecs in the Battle of Tlatelolco | [61] | |
| Lê Cung Hoàng | Lê dynasty | 1527 | No | Hanging | Compelled after palace coup by Mạc Đăng Dung | [62] |
| Muzaffar Shah III | Gujarat | 1592 | Slitting throat | Capture by Mughal forces after failed rebellion | ||
| Chongzhen Emperor | Ming dynasty | 1644 | Yes | Hanging or suffocation (disputed) | Impending defeat by rebels under Li Zicheng | [63] |
| Lê Duy Phường | Lê dynasty | 1735 | No | Hanging | Compelled after palace coup by Trịnh Giang | [62] |
| Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve | 1794 | Gunshot | Impending arrest after proscription | [64] | ||
| Philippe Rühl | 1795 | Stabbing | Prosecution after failure of Prairial uprising | [65] | ||
| Louis-Joseph Charlier | 1797 | Gunshot | Mental breakdown | [66] | ||
| Osei Kwame Panyin | Ashanti Empire | 1803 | Poisoning or strangulation (disputed) | Deposition by Konadu Yaadom | [67] | |
| Henri Christophe | 1820 | Yes | Gunshot | Poor health, impending overthrow | [68] | |
| Juan Larrea | 1847 | No | Gunshot or slitting throat (disputed) | Business failure | [69][70] | |
| Anson Jones | 1858 | Gunshot | Political failure | [71] | ||
| Talal bin Abdullah Al Rashid | 1868 | Yes | Ill-health | [72] | ||
| Tewodros II | 1868 | Defeated by the British Expedition to Abyssinia | [73] | |||
| Abdulaziz (disputed) | 1876 | No | Arms cut by scissors | Forced abdication | [74] | |
| Fridolin Anderwert | 1880 | Yes | Gunshot | Adverse press coverage, depression, exhaustion | [75] | |
| José Manuel Balmaceda | 1891 | No | Defeat in the Chilean Civil War of 1891 | [76] | ||
| Nikolay Chkheidze | 1926 | Slitting throat | Depression over the Bolsheviks' conquest of Georgia | [77][78] | ||
| Germán Busch | 1939 | Yes | Gunshot | Political frustration, depression | [79] | |
| Otto Strandman | 1941 | No | Impending arrest by NKVD | [80][81] | ||
| Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski | 1942 | Jumped off a building | Defeat of Poland and political frustration in exile | [82] | ||
| Adolf Hitler | 1945 | Yes | Gunshot | Pending defeat in the European theatre of World War II | [83] | |
| Nguyen Van Thinh | 1946 | Hanging | Political failure | [84] | ||
| Omer Nishani (disputed) | 1954 | No | Gunshot | Poor health, political failure | [85][86] | |
| Getúlio Vargas | 1954 | Yes | Opposition from the military | [87] | ||
| Salvador Allende | 1973 | Military coup | [88][89][90] | |||
| Chivu Stoica | 1975 | No | Out of favour with leadership of the Romanian Communist Party | [91] | ||
| Carlos Prío Socarrás (disputed) | 1977 | Faced questioning by the House Select Committee on Assassinations | [92][93] | |||
| Antonio Guzmán Fernández | 1982 | Yes | Corruption allegations | [94][95] | ||
| Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado | 1983 | No | Poor health, bereavement | [96] | ||
| Lazarus Salii | 1988 | Yes | Corruption allegations | [97] | ||
| Zviad Gamsakhurdia (disputed) | 1993 | No | Defeat in the Georgian Civil War | [98][99] | ||
| Dipendra | 2001 | Yes | Unknown: had just killed nine family members | [100] | ||
| Carlos Roberto Reina | 2003 | No | Ill-health | [101] | ||
| Milan Babić | 2006 | Hanging | Imprisonment over war crimes | [102] | ||
| Roh Moo-hyun | 2009 | Jumped off a cliff | Corruption allegations | [103] | ||
| Alan García Pérez | 2019 | Gunshot | Allegations of corruption | [104] |
Heads of government
| Name | Country | Year | In office | Method | Probable motive | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurshid Pasha | 1822 | Yes | Poison | Defeat in the Greek War of Independence and execution threat | [105] | |
| Bhimsen Thapa | 1839 | No | Slit throat with a kukri | Disgrace of third wife | [106] | |
| Abdul Muhsin al-Sa'dun | 1929 | Yes | Gunshot | Political frustration | [107][108] | |
| Iosif Adamovich | 1937 | No | Being taken to Moscow under arrest | [109] | ||
| Walery Sławek | 1939 | Political failure | [110][111] | |||
| Pál Teleki | 1941 | Yes | Distress over entry of German troops into Hungary | [112][113] | ||
| Alexandros Koryzis | 1941 | German invasion of Greece | [114] | |||
| Joseph Goebbels | 1945 | No | Gunshot or cyanide | Defeat in European theatre of World War II | [115][116] | |
| Fumimaro Konoe | 1945 | Cyanide | Accused of war crimes | [117] | ||
| Milan Nedić (disputed) | 1946 | Jumped from prison window | Imprisonment after defeat in World War II | [118] | ||
| Johannes Vares (disputed) | 1946 | Gunshot | Disillusion with Soviet system | [119][120] | ||
| Tawfik Abu Al-Huda | 1956 | Hanging | Dying of cancer[121] | [122][123] | ||
| John McEwen | 1980 | Starvation (refused food) | Ill-health | [124][125] | ||
| Mehmet Shehu (disputed) | 1981 | Yes | Gunshot | Nervous breakdown | [126][127] | |
| Hailu Yimenu | 1991 or 1993 | No | Avoiding capture by the EPRDF | [128][129] | ||
| Pierre Bérégovoy | 1993 | Gunshot | Depression and being investigated | [130] | ||
| Mahmoud Zuabi | 2000 | Allegations of corruption | [131] | |||
| Alan García Pérez | 2019 | Allegations of corruption | [104] | |||
| Dries van Agt | 2024 | No | Assisted suicide | Poor health | [132] |
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