List of heads of state and government who survived assassination attempts
This article is a list of heads of state who have survived assassination attempts. Many notable heads of government have been survivors of assassination attempts.
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Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Andrew Jackson outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., 30 January 1835
Assassination attempt of King of Spain Alfonso XIII in Madrid, 31 May 1906
Assassination attempt of Russian Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in Moscow, Aug 30 1918
Wolf's Lair conference room after the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, 20 July 1944
Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Shah in hospital after the failed assassination attempt by Fada'iyan-e Islam in 1949
Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt delivers a speech with bandaged hands the day after the assassination attempt against him with a car bomb, planned by Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, 25 June 1960.
Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Gerald Ford outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento, 5 September 1975
Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Gerald Ford in San Francisco, 22 September 1975
Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, 30 March 1981
Brighton Grand Hotel after the bomb attack to attempt to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 12 October 1984
See also
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- List of assassinated persons
- List of people who survived assassination attempts
- List of assassination attempts on prime ministers of India
- List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots
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