List of heads of state and government who died in aviation accidents and incidents

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This is a list of notable heads of state and heads of government who have died from aviation accidents, usually while in office.

Heads of state[edit]

  Died in office
Photo Name Title Date Place Country Type Aircraft model
(1888-1940)
 José Félix Estigarribia Insaurralde[1] President of Paraguay 7 September 1940 Altos  Paraguay Airplane accident Potez 25
(1907-1957)
 Ramon Magsaysay[1] President of the Philippines 17 March 1957 Balamban, Cebu  Philippines Airplane accident Douglas C-47 Skytrain
(1888-1958)
 Nereu de Oliveira Ramos[2] former President of Brazil 16 June 1958 São José dos Pinhais  Brazil Airplane accident Convair CV-440 Metropolitan
(1921-1966)
 Abdul Salam Arif[3][1] President of Iraq 13 April 1966 Baghdad  Iraq Airplane accident de Havilland Dove
(1897-1967)
 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco[4][5] former President of Brazil 18 July 1967 Fortaleza  Brazil Airplane accident Piper PA-23
(1919-1969)
 René Barrientos Ortuño[1] President of Bolivia 27 April 1969 Arque  Bolivia Helicopter accident Hughes 369
(1934-1979)
 Ahmed Ould Bouceif[6] Leader of the Military Junta of Mauritania 27 January 1979 Dakar  Senegal Airplane accident de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
(1940-1981)
 Jaime Roldós Aguilera[3][1] President of Ecuador 24 May 1981 Huairapungo  Ecuador Airplane accident Beechcraft Super King Air
(1929-1981)
 Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera[3][1] Military Leader of Panama 31 July 1981 Penonomé  Panama Airplane accident De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
(1933-1986)
 Samora Moisés Machel[3][1] President of Mozambique 19 October 1986 Mbuzini  South Africa Airplane accident Tupolev Tu-134
(1924-1988)
 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq[3][1] President of Pakistan 17 August 1988 Bahawalpur  Pakistan Airplane accident Lockheed C-130 Hercules
(1937-1994)
 Juvénal Habyarimana[3][1] President of Rwanda 6 April 1994 Kigali  Rwanda Airplane shootdown Dassault Falcon 50
(1955-1994)
 Cyprien Ntaryamira[1] President of Burundi
(1956-2004)
 Boris Trajkovski[3][1] President of North Macedonia 26 February 2004 Mostar  Bosnia and Herzegovina Airplane accident Beechcraft Super King Air
(1928-2006)
 Muhammadu Maccido[7] Sultan of Sokoto State 29 October 2006 Abuja  Nigeria Airplane accident Boeing 737
(1949-2010)
 Lech Aleksander Kaczyński[3][1] President of Poland 10 April 2010 Smolensk  Russia Airplane accident Tupolev Tu-154
(1919-2010)
 Ryszard Kaczorowski[1] Last President of the Polish government-in-exile 10 April 2010 Smolensk  Russia Airplane accident Tupolev Tu-154
(1949-2024)
 Sebastián Piñera Echenique[8] former President of Chile 6 February 2024 Lake Ranco  Chile Helicopter accident Robinson R44

Heads of government[edit]

  Died in office
Photo Name Title Date Place Country Type Aircraft model
(1862-1936)
 Arvid Lindman[3] former Prime Minister of Sweden 9 December 1936 Croydon, Surrey  United Kingdom Airplane accident Douglas DC-2
(1881-1943)
 Władysław Sikorski[3] Prime Minister of Poland (in exile) 4 July 1943 Gibraltar  United Kingdom Airplane accident Consolidated B-24 Liberator
(1910-1959)
 Barthélemy Boganda[3][1] Prime Minister of the Central African Republic 29 March 1959 Boukpayanga  Central African Republic Airplane accident Nord Noratlas
(1929-1976)
 Joël Rakotomalala[9] Prime Minister of Madagascar 30 July 1976 Antsirabe  Madagascar Helicopter accident Aérospatiale Alouette III
(1917-1977)
 Džemal Bijedić[3] Prime Minister of Yugoslavia 18 January 1977 Kreševo  Yugoslavia Airplane accident Learjet 25
Francisco de Sá Carneiro[10] Prime Minister of Portugal 4 December 1980 Camarate  Portugal Airplane accident Cessna 421
(1921-1987)
 Rashid Karami[11] Prime Minister of Lebanon 1 June 1987 Beirut  Lebanon Helicopter bombing Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai[12] Prime minister of Afghan Northern Alliance 21 August 1997 Bamyan  Afghanistan Airplane accident Antonov An-32
(1960-2024)
 Ebrahim Raisi President of Iran 19 May 2024 Varzaqan  Iran Helicopter accident Bell 212

International organizations[edit]

  Died in office
Image Name Title Date Place Country Type Aircraft model
(1905-1961)
 Dag Hammarskjöld[3] United Nations Secretary-General of the United Nations 18 September 1961 Ndola  Rhodesia and Nyasaland Airplane accident Douglas DC-6

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Presidents and leaders involved in aircraft accidents". Aviation Safety Network. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. ^ Moacir Pereira (16 June 2014). "Acidente que matou Jorge Lacerda e Nereu Ramos mudou rumo da política em Santa Catarina". Diário Catarinense. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m BBC News (23 January 2016). "Leaders killed in air accidents". BBC News Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Castelo Branco of Brazil Killed in Plane Collision". The New York Times. 18 July 1967. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  5. ^ Skidmore, Thomas E. (1988). The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964-85. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 72. ISBN 9780195362626. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Colonel ahmed Ould Bouceif". Mauritania National Army. 23 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Sultan Muhammad Maccido Killed In Nigeria Airplane Crash". Eagle World News. 23 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Sebastian Pinera, former president of Chile, dies in helicopter crash". Reuters. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  9. ^ Sud Aviation SE 3160 Accidents of Alouette III, by ASN Aviation Safety Database (consulted 11 May 2022).
  10. ^ The Telegraph Europe (23 January 2016). "Death of Lech Kaczynski: political leaders who have died in plane crashes". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  11. ^ Los Angeles Times News (23 January 2016). "The World : Lebanon Leader in Crash". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  12. ^ Niezwykle Madre Rzeczy (23 January 2016). "List of fatalities from aviation accidents". Retrieved 23 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
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