National leaders or heads of state KIA'd by the enemy during outright war?

Can OT think of any examples of this happening, at least in the context of modern nations? When I say "the enemy", I do not mean by coup d'etats or political infighting (and unrelated assassinations), but rather the main belligerent(s) during war. I also do not mean captured, and then killed sometime later after the end of hostilities, although summary execution counts.

The only two examples that come to my mind are Mussolini and Gaddafi, and I've been asking myself this question for a long time without any obvious answers. Care to enlighten me?

Not as of recent, but I am pretty sure that it mightve happened a long, longtime ago, in a galaxy far, far away lol.

But seriously, I really dont have a clue.

Joan of Arc, Vlad the Impaler, Hector of Troy, King Priam, Leonadis on the top of my head.

Joan of Arc, Vlad the Impaler, Hector of Troy, King Priam, Leonadis on the top of my head.

Vesica_Prime

I know there are plenty example of this during ancient, classical, and medieval times, but I am looking for a more modern context, say the last 200-300 years, when national identity actually became relevant. Besides, aren't a few of those people from mythology?

Joan of Arc, Vlad the Impaler, Hector of Troy, King Priam, Leonadis on the top of my head.

Vesica_Prime

Joan of Arc: Neither a head of state nor killed in war, but rather executed later.

Vlad: Not killed in war, rather assassinated.

Hector and Priam: Both mythological.

the closest that comes to mind first would be Admiral Yamamoto, who was killed by US fighters who shot down his transport plane in a surprise attack. the US had cracked japanese message codes and knew where to find him.

do admirals not count? it's hard to find examples, because civilian leaders are usually kept as far away from the war as physically possible.

the closest that comes to mind first would be Admiral Yamamoto, who was killed by US fighters who shot down his transport plane in a surprise attack. the US had cracked japanese message codes and knew where to find him.

do admirals not count? it's hard to find examples, because civilian leaders are usually kept as far away from the war as physically possible.

Mordred19

I always thought there were more examples of leaders being killed in the culmination of such wars that end up with regime change, either as their capital/inner sanctum falls or shortly thereafter. And in weak states caught up in civil wars, covert assassination campaigns by the enemy don't seem out of the question (although I cannot an example of a leader killed this way).

In 1994, the Rwandan president was assassinated when he was trying to conduct peace negotiations to end the civil war. His plane was shot down by a surface to air missle. Its still disputed as whether or not the opposition forces or elements within his government were responsible.

A U.S Senator was killed in combat during the American Civil War. Does that count?limpbizkit818

Eh, I can think of plenty of lawmakers killed during times of war in all different countries. I'm more looking for dictators/heads of state (or government)/national leaders in terms of being seen as leading the country more than anyone else.