title: List of heads of state and government who died in aviation accidents and incidents
text: # List of heads of state and government who died in aviation accidents and incidents
  
  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
  
  | Name | Title | Date | Place | Country | Type | Aircraft model |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | last ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe. | 26 March 1936 | Zumpango | Mexico | Airplane accident | Ford Trimotor |
  | José Félix Estigarribia | President of Paraguay | 7 September 1940 | Altos | Paraguay | Airplane accident | Potez 25 |
  | Ramon Magsaysay | President of the Philippines | 17 March 1957 | Balamban, Cebu | Philippines | Airplane accident | Douglas C-47 Skytrain |
  | Nereu Ramos | President of Brazil | 16 June 1958 | São José dos Pinhais | Brazil | Airplane accident | Convair CV-440 Metropolitan |
  | Abdul Salam Arif | President of Iraq | 13 April 1966 | Baghdad | Iraq | Airplane accident | de Havilland Dove |
  | Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco | President of Brazil | 18 July 1967 | Fortaleza | Brazil | Airplane accident | Piper PA-23 |
  | René Barrientos | President of Bolivia | 27 April 1969 | Arque | Bolivia | Helicopter accident | Hughes 369 |
  | Ahmed Ould Bouceif | Leader of the Military Junta of Mauritania | 27 January 1979 | Dakar | Senegal | Airplane accident | de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou |
  | Jaime Roldós Aguilera | President of Ecuador | 24 May 1981 | Huairapungo | Ecuador | Airplane accident | Beechcraft Super King Air |
  | Omar Torrijos | Military Leader of Panama | 31 July 1981 | Penonomé | Panama | Airplane accident | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
  | Samora Machel | President of Mozambique | 19 October 1986 | Mbuzini | South Africa | Airplane accident (disputed) | Tupolev Tu-134 |
  | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq | President of Pakistan | 17 August 1988 | Bahawalpur | Pakistan | Airplane accident (disputed) | Lockheed C-130 Hercules |
  | Juvénal Habyarimana | President of Rwanda | 6 April 1994 | Kigali | Rwanda | Airplane shootdown | Dassault Falcon 50 |
  | Cyprien Ntaryamira | President of Burundi | 6 April 1994 | Kigali | Rwanda | Airplane shootdown | Dassault Falcon 50 |
  | Boris Trajkovski | President of North Macedonia | 26 February 2004 | Mostar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Airplane accident | Beechcraft Super King Air |
  | Muhammadu Maccido | Sultan of Sokoto State | 29 October 2006 | Abuja | Nigeria | Airplane accident | Boeing 737 |
  | Lech Kaczyński | President of Poland | 10 April 2010 | Smolensk | Russia | Airplane accident | Tupolev Tu-154 |
  | Ryszard Kaczorowski | Last President of the Polish government-in-exile | 10 April 2010 | Smolensk | Russia | Airplane accident | Tupolev Tu-154 |
  
  ## Heads of government
  
  | Name | Title | Date | Place | Country | Type | Aircraft model |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Arvid Lindman | former Prime Minister of Sweden | 9 December 1936 | Croydon, London | United Kingdom | Airplane accident | Douglas DC-2 |
  | Władysław Sikorski | Prime Minister of Poland (in exile) | 4 July 1943 | Gibraltar | United Kingdom | Airplane accident (disputed) | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
  | Barthélemy Boganda | Prime Minister of the Central African Republic | 29 March 1959 | Boukpayanga | Central African Republic | Airplane accident (disputed) | Nord Noratlas |
  | Joël Rakotomalala | Prime Minister of Madagascar | 30 July 1976 | Antsirabe | Madagascar | Helicopter accident | Aérospatiale Alouette III |
  | Džemal Bijedić | Prime Minister of Yugoslavia | 18 January 1977 | Kreševo | Yugoslavia | Airplane accident | Learjet 25 |
  | Francisco de Sá Carneiro | Prime Minister of Portugal | 4 December 1980 | Camarate | Portugal | Airplane accident (disputed) | Cessna 421 |
  | Rashid Karami | Prime Minister of Lebanon | 1 June 1987 | Beirut | Lebanon | Helicopter bombing | Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma |
  | Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai | Prime minister of Afghan Northern Alliance | 21 August 1997 | Bamyan | Afghanistan | Airplane accident | Antonov An-32 |
  
  ## International organizations
  
  | Name | Title | Date | Place | Country | Type | Aircraft model |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Dag Hammarskjöld | Secretary-General of the United Nations | 18 September 1961 | Ndola | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | Airplane accident (disputed) | Douglas DC-6 |
  