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Assassinated People
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location. For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons. Africa Americas Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Asia Europe Oceania Australia New Caledonia New Zealand Samoa Palau Solomon Islands West Papua See also * Decolonization#Assassinated anti-colonialist leaders, List of assassinated anticolonialist leaders * Car bomb#Assassinations by car bombings (by date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assassination
Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are ordered by both individuals and organizations, and are carried out by their accomplices. Acts of assassination have been performed since ancient times. A person who carries out an assassination is called an assassin. Etymology ''Assassin'' comes from the Italian and French Assissini, believed to derive from the word '' hashshashin'' (), and shares its etymological roots with '' hashish'' ( or ; from ').''The Assassins: a radical sect in Islam'' – Bernard Lewis, pp. 11–12 It referred to a group of Nizari Ismailis known as the Order of Assassins who worked against various political targets. Founded by Hassan-i Sabbah, the Assassins were active in the Near East from the 11th to the 13th centuries. The group killed members of the Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of San Juan Province
The Governor of San Juan Province () is a citizen of the San Juan Province, Argentina, San Juan Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. the Governor of San Juan is Marcelo Orrego. Governors since 1983 See also * Chamber of Deputies of San Juan References {{ArgentinaGovernors, state=collapsed Governors of San Juan Province, Argentina, Lists of governors of provinces of Argentina, San Juan Province San Juan Province, Argentina, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Senate
The Honorable Senate of the Argentine Nation () is the upper house of the National Congress of Argentina. Overview The National Senate was established by the Argentine Confederation on July 29, 1854, pursuant to Articles 46 to 54 of the 1853 Constitution. There are 72 members: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The number of senators per province was raised from two to three following the 1994 amendment of the Argentine Constitution as well as the addition of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires' senators. Those changes took effect following the May 14, 1995, general elections. Senators are elected to six-year terms by direct election on a provincial basis, with the party with the most votes being awarded two of the province's senate seats and the second-place party receiving the third seat. Historically, senators were indirectly elected to nine-year terms by each provincial legislature. These provisions were abolished in the 1994 co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Fe Province
The Invincible Province of Santa Fe (, , lit. "Holy Faith") is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco Province, Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes Province, Corrientes, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero. Together with Córdoba and Entre Ríos, the province is part of the economico-political association known as the Center Region (Argentina), Center Region. Santa Fe's most important cities are Rosario (population 1,193,605), the capital Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe (369,000), Rafaela (100,000), Reconquista, Santa Fe, Reconquista (99,000) Villa Gobernador Gálvez (74,000), Venado Tuerto (69,000), and Santo Tomé, Santa Fe, Santo Tomé (58,000). Demonym Citizens of the province are known as ''santafesinos'' (fem. ''santafes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Bordabehere
Enzo Bordabehere (25 September 1889 – 23 July 1935) was an Argentine lawyer and politician. He was a National Senator for Santa Fe Province, and was assassinated in Congress during a session in the Argentine Senate. Biography Bordabehere was born in Paysandú, Uruguay, and his family moved to Rosario in Santa Fe Province, Argentina, when he was a child. He studied law at the Provincial University of Santa Fe, and later became a notary. In 1908 he joined the reformist Southern League, and six years later was a co-founder of the Democratic Progressive Party, along with Lisandro de la Torre. In 1918 he was elected as a representative to the provincial Congress, and in 1922 to the national Congress as a representative for the same province. In 1935, the provincial legislature named him federal Senator to replace the deceased Francisco Correa. Bordabehere was never sworn into Congress. The paperwork for his acceptance was delayed until the conclusion of the debate surroundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Mendoza Province
The Constitution (1916) of Mendoza Province, Argentina, states that the Executive (government), executive power of the province will be led by a citizen chosen as a governor by the people for a four-year term, and not allowed to be re-elected for the immediately following term. Before it was constituted as a province in 1920, Mendoza Province was known as the Province of Cuyo. Before 1813, it was part of Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba Province. The office of governor came into existence when the independent province was created. Since that time Mendoza Province has had almost a hundred governors, as well as other types of officials in charge of the executive power. The office of the Governor of Mendoza is on the 4th floor of the Government House building, inside the Civic Center of the Mendoza, Argentina, City of Mendoza. The Civic Center is a park with administrative buildings of the executive and judicial powers and the Mendoza Province Federal Court. The office of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Washington Lencinas
Carlos Washington Lencinas (November 13, 1888 – November 10, 1929) was an Argentine politician and governor of Mendoza, Argentina. Life and times Carlos Washington Lencinas was born in Rivadavia Department, Mendoza, in 1888, to Fidela Peacock and José Néstor Lencinas. The elder Lencinas was a Mendoza Province lawmaker known for his tempestuous political rights advocacy. Carlos Lencinas enrolled at the National University of Córdoba, and upon earning a Law Degree, returned to Mendoza and joined his father as a local leader of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He was elected to the Lower House of Congress alongside his father in 1916.Diccionario Biográfico Nacional de la UCR: José Néstor Lencinas His father's [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amable Jones
Amable is a French given name. Notable people with the name include: * Amable Aristy (1949–2022), Dominican politician and businessman * Amable Audin (1899–1990), French archaeologist * Amable Bapaume (1825–1895), French novelist, journalist and playwright * Amable de Courtais (1790–1877), French soldier and politician * Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante (1782–1866), French statesman and historian * Amable Bélanger (1846–1919), Canadian iron founder, industrialist and community leader * Amable Berthelot (1777–1847), Quebec lawyer, author and political figure * Amable de Bourzeys (1606–1672), French churchman, writer, hellenist, and Academician * Amable Dionne (1782–1852), Canadian businessman, seigneur and political figure * Amable Éno, dit Deschamps (1785–1875), political figure in Quebec * Amable Jodoin (1828–1880), businessman and political figure in Quebec * Amable Jourdain (1788–1818), French historian and orientalist * Amable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anarchism In Argentina
The Argentine anarchist movement has been one of the strongest such movement in South America. It was strongest between 1890 and the start of a series of military governments in 1930. During this period, it was dominated by anarchist communists and anarcho-syndicalists. The movement's theories were a hybrid of European anarchist thought and local elements, just as it consisted demographically of both European immigrant workers and native Argentines. Early years The first Argentine anarchist groups appeared in the 1870s. A section of the First International was founded in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires in either 1871 or 1872, but at first it was explicitly part of neither the International's anarchist nor its Marxist wing. By 1879, there were several sections in Argentina, with anarchists in control of all of them. In 1876, adherents of Bakunin's ideals founded the Center for Workers' Propaganda. In 1879, '' El Descamisado'' became the first anarchist newspaper in the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simón Radowitzky
Simón Radowitzky (10 September or 10 November 1891 – 29 February 1956) was a militant Argentine worker and anarchist. He was one of the best-known prisoners of the penal colony in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, where he was held for the assassination of Ramón Lorenzo Falcón, a head of police responsible for the brutal repression of Red Week in 1909 in Buenos Aires. Radowitzky was sentenced to death, albeit his sentence was reduced to life in prison due to his young age. He was pardoned after 21 years, he left Argentina and fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. He died in Mexico where he worked in a factory making toys. The story of his life is described in the travel book '' In Patagonia'' by the English author Bruce Chatwin. Early years He immigrated to Argentina in March 1908; he settled in the city of Campana, Buenos Aires where he worked as a mechanical worker in the workshops of the Central Argentine Railway. There, he maintained close contacts wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Falcón
Ramón or Ramon may refer to: People Given name *Ramón (footballer, born 1950), Brazilian footballer * Ramón (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Ramón (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer * Ramon (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian footballer * Ramon (footballer, born 1997), Brazilian footballer * Ramon (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer * Ramon (footballer, born 2001), Brazilian footballer * Ramón Andresen (born 1998), Norwegian singer * Ramón Arroyo (born 1971), Basque athlete diagnosed with multiple sclerosis *Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827–1898), Puerto Rican nationalist * Ramón Blanco y Erenas (1833–1906), Spanish brigadier and colonial administrator of the Philippines * Ramón Castillo (1873–1944), former Argentinian president *Ramón del Castillo Palop, aka Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest * Ramon Dekkers, Dutch Muay Thai f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Del Estero Province
Santiago del Estero (), also known simply as Santiago, is a Provinces of Argentina, province in the north of Argentina. Neighboring provinces, clockwise from the north, are Salta Province, Salta, Chaco Province, Chaco, Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba, Catamarca Province, Catamarca and Tucumán Province, Tucumán. History The Indigenous peoples, indigenous inhabitants of these lands were the Juríes-Tonocotés, Sanavirones and other tribes. Santiago del Estero is home to about 100,000 speakers of the Santiagueño Quechua, local variety of Quechua languages, Quechua, making this the southernmost outpost of the language of the Incas. When the language reached the area, and how, remains unclear—it may even have arrived only with the native troops that accompanied the first Spanish expeditions. Diego de Rojas first reached this land in 1542. Francisco de Aguirre (conquistador), Francisco de Aguirre founded the city of Santiago del Estero in 1553 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
