post 1980 John Abizaid, (2004), military commander of Iraq Saddam Hussein, (2003), President of Iraq Romano Prodi, (2003), former Prime Minister of Italy Pervez Musharraf, (2003), President of Pakistan (2 attempts) Paul Bremer, (2003), administrator of Iraq Saparmurat Niyazov (2002), President of Turkmenistan Jacques Chirac, (2002), President of France Bertrand Delanoë, (2002), Mayor of Paris Hamid Karzai, (2002), President of Afghanistan Edi Rama, (2000), Mayor of Tirana Uday Hussein, (1996), son of Saddam Hussein Eduard Shevardnadze, (several attempts), President of Georgia José María Aznar, (1995) Jean Chrétien, (1995), Prime Minister of Canada Kiro Gligorov, (1995), President of Macedonia Hosni Mubarak, (1995), President of Egypt George H. W. Bush, (1993), former President of the United States Wolfgang Schäuble, (1990), German minister of the interior Oskar Lafontaine, (1990), German politician Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney (May 24, 1990), Earth First! activists Augusto Pinochet, (1986), President of Chile Margaret Thatcher, (1984), British prime minister Pope John Paul II, (1981 and 1995) Ronald Reagan, (1981), President of the United States 1920-1979 Bob Marley, (1978), Jamaican reggae singer Priscilla Davis, (1976), Fort Worth, Texas socialite Gerald Ford, (two attempts in 1975), President of the United States Joseph Sieff, (1973), honorary vice-president of the British Zionist Federation Mao Zedong, (1973), Chairman of the Communist Party of China George C. Wallace, (1972), US Presidential candidate Pope Paul VI, (1970) Andy Warhol, (1968), artist Kwame Nkrumah, (1962), President of Ghana Hendrik Verwoerd, (1960), Prime Minister of South Africa (successfully assassinated in 1966) Abdul Karim Qassim, (1959), Prime Minister of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was involved. King Hussein of Jordan Harry Truman, (1950), President of the United States Adolf Hitler, (1944), German dictator Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, (1936) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (1933), when President-elect of the United States prior to 1920 Vladimir Ilich Lenin, (1918), Russian communist leader Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir-apparent of Austria, survives an attempt by the Ujedinjenje ili Smrt (Black Hand) (June 28, 1914), he is successfully assassinated later that day. Theodore Roosevelt, (1912), former President of the United States Alfonso XIII of Spain (1905, 1906) Émile Loubet, President of France, (1905 - same attempt as on King Alfonso of Spain, above) Wilhelm II of Germany, (1900), emperor of Germany Edward VII of the United Kingdom, as Prince of Wales (1900) Jules Verne, (1886), author, shot by his nephew. Itagaki Taisuke, (1882), Japanese liberal activist Andrew Jackson, (1835), President of the United States Louis-Philippe of France, (1835) Victoria of the United Kingdom (numerous attempts) Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala Napoleon I, (1809), emperor of France Louis XV of France, (1757) Elizabeth I of England, (1570) Ptolemy VIII of Egypt, 2nd century BC Qin Shi Huang, (3rd century BC), Chinese Emperor Need dates of assassination attempt: Fidel Castro, (born 1926), Cuban leader (numerous attempts) Moammar Qaddafi, Libyan leader (numerous attempts) Makarios III, President of Cyprus (4 attempts) Álvaro Uribe, President of Colombia (at least 12 attempts) Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius (at least 2 attempts) See also: List of assassinated persons