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Has the president or head of state of any country died in an air crash in history?

1959 On March 29th, the plane of President Barthélemy Boganda of the Central African Republic crashed 90km west of the capital Bangui, and the president died.

1966 16 On April 3rd, Iraqi President Alef took a helicopter to attend a rally in Basra, and two other helicopters were in charge of security. But in the scheduled time, the president's helicopter did not reach the scheduled location. Not long after, the wreckage of three helicopters was found on the bank of the Iraqi-Iranian border, and Aref and others were all killed.

1979 On May 27th, the special plane of Mauritanian Prime Minister Ahmed Ould Bouchev disappeared in the waters near Dakar.

On February 4th, the plane of Portuguese Prime Minister Francisco Sa Carneiro just took off for 43 seconds and crashed near Lisbon. No one on board was spared.

1981on may 24th, Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldos Aguilera was killed in an air crash on the border between Ecuador and Peru.

19 June 19, Mozambican President Samora Moisés Machel was caught in a thunderstorm and crashed in South Africa. The president died unfortunately. There were 38 passengers on board, and four survived.

1988 August 17, Pakistani President Zia Haq returned to Rawalpindi after watching a military exercise. The plane took off less than four minutes, emitting smoke and sparks, and then exploded. None of the people on board survived.

65438+1On April 6, 1994, Rwandan President Habyarimana and Burundian President Ntaryamira were on the same plane after a meeting, and the plane suddenly crashed when it was about to land at Kigali airport, the capital of Rwanda. Burundi, its President and more than 0 passengers on board/KLOC-0 were all killed.

On February 26th, 2004, Macedonian President Trajkovski went to Mostar, the western city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by presidential plane to attend an international investment conference. Unexpectedly, the plane crashed in a mountainous area 50 kilometers south of the city, killing all nine people on board, including the president.

20 10 April10 At 8: 00, the special plane of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria crashed over Smolensk, Russia. During World War II, 96 exiles, including the President of the Polish government, the Deputy Speaker of the Senate, the Minister of the President's Office, some dignitaries, celebrities and crew members, were all killed.