List of heads of regimes who were later imprisoned

This is a list of heads of regimes who were later imprisoned. There have been several personalities throughout history who went on to be Heads of State, or Heads of Government, like Presidents, Prime Ministers or monarchs of their respective nation states, who became prisoners later. Anyone having become under house arrest or a prisoner of war is also hereby included.

Some of them are:

Names indexed by surnamesCountriesDate of birthOfficial positionsLater imprisonmentDate of death
Aisin-Gioro Puyi Manchukuo1906-02-07Emperor (1934–1945), Chief Executive (1932–1934)1945 to 1959 (prisoner of war)1967-10-17
Alemán, Arnoldo Nicaragua1946-01-23President (1997–2002)2002 to presentLiving
Antonescu, Ion Romania1882-06-15Prime Minister (1940–1944)1944 to 19461946-06-01 (executed by firing squad)
Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal Philippines1947-04-05President (2001–2010)2011 to present (hospital arrest)Living
Ba Maw Burma1893-02-08Prime Minister (1937–1939)1940 to 1942, 1945 to 1946, 19471977-05-29
Banana, Canaan Zimbabwe1936-03-05President (1980–1987)1997 to 20012003-11-10
Bayar, Celal Turkey1883-05-16President (1950–1960), Prime Minister (1937–1939)1960 to 1964 (death sentence commuted)1986-08-22
Ben Bella, Ahmed Algeria1916-12-25President (1963–1965)1965 to 1980 (house arrest)2012-04-11
Bhutto, Benazir Pakistan1953-06-21Prime Minister (1988–1990, 1993–1996)2007-12-27 (assassinated)
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali Pakistan1928-01-05President (1971–1973), Prime Minister (1973–1977)1977 to 19791979-04-04 (executed by hanging)
Bignone, Reynaldo Argentina1928-01-21President (de facto, 1982–1983)2007-20182018-03-07
Bokassa, Jean-Bédel Central African Republic1921-02-22Emperor (1976–1979), President (1966–1976)1986 to 1993 (death sentence commuted)1996-11-03
Bozhilov, Dobri Bulgaria1884-06-13Prime Minister (1943–1944)1944 to 19451945-02-01 (executed)
Ceauşescu, Nicolae Romania1918-01-26President (1967–1989)19891989-12-25 (executed by firing squad)
Chaudhry, Mahendra Fiji1942-02-09Prime Minister (1999–2000)2000 (taken hostage in a coup)Living
Chen Gongbo China, Republic of (Wang Jingwei Government)1892President (1944–1945)1945 to 19461946 (executed by firing squad)
Chen Shui-bian China, Republic of1950-10-12President (2000–2008)2008-11-12[1] to 2008-12-13,[2] 2008-12-30[3] to 2015-01-05[4]Living
Chun Doo-hwan Korea, Republic of1931-01-18President (1980–1988)1996 to 1997 (death sentence commuted)Living
Deuba, Sher Bahadur   Nepal1946-06-13Prime Minister (1995–1997, 2001–2002, 2004–2005)2005 to 2006Living
Dönitz, Karl Germany1891-09-16President (1945)1945 to 19561980-12-24
Ershad, Hossain Mohammad Bangladesh1930-01-01President (1982–1990)1990 to 1997Living
Estrada, Joseph Philippines1937-04-19President (1998–2001)2001 to 2007Living
Filov, Bogdan Bulgaria1883-04-09Prime Minister (1940–1943)1944 to 19451945-02-02 (executed)
Fujimori, Alberto Peru1938-07-28President (1990–2000)2005 to 2006 (bailed out in Chile), 2007 to 2017 (pardoned)

Captured and sent to prison Oct. 2018

Living
Humala, Ollanta Peru1966-07-27President (2011–2016)2017 to present (serving preventive prison)Living
Toledo, Alejandro Peru1946-03-28President (2001–2006)2017 to present (international order of capture for preventive prison)Living
Morales-Bermúdez, Francisco Peru1921-10-04President (1975–1980)2017 to present (sentenced to life, not serving)Living
Galtieri, Leopoldo Fortunato Argentina1926-07-15President (de facto, 1981–1982)1983 to 1991 (pardoned)2003-01-12
Gandhi, Indira India1917-11-19Prime Minister (1966–1977, 1980–1984)19771984-10-31
González Macchi, Luis Ángel Paraguay1947-12-13President (1999–2003)2006 to presentLiving
Haile Selassie Ethiopia1892-07-23Emperor (1930–1974)1974 (house arrest)1975-08-27
Habré, Hissène Chad1942-09-13Prime Minister (1978–1979), President (1982–1990)2005 to 2013 (house arrest), 2013 to PresentLiving
Honecker, Erich German Democratic Republic1912-08-25Chairman of the Council of State (1976–1989)1992 to 19931994-05-29
Hoveida, Amir-Abbas Iran1919-02-18Prime Minister (1965–1977)1978 to 19791979-04-07 (executed by firing squad)
Karadžić, Radovan Republika Srpska1945-06-19President (1992–1996)2016 to presentLiving
Kaunda, Kenneth Zambia1924-04-28President (1964–1991)1997 to 1998Living
Keita, Modibo Mali1915-06-04President (1960–1968)1968 to 19771977-05-16
Koiso, Kuniaki Japan1880-03-22Prime Minister (1944–1945)1945 to 19501950-11-03
Laurel, José P. Philippines1891-03-09President (1943–1945)1945 to 19481959-11-06
Liang Hongzhi China, Reformed Government of the Republic of1882Chairman (1938–1940)1945 to 19461946-11 (executed by firing squad)
Liu Shaoqi China, People's Republic of1898-11-24President (1959–1968)1967 to 1968 (house arrest)1969-11-12
Louis XVI of France France1754-08-23King (1774–1792)1792 to 17931793-01-21 (executed by decapitation (guillotine))
Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva Brazil1945-10-27President (2003-2011)2018 to present (serving)Living
Lumumba, Patrice Congo-Léopoldville1925-07-02Prime Minister (1960)1960 to 19611961-01-17
Ricardo Martinelli Panama1951-03-11President (2009-2014)2017Living
Macías Nguema, Francisco Equatorial Guinea1924-01-01President (1968–1979)19791979-09-29 (executed)
Marcos, Ferdinand Philippines1917-09-11President (1965–1986), Prime Minister (1978–1981)1988 (indicted)1989-09-28
Massemba-Débat, Alphonse Congo, Republic of the1921President (1963–1968), Prime Minister (1963)19771977-03-25 (executed)
Menderes, Adnan Turkey1899Prime Minister (1950–1960)1960 to 19611961-09-17 (executed by hanging)
Menem, Carlos Argentina1930-07-02President (1989–1999)2001, June to November (house arrest)Living
Milošević, Slobodan Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of1941-08-20President (1997–2000)2001 to 20062006-03-11
Mussolini, Benito Italy1883-07-29Prime Minister (1922–1943)19451945-04-28 (executed by firing squad)
Nagy, Imre Hungary1896-06-07Prime Minister (1953–1955, 1956)1956 to 19581958-06-16 (executed by hanging)
Najibullah, Mohammad Afghanistan1947President (1987–1992)1992 to 1996 (virtual detention)1996-09-27 (executed by hanging)
Nicholas II of Russia Russian Empire1868-05-18[5]Emperor (1894–1917)1917 to 19181918-07-17[6] (executed)
Noriega, Manuel Panama1935-02-11Military leader (1983–1989)1990 to 20172017-05-29
Olmert, Ehud Israel1945-09-30Prime Minister (2006–2009)2016 to 2017Living
Park Geun-hye Korea, Republic of1952-02-02President (2013-17)2017 to presentLiving
Lee Myung-bak Korea, Republic of1941-12-19President (2008-13)2018 to presentLiving
Pérez Molina, Otto Guatemala1950-12-01President (2012–15)2015 to presentLiving
Pétain, Philippe France, Vichy1856-04-24Head of State (1940–1944)1945 to 1951 (death sentence commuted to life imprisonment)1951-07-23
Päts, Konstantin Estonia1874-02-23Prime Minister in the duties of the State Elder (1934–1937)[7]1940 to 1952 (prison), 1952 to 1956 (psychiatry hospital) [8]1956-01-18
Pinochet, Augusto Chile1915-11-25President (de facto, 1973–1990)1998 to 20062006-12-10
Pol Pot Democratic Kampuchea1925-05-19Prime Minister (1976–1979)1997 to 19981998-04-15
Portillo, Alfonso Guatemala1951-09-24President (2000–2004)2011-15Living
Quisling, Vidkun Norway1887-07-18Minister President (1942–1945)19451945-10-24 (executed by firing squad)
Roh Tae-woo Korea, Republic of1932-12-04President (1988–1993)1995 to 1998Living
Risto Ryti Finland1889-02-03President (1940–1944)1945 to 19491956-10-25
Razak, Najib Malaysia1953-06-23Prime Minister (2009-2018)2018 to presentLiving
Hussein, Saddam Iraq1937-04-28President (1979–2003)2003 to 20062006-12-30 (executed by hanging)
Ivo, Sanader Croatia1953-06-08Prime Minister (2003–2009)2012 to presentLiving
Sharif, Nawaz Pakistan1949-12-25Prime Minister (1990–1993, 1997–1999)1999 to 2000Living
Shinawatra, Yingluck Thailand1967-06-21Prime Minister (2011–2014)2014 (house arrest)Living
Sima ChiChina (Western Jin)0284Emperor (0307 to 0311)0311 to 03130313-03-14 (executed)
Sócrates, José Portugal1957-09-06Prime Minister (2004-2011)2014Living
Suharto Indonesia1921-06-08President (1967–1998)2000 (house arrest)2008-01-27
Sukarno Indonesia1901-06-06President (1945–1967)1967-1970 (house arrest)1970-06-21
Charles Taylor Liberia1948-01-28President (1997-2003)2012Living
Tojo, Hideki Japan1884-12-30Prime Minister (1941–1944)1945 to 19481948-12-23 (executed by hanging)
Traoré, Moussa Mali1936-09-25President (1968–1991)1992 to 2002 (death sentence commuted)Living
Tsang, Donald Hong Kong1944-10-07Chief Executive (2005–2012)2017Living
Videla, Jorge Rafael Argentina1925-08-21President (de facto, 1976–1981)1985 to 1990 (pardoned), imprisoned again 2010 to 20132013-05-17
Viola, Roberto Eduardo Argentina1924-10-13President (de facto, 1981)1983 to 1990 (pardoned)1994-09-30
Yanayev, Gennady Soviet Union1937-08-26Acting President (1991)1991 to 19942010-09-24
Zhao Ziyang China, People's Republic of1919-10-17Premier (1983–1987)1989 to 2005 (house arrest)2005-01-17
Zhu QizhenChina (Ming dynasty)1427-11-29Emperor (1435-49, 57-64)1449 to 1450 (prisoner of war), 1450 to 1457 (house arrest)1464-02-23
Khaleda Zia Bangladesh 1945 Prime Minister (1991-96, 2001-06) 2018 Living

See also

References

  1. Formal arrest and detention.
  2. Released without bail.
  3. Detained again.
  4. Paroled for medical reasons.
  5. 6 May 1868 in the Julian calendar.
  6. 4 July 1918 in the Julian calendar.
  7. Was several times the Head of Government and Head of State before and after the regime.
  8. Was imprisoned by Soviets during the occupation.
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