Portrait | Name | Countries | Official position | Later imprisonment | Reason |
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| Li Si | China | Imperial Chancellor (208 BC) | 208 BC | Treason (Executed by Waist chop) |
| Zhao Gao | China | Imperial Chancellor (208–207 BC) | 207 BC | Overthrown (Stabbed to death) |
| Ziying of Qin | China | Ruler of Qin (207 BC) | 206 BC | Overthrown (Executed by beheading) |
| Huai of Jin | China | Emperor of China (Western Jin) (307–311) | 313 | Overthrown (Executed by beheading) |
| Min of Jin | China | Emperor of China (Western Jin) (313–316) | 318 | Overthrown (Executed by beheading) |
| Tianzuo of Liao | China | Emperor of the Liao Dynasty (1101–1125) | 1156 | Overthrown (Executed by being shot to death with arrows) |
| Qinzong of Song | China | Emperor of the Song Dynasty (1126–1127) | 1127 | Captured by enemy forces during the Jingkang incident |
| Wen Tianxiang | China | Grand Chancellor of the Song Dynasty (1275–1278) | 1283 | Treason (Executed by beheading) |
| Puyi | China | Emperor of Manchukuo (1934–1945) and Emperor of China (1908–1912) | 1946 | Crimes against humanity |
| Chen Gongbo | Collaborationist China | President of the Republic of China (1944–1945) | 1946 | Treason (Executed by firing squad) |
| Liang Hongzhi | Collaborationist China | President of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China (1938–1940) | 1946 | Treason (Executed by firing squad) |
| Kōki Hirota | Japan | Prime Minister of Japan (1936–1937) | 1946 | Crimes against humanity (Executed by hanging) |
| Hiranuma Kiichirō | Japan | Prime Minister of Japan (1939) | 1946 | Crimes against humanity |
| Kuniaki Koiso | Japan | Prime Minister of Japan (1944–1945) | 1946 | Crimes against humanity |
| Masaharu Homma | Japan | Military Governor of Japan to the Philippines (1942) | 1946 | Crimes against humanity (Executed by firing squad) |
| Shigenori Kuroda | Japan | Military Governor of Japan to the Philippines (1943–1944) | 1946 | Crimes against humanity |
| Tomoyuki Yamashita | Japan | Military Governor of Japan to the Philippines (1944–1945) | 1946 | Crimes against humanity (Executed by hanging) |
| Jirō Minami | Japan | Governor-General of Korea (1936–1942) | 1946 | Crimes against humanity |
| Takashi Sakai | Japan | Governor of Hong Kong (1941–1942) | 1946 | Crimes against humanity (Executed by firing squad) |
| Rensuke Isogai | Japan | Governor of Hong Kong (1942–1944) | 1946 | Crimes against humanity |
| Hisakazu Tanaka | Japan | Governor of Hong Kong (1945) | 1947 | Crimes against humanity (Executed by firing squad) |
| Yoshijirō Umezu | Japan | Governor-General of Kwantung (1939–1944) | 1948 | Crimes against humanity |
| Heitarō Kimura | Japan | Governor of Hong Kong (1944–1945) | 1948 | Crimes against humanity (Executed by hanging) |
| Hideki Tojo | Japan | Prime Minister of Japan (1941–1944) | 1948 | Crimes against humanity (Executed by hanging) |
| Faisal II of Iraq | Iraq | King of Iraq (1939–1958) | 1958 | Overthrown (Executed by firing squad) |
| Nuri al-Said | Iraq | Prime Minister of Iraq (1930–1958) | 1958 | Overthrown (Executed by firing squad) |
| Adnan Menderes | Turkey | Prime Minister of Turkey (1950–1960) | 1960 | Treason (Executed by hanging) [65] |
| Celâl Bayar | Turkey | President of Turkey (1950-1960) | 1960 | Treason [66] |
| Abd al-Karim Qasim | Iraq | Prime Minister of Iraq (1958–1963) | 1963 | Overthrown (Executed by firing squad) |
| Sukarno | Indonesia | President of Indonesia (1945–1967) | 1967 | Overthrown [67] |
| Liu Shaoqi | China | Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1958–1968) | 1968 | Treason [68] |
| Said bin Taimur | Oman | Sultan of Oman (1932–1970) | 1970 | Overthrown |
| Tajuddin Ahmad | Bangladesh | Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1971–1972) | 1975 | Overthrown (Executed by firing squad) [69] |
| Muhammad Mansur Ali | Bangladesh | Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1975) | 1975 | Overthrown (Executed by firing squad) [69] |
| Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad | Bangladesh | President of Bangladesh (1975) | 1975 | Overthrown [69] |
| Amir-Abbas Hoveyda | Iran | Prime Minister of Iran (1965–1977) | 1979 | Overthrown (Executed by firing squad) [70] |
| Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Iran | Shah of Iran (1941–1979) | 1979 | Overthrown |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | Pakistan | President of Pakistan (1971–1973) Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973–1977) | 1979 | Murder (Hanging) [71] [72] [73] |
| Kakuei Tanaka | Japan | Prime Minister of Japan (1972–1974) | 1983 | Bribery [74] |
| Zhao Ziyang | China | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1987–1989) Premier of the People's Republic of China (1980–1987) | 1989 | Politically purged |
| Hussain Muhammad Ershad | Bangladesh | President of Bangladesh (1983–1990) | 1990 | Corruption [75] |
| Mohammad Najibullah | Afghanistan | President of Afghanistan (1987–1992) | 1992 | Overthrown (Tortured to death) [76] |
| Tursunbek Chyngyshev | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (1992–1993) | 1994 | Corruption [77] |
| Chun Doo-hwan | South Korea | President of South Korea (1980-1988) | 1996 | Treason [78] |
| Roh Tae-woo | South Korea | President of South Korea (1988–1993) | 1996 | Treason [79] |
| Akezhan Kazhegeldin | Kazakhstan | Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (1994–1997) | 1998 | Tax evasion [80] |
| Necmettin Erbakan | Turkey | Prime Minister of Turkey (1996–1997) | 1998 | Corruption [81] |
| Benazir Bhutto | Pakistan | Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990 & 1993–1996) | 1999 | Corruption [82] |
| P. V. Narasimha Rao | India | Prime Minister of India (1991–1996) | 2000 | Corruption [83] |
| Suharto | Indonesia | President of Indonesia (1968–1998) | 2000 | Corruption [84] |
| Ne Win | Burma | Prime Minister of Burma (1958–1960 & 1962–1974) President of Burma (1974–1981) | 2002 | Treason [85] |
| Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi | Iraq | Prime Minister of Iraq (1991–1993) | 2003 | Overthrown [86] |
| Sa'dun Hammadi | Iraq | Prime Minister of Iraq (1991) | 2003 | Overthrown [87] |
| Saddam Hussein | Iraq | President of Iraq (1979–2003) | 2003 | Overthrown (Executed by hanging) [88] |
| Khin Nyunt | Burma | Prime Minister of Myanmar (2003–2004) | 2005 | Corruption [89] |
| Joseph Estrada | Philippines | President of the Philippines (1998–2001) | 2007 | Corruption [90] |
| Norodom Ranariddh | Cambodia | Prime Minister of Cambodia (1993–1997) | 2007 | Corruption [91] |
| Chen Shui-bian | Taiwan | President of the Republic of China (2000–2008) | 2009 | Bribery [92] |
| Abdul Kabir | Afghanistan | Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan (2001, 2023) | 2010 | Terrorism [93] |
| Moshe Katsav | Israel | President of Israel (2000-2007) | 2011 | Rape [94] |
| Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | Philippines | President of the Philippines (2001–2010) | 2011 | Hospital arrest. Election fraud charges, later dismissed [95] |
2012 | Hospital arrest. Corruption charges, later dismissed [96] |
| Yousaf Raza Gillani | Pakistan | Prime Minister of Pakistan (2008–2012) | 2012 | Contempt of court [97] |
| Nambaryn Enkhbayar | Mongolia | Prime Minister of Mongolia (2000–2004) President of Mongolia (2005–2009) | 2012 | Corruption [98] |
| Abdumalik Abdullajanov | Tajikistan | Prime Minister of Tajikistan (1992–1993) | 2013 | Attempted assassination [99] |
| Daniar Usenov | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2009–2010) | 2013 | Corruption [100] |
| Ehud Olmert | Israel | Prime Minister of Israel (2006-2009) | 2014 | Bribery [101] |
| Raja Pervaiz Ashraf | Pakistan | Prime Minister of Pakistan (2012–2013) | 2014 | Corruption [102] |
| Khieu Samphan | Democratic Kampuchea | Chairman of the State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea (1976–1979) | 2014 | Crimes against humanity [103] |
| Nuon Chea | Democratic Kampuchea | Prime Minister of Kampuchea (1976) | 2014 | Crimes against humanity [104] |
| Kenan Evren | Turkey | President of Turkey (1980–1989) | 2014 | Treason [105] |
| Serik Akhmetov | Kazakhstan | Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (2012–2014) | 2015 | Corruption [106] |
| Han Myeong-sook | South Korea | Prime Minister of South Korea (2006–2007) | 2015 | Bribery [107] |
| Mohamed Nasheed | Maldives | President of the Maldives (2008-2012) | 2015 | Terrorism [108] |
| Lee Wan-koo | South Korea | Prime Minister of South Korea (2015) | 2016 | Bribery [109] |
| Igor Chudinov | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2007–2009) | 2017 | Corruption [110] |
| Yingluck Shinawatra | Thailand | Prime Minister of Thailand (2011–2014) | 2017 | Corruption [111] |
| Choi Kyoung-hwan | South Korea | Prime Minister of South Korea (2015) | 2018 | Bribery [112] |
| Chimediin Saikhanbileg | Mongolia | Prime Minister of Mongolia (2014–2016) | 2018 | Corruption [113] |
| Sanjaagiin Bayar | Mongolia | Prime Minister of Mongolia (2007–2009) | 2018 | Corruption [113]
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| Almazbek Atambayev | Kyrgyzstan | President of Kyrgyzstan (2011–2017) | 2018 | Murder [114] |
| Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | Maldives | President of the Maldives (1978–2008) | 2018 | Treason [115] |
| Lee Myung-bak | South Korea | President of South Korea (2008–2013) | 2018 | Bribery [116] |
| Park Geun-hye | South Korea | President of South Korea (2013–2017) | 2018 | Bribery [117] |
| Khaleda Zia | Bangladesh | Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991–1996 & 2001–2006) | 2018 | Corruption [118] |
| Nawaz Sharif | Pakistan | Prime Minister of Pakistan (1990–1993, 1997–1999 & 2013–2017) | 2018 | Corruption [119] [120] [121] |
| Ma Ying-jeou | Taiwan | President of the Republic of China (2008-2016) | 2018 | Leaking classified information [122] |
| Abdulla Yameen | Maldives | President of the Maldives (2013–2018) | 2019 | Corruption [123] |
| Thaksin Shinawatra | Thailand | Prime Minister of Thailand (2001–2006) | 2019 | Corruption [124] |
| Nur Bekri | China | Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region People's Government (2008–2014) | 2019 | Bribery [125] |
| Pervez Musharraf | Pakistan | President of Pakistan (2001–2008) | 2019 | Treason [126] |
| Asif Ali Zardari | Pakistan | President of Pakistan (2008–2013, 2024-present) | 2019 | Corruption [127] |
| Najib Razak | Malaysia | Prime Minister of Malaysia (2009–2018) | 2019 | Corruption [128] |
| Zhantoro Satybaldiyev | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2012–2014) | 2019 | Corruption [129] |
| Sapar Isakov | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2017–2018) | 2019 | Corruption [129] |
| Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi | Yemen | President of Yemen (2012–2022) | 2020 | Treason [130] |
| Dendeviin Terbishdagva | Mongolia | Prime Minister of Mongolia (2014) | 2020 | Abuse of power [131] |
| Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat | Mongolia | Prime Minister of Mongolia (2016–2017) | 2020 | Abuse of power [132] |
| Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan | Mongolia | Prime Minister of Mongolia (1996–1998) | 2020 | Abuse of power [133] |
| Aung San Suu Kyi | Myanmar | State Counsellor of Myanmar (2016–2021) | 2021 | Illegally importing walkie-talkies [134] |
| Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2018–2020) | 2021 | Corruption [135] |
| Ömürbek Babanov | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2011–2012) | 2021 | Corruption [136] |
| Kubanychbek Jumaliyev | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (1998) | 2021 | Corruption [137] |
| Temir Sariyev | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2015–2016) | 2021 | Corruption [138] |
| Sooronbay Jeenbekov | Kyrgyzstan | President of Kyrgyzstan (2017-2020) & Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2016–2017) | 2021 | Corruption [139] |
| Djoomart Otorbaev | Kyrgyzstan | Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2014–2015) | 2022 | Corruption [140] |
| Karim Massimov | Kazakhstan | Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (2014–2016) | 2023 | Treason [141] |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018–2022) | 2023 | Corruption [142] |
| Sheikh Hasina | Bangladesh | Prime Minister of Bangladesh (2014–2016) | 2024 | Overthrown [143] |
| Bashar al-Assad | Syria | President of Syria (2000–2024) | 2024 | Overthrown [144] |