In addition to Alan García, other politicians who committed suicide

Alan García

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The Peruvian President who was a victim of justice this morning was not the first case of a politician who committed suicide in a complex moment of his life. The best known case is that of Adolf Hitler. On April 30, 1945, as his regime became weaker, he and his partner Eva Braun committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin.

Other legendary characters such as the Roman Emperor Nero and the Queen of Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra, have also taken this route, according to legends.

Here are some other cases among the most recent ones:

Slobodan Praljak

On November 29, 2017, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague sentenced Bosnian Croat politician Slobodan Praljak, one of the prominent figures of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, to 20 years in prison. the Croatian army. Once he heard the court's decision, which was recorded and broadcast live, he stopped and shouted that he was not responsible for the war crimes. Then he took potbadium cyanide and finished his life instantly.

Budd Dwyer

Budd Dwyer was a prominent 47-year-old civil servant who served as Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania in the United States. He became a possible candidate for Congress in the next election. But in 1987, a corruption scandal in which he was splashed threatened to end his political career. They accused him of accepting a $ 300,000 bribe to encourage Computer Technology Associates to secure a millionaire contract.

Dwyer categorically denied the charges even though he was convicted. Despite this, when his sentence had been announced, he could continue to hold the position of Treasurer. Until January 22, 1987, he convened a press conference during which the local and national media relayed the moment when, in desperation, He pulled out a revolver, put it in his mouth and shot, ending his days in front of the cameras.

Salvador Allende

Allende had been the first democratically elected socialist president in Chile until 1973, when he overthrew Augusto Pinochet's coup d'etat.

On September 11, 1973, after having remained two days stuck by the military at the Palacio de La Moneda, the official residence of President Allende, who bore at the time an AK-47 rifle, decided to put an end to the resistance. and to lay down his arms He committed suicide by shooting himself in the chin. He died instantly.

Andrzej Lepper

Lepper was an important Polish politician who was deputy prime minister of this country. Comments such as "It is impossible to rape a prostitute" or "I consider myself a positive dictator" have sparked controversy.

A woman from her party accused her of having claimed badual favors in exchange for a job in a regional office. After the publication of these applications, other women have laid similar charges.

Two years and three months in prison after Lepper was convicted of demanding badual favors from women in his party. On August 5, 2011, he was found dead in his office in Warsaw, hanging on a rope.