Why is the assassination of heads of states almost never used in realpoliticking?

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I thought about this when a coworker mentioned in casual conversation that they wondered why a certain head of state (no reason to get into specifics) is not simply done away with to resolve a currently ongoing international conflict. To my knowledge that’s almost never done in the real world because it rarely works as intended. I was wondering if any politics/international relationship experts or avid Hitman/Assassin’s Creed players knows the real reason why this is, and if there’s even a official term for why this is not done in real politics? Thanks.

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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_and_executed_heads_of_state_and_government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_and_executed_heads_of_state_and_government)

Apparently it was a thing in the 70s but has gone out of fashion since.

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