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who was the political figure whose assassination sparked world war 1

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It was Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria — heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. He was assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip, an act that set off the July Crisis and ultimately led to World War I.