It's not the first and likely not the last, regardless of what draconian measures they implement.
It's a high profile job and the danger comes with it. If you're the one writing laws for everyone to follow, it's highly likely that many people will want you dead.
It's a "fun" fact that US presidents have a nearly 20% death rate for example.
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy, and Reagan came close (I cannot remember other close calls) out of 45: that is 10% at "best" ('best' here as improper as that 'funny'). Natural causes do not count for the context.
