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1958 Pakistani military coup: Army Chief and Defence Minister General Ayub Khan led a military coup to overthrow the government of Iskander Mirza. 14 July Revolution in Iraq: The Hashemite monarchy was overthrown and the Iraqi Republic was established, with Abd al-Karim Qasim as Prime Minister.
This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow a country's government. Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least seven days. [1]
Three coup leaders arrested whilst Niyombare remains on the run. [35] 2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt: 17 September 2015: Attempt Burkina Faso: Gen. Gilbert Diendéré: President Michel Kafando: Coup fails and the Regiment of Presidential Security is dissolved. [36] [37] [38] 2015 Central African Republic coup d'état attempt: 26 September – 3 ...
Quotations related to Coup d'état at Wikiquote; The dictionary definition of coup d'état at Wiktionary; John J. Chin, David B. Carter & Joseph G. Wright. Dataset on all military and non-military coup attempts in the world since 1946. Powell, Jonathan & Clayton Thyne. Global Instances of Coups from 1950–Present via Archive.org.
The coup was arranged by the Greek Army in Cyprus, the Cypriot National Guard and the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The plotters ousted President Makarios III and replaced him with pro- Enosis (Greek irridentist ) nationalist Nikos Sampson as dictator.
LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday evening and a general was arrested after President Luis Arce slammed a "coup" attempt ...
Bush called on him to honor the will of the Panamanian people. Coup attempts were made against Noriega and skirmishes broke out between U.S. and Panamanian troops. Noriega was also indicted for drug charges in the United States. [356] In December 1989, in a military operation code-named Operation Just Cause, the U.S. invaded Panama. Noriega ...
Another military official who made the list is Air Force Maj. Gen. Elizabeth Arledge who had made “woke posts” on her social media, according to AAF. In one post, Arledge shared articles that ...