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A coup d'état (/ ˌ k uː d eɪ ˈ t ɑː / ⓘ; French for 'stroke of state'), or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.
- List of Coups and Coup Attempts
General Bonaparte during the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire in...
- Coup of 18 Brumaire
The coup d'état of 18 Brumaire brought Napoleon Bonaparte to...
- A Practical Handbook
Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, first published in 1968,...
- Self-coup
Cavalry in the streets of Paris during the French coup of...
- Kais Saied
Kais Saied (Arabic: قَيس سَعيد; born 22 February 1958) is a...
- Kapp Putsch
The Kapp Putsch (German pronunciation: [ˈkapˌpʊt͡ʃ] ⓘ), also...
- Francisco Macías Nguema
In 1979, he was overthrown in a coup d'état by his nephew...
- Succession Crisis
A succession crisis is a crisis that arises when an order of...
- 2016 Turkish coup attempt
On 15 July 2016, a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces,...
- 1953 Iranian coup d'état
The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad...
- List of Coups and Coup Attempts
The 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat took place on 3 July 2013. Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to remove the democratically elected President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi from power and suspended the Egyptian constitution of 2012 . [10]
- 3 July 2013; 10 years ago
- Overthrow Mohamed Morsi and establish a new government
1973 Chilean coup d'état. Part of the Cold War in South America and Operation Condor. From top to bottom: the bombing of La Moneda on September 11, 1973, by the Chilean Armed Forces; a journalist and soldiers during the coup; and detainees and torture victims being detained at the National Stadium. Date.
- Armed forces put the country under military control. Little and unorganized civil resistance.
- Chile
- 11 September 1973
The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup, was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Soviet Union's Communist Party to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet President and General Secretary of the Communist Party at the time.
