| DATE |
COUNTRY |
OVERTHROWN LEADER |
OVERTHROWING LEADER / FORCE |
DIRECTORY |
2021 |
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September 2021 |
Guinea |
President Alpha Conde |
Col Mamady Doumbouya / Special forces soldiers |
AFRICA |
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2020 |
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August 2020 |
Mali |
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta |
Col Malick Diaw, Col Sadio Camara & Gen Cheick Fanta Mady Dembel |
AFRICA |
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2019 |
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April 2019 |
Venezuela (attempt) |
President Nicolás Maduro |
Retired army personnel + unknown parties |
LATIN AMERICA |
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2017 |
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November 2017 |
Zimbabwe |
President Robert Mugabe |
Zimbabwean army |
AFRICA |
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2016 |
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July 2016 |
Turkey (attempt) |
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
Fethullah Gülen movement (according to Erdogan) |
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2015 |
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December 2015 |
Niger (attempt) |
President
Mahamadou Issoufou |
Former military chief of staff Gen Souleymane Salou and other senior military officers. |
AFRICA |
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| 2014 |
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November 2014 |
Burkina Faso |
President Blaise Compaoré |
BF Army / Lt Col Isaac Zida |
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| August 2014 |
Lesotho (attempt) |
Prime Minister
Thomas Thabane |
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May 2014 |
Thailand |
Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra |
Thai Army - Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha |
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| 2013 |
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July 2013 |
Egypt |
President Mohammed Morsi |
Egypt Army |
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March 2013 |
Central African Republic |
President Francois Bozize |
To be established | Rebel group |
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| 2012 |
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March 2012 |
Mali |
President Amadou Toumani Toure |
Led by Capt Amadou Sanogo |
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February 2012 |
Maldives |
President Mohamed Nasheed |
Disputed coup / Resigned in the midst of unrest |
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| 2010 |
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February 2010 |
Niger |
President Mamadou Tandja |
Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) |
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| 2009 |
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June 2009 |
Honduras |
President Manuel Zelaya |
Group of military officers and elite soldiers |
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| 2008 |
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August 2008 |
Mauritania |
President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi |
General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz |
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| 2006 |
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December 2006 |
Fiji |
Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase |
Commodore Frank Bainimarama |
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September 2006 |
Thailand |
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra |
Army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin |
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| 2005 |
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August 2005 |
Mauritania |
President Maaouiya Ould Taya |
General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz |
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| 2004 |
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| February 2004 |
Togo |
President Etienne Eyadema (after deceased) |
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AFRICA |
February 2004 |
Haiti |
President Jean-Bertrand Aristid |
Rebel forces |
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| 2003 |
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September 2003 |
Guinea-Bissau |
President Kumba Yalá |
Colonel Jose Zamora Induta |
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July 2003 |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
President Fradique de Menezes |
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March 2003 |
Central African Republic |
Prime Minister Ange-Félix Patassé |
Rebel leader Francois Bozize |
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| 2002 |
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April 2002 |
Venezuela (attempt) |
President Hugo Chavez |
Army generals |
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| 2000 |
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May 2000 |
Fiji |
President Mahendra Chaudhry |
Political oponent George Speight | Laisenia Qarase |
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January 2000 |
Ecuador |
President Jamil Mahuad |
General Carlos Mendoza |
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