A coup d'état (/ˌkuːdeɪˈtɑː/ ; French: [ku deta] ; lit. 'stroke of state'), or simply a coup, is the illegal, forceful overthrow of a government by a military...

PBSuccess. 1954 Paraguayan coup d'état: A military coup brings Alfredo Stroessner to power. Coup d'état of Yanaon: A coup d'état led by Dadala Raphael Ramanayya...

The Coup d'état of December Twelfth or the 12·12 Military Insurrection (Korean: 12·12 군사 반란; Hanja: 十二十二軍事反亂) was a military mutiny which took place on...

The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état (Persian: کودتای ۲۸ مرداد), was the U.S.- and British-instigated, Iranian army-led...

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...

question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically...

The Syrian coup d'état may refer to: The March 1949 Syrian coup d'état, overthrow of Shukri al-Quwatli The August 1949 Syrian coup d'état [pl], overthrow...

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat is a 2024 documentary film directed by Johan Grimonprez about the Cold War episode that led American musicians Abbey Lincoln...

The 1966 Syrian coup d'état refers to events between 21 and 23 February during which the government of the Syrian Arab Republic was overthrown and replaced...

The 1963 Syrian coup d'état, labelled in Ba'athist historiography as the "March 8 Revolution" (Arabic: ثورة الثامن من آذار), was the seizure of power...

The coup d'état of 2 December 1851 was a self-coup staged by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (later Napoleon III), at the time President of France under the Second...

coup d'état, also known as the 9 September coup d'état (Bulgarian: Деветосептемврийски преврат, romanized: Devetoseptemvriyski prevrat), was a coup that...

Romanian coup d'état, better known in Romanian historiography as the Act of 23 August (Romanian: Actul de la 23 august), was a coup d'état led by King...

Turkish coup d'état attempt 1969 Turkish coup d'état attempt [tr] 1971 Turkish coup d'état attempt [tr] 2007: E-memorandum 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt...

the coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French. This bloodless coup d'état overthrew the Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate. This...

The 1980 Turkish coup d'état (Turkish: 12 Eylül Darbesi, lit. 'September 12 coup d'état'), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was...

A self-coup, also called an autocoup (from Spanish autogolpe) or coup from the top, is a form of coup d'état in which a political leader, having come...

sentenced to death in absentia. March 1949 Syrian coup d'état 1963 Syrian coup d'état 1966 Syrian coup d'état List of modern conflicts in the Middle East The...

The Syrian coup d'état of 1961 was an uprising by disgruntled Syrian Army officers on 28 September 1961, that resulted in the break-up of the United Arab...

self-coup by South Korean President Park Chung-hee Coup d'état of December Twelfth – 1979 coup d'état in South Korea that brought Chun Doo-hwan to power...

The 1973 Chilean coup d'état (Spanish: Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973) was a military overthrow of the democratic socialist president of Chile Salvador...

The March 1949 Syrian coup d'état was a bloodless coup d'état that took place on 30 March. It was the first military coup in modern Syrian history and...

The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état (Golpe de Estado en Guatemala de 1954) deposed the democratically elected Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz and marked...

Turkish Armed Forces, organized as the Peace at Home Council, attempted a coup d'état against state institutions, including the government and president Recep...

Somali coup d'état may refer to: 1978 Somali coup d'état attempt 1969 Somali coup d'état This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

Brazilian coup d'état (Portuguese: Golpe de estado no Brasil em 1964) was the overthrow of Brazilian president João Goulart by a military coup from March...

Myanmar coup d'état may refer to the: 1962 Burmese coup d'état 1988 Burmese coup d'état 2021 Myanmar coup d'état This set index article includes a list...

coups d'état in the state of Iraq, and one attempt. 1936 Iraqi coup d'état, Baqr Sidki took power by a military coup in Iraq 1941 Iraqi coup d'état,...

The 2013 Egyptian coup d'etat or the Counter-revolution is an event that took place on 3 July 2013. Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led...

The Coup Belt (French: la ceinture de coups d'État) is a modern geopolitical concept and neologism which emerged during the 2020s to describe the region...