Countries by Coup d'états

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1953

Egged on by the U.K. and U.S. autocrat Mohammed Reza Pahlavi overthrew the democratically elected leader.

2021

Many prominent, democratically-elected politicians are imprisoned after Tatmadaw, a military junta.

2016

The Council for Peace at Home attempted to overthrow Erdogan's government.

44 BCE

Brutus kills his friend in fear that he will ruin the republic.

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1936

Rebels sought to overthrow the Second Republic, led to a costly civil war and Franco's rise to power.

1971

The king of Scotland/commander of this country's army led an uprising against the government to retain his power.

1969

The monarchy is bloodlessly overthrown and a prominent colonel gains leadership until his 2011 assassination.

1923

An angry Austrian and his National Socialist party try to overthrow a city and start his evil empire.

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1893

Queen Lili'uokalani is overthrown by Americans wanting to annex her kingdom.

1952

Batista took over the government, angering a communist lawyer.

1973

The communist Allende was overthrown by an authoritarian, anti-communist, U.S. backed junta.

1999

Army General Musharraf overthrows the government, suspends the constitution and officially becomes president in 2002 with a suspicious 97.97% of the vote.