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The September Uprising (Bulgarian: Септемврийско въстание, Septemvriysko vastanie) was an armed insurgency staged in September 1923 by the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) under Comintern pressure and attempted to overthrow Alexander Tsankov's new government of Bulgaria that had come to power with the coup d'état of 9 June.
August 15, 1975: Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad overthrew the BaKSAL government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. [18] November 3, 1975: Khaled Mosharraf overthrew the government set up by the August coup. [19] November 7, 1975: Soldiers from the Bangladesh Army overthrew and killed Khaled Mosharraf just a few days after he took power. [20]
A 2014 study of 18 Latin American countries in the 20th-century study found the legislative powers of the presidency does not influence coup frequency. [14] A 2019 study found that when a country's politics is polarized and electoral competition is low, civilian-recruited coups become more likely. [67]
Muraviev was only in charge of the country for a week, from 2 to 9 September and despite trying to cut ties with the Axis, he stopped short of declaring war on Germany until after 5 September, when the USSR used this as a reason to declare war on Bulgaria and install their own government. [54] [55] Miklós Horthy Hungary: Regent Nazi Germany
The Sandinistas lost power in elections in 1990, but returned under veteran leader Ortega in 2006. His government has faced accusations of using political violence, corruption and election-rigging ...
The plotters were soon arrested by the Gabonese government. [49] 2019 Sudanese coup d'état: 10 April 2019: Coup Sudan: Lt. Gen. Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf: President Omar al-Bashir: Sudanese soldiers, led by the former First Vice President, attacked the presidential palace and overthrew the President and his government, resulting in the new government ...
Increasingly, military juntas that overthrew democratic governments in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are reassessing their ties to the U.S. and the West and turning instead to mercenaries linked to ...
Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.