List of coups and coup attempts by country

• February 20, 1919: Nasrullah Khan overthrew Habibullah Khan. • February 28, 1919: Amanullah Khan overthrew Nasrullah Khan. • September 16, 1979: Hafizullah Amin overthrew Nur Muhammad Taraki. • December 27, 1979: Babrak Karmal overthrew Hafizullah Amin. • March 6, 1990: Shahnawaz Tanai attempted and failed to overthrow Mohammad Najibullah. • April 2002: failed coup by members of hardline Islamist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezbi Islami against Afghan Interim Administration leader Hamid Karzai, which included killing former Afghan king Mohammed Zahir Shah on his planned return to Afghanistan. == Albania ==

• 1914: The Peasant Revolt in Albania, also known as the Islamic Revolt or Muslim Uprising in Albania, was an uprising of peasants from central Albania, mostly Muslims, against the regime of Wilhelm, Prince of Albania in 1914. It was one of the reasons for the prince's withdrawal from the country, which marked the fall of the Principality of Albania. The uprising was led by Muslim leaders Haxhi Qamili, Arif Hiqmeti, Musa Qazimi, and Mustafa Ndroqi. • June–December 1924: The June Revolution (Albanian: or ), also known as the Antibourgeois Democratic Revolution (Albanian: ), was a peasant insurgency backed by the parliamentary opposition to the Zogu government, following the 1923 Albanian parliamentary election. Fan Noli became the Prime Minister of Albania. • September 14, 1998: The funeral of Azem Hajdari, a Member of Parliament, turned violent as the office of the Albanian prime minister Fatos Nano was attacked, obliging Nano to hastily flee and step down shortly after. His party remained in power. == Algeria ==

• July 3, 1962: Houari Boumédiène and Ahmed Ben Bella overthrew Benyoucef Benkhedda. • June 19, 1965: Houari Boumédiène overthrew Ahmed Ben Bella. • December 14–16, 1967: Colonel Tahar Zbiri failed to overthrow Houari Boumédiène. • January 11, 1992: Khaled Nezzar overthrew Chadli Bendjedid. • On April 2, 2019, the president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned under pressure from the military, following the 2019–2021 Algerian protests == Angola ==

• May 27, 1977: The Minister of Interior Nito Alves failed to overthrow Agostinho Neto. == Argentina ==

• September 6, 1930: General José Félix Uriburu and the Nacionalistas overthrew President Hipólito Yrigoyen and suspended the 1853 Constitution. • December 18, 1932: failed military uprising against Agustín Pedro Justo by Atilio Cattáneo and the Radical Civic Union. • June 4, 1943: the military overthrew president Ramón Castillo. • September 28, 1951: failed military revolt against President Juan Perón by Benjamín Menéndez. • September 16–23, 1955: the military, led by General Eduardo Lonardi, overthrew president Juan Perón. • June 6, 1956: failed military uprising, led by General Juan José Valle, against de facto President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu. • June 19, 1959: failed military uprising against Arturo Frondizi by . • November 30, 1960: failed military uprising against Arturo Frondizi by . • March 29, 1962: the military, led by General , overthrew President Arturo Frondizi. • 21 September 1962 – 5 April 1963: a revolt by Anti Peronist elements of the Argentine Navy after the government decided to allow Peronist candidates to run for political office. • June 28, 1966: a military uprising led by General Juan Carlos Onganía overthrew president Arturo Umberto Illia. • December 18–22, 1975: failed military uprising against Isabel Perón by . • March 24, 1976: Jorge Videla overthrew Isabel Perón and established the National Reorganization Process. • December 11, 1981: the military overthrew Roberto Viola, with Leopoldo Galtieri being appointed president of Argentina one week later. • April 1987: mutiny by members of the Carapintada faction in the Argentine Army. == Armenia ==

• May 10–14, 1920: Uprising by Pro-Bolshevik forces in Yerevan. • February 25, 2021: the Armenian military called for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign, similar to the 1997 Turkish military memorandum • September 2023: The Armenian government announced it had foiled a coup plot by a militia. • September 18, 2024: Several people were arrested for taking part in a plot to install a pro-Russian government. • June 25, 2025: 15 people were arrested on charges of planning a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. == Australia ==

Pre-federation • January 26, 1808: the New South Wales Corps overthrew William Bligh, Governor of New South Wales, and installed Major George Johnston as acting lieutenant-governor. Federation • November 11, 1975: Opposition leader Malcolm Fraser and Governor-General John Kerr committed a 'soft coup' when Kerr dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and replaced him with Fraser. == Austria ==

• 1931: Attempted coup by members of the Heimwehr paramilitary group, led by Walter Pfrimer. • March 15, 1933: Self-coup by Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, which effectively ended democracy and the First Republic. • July 25, 1934: the Austrian Nazi Party and the Austrian SS attempted to overthrow the Fatherland Front government in the Federal State of Austria, resulting in the assassination of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss and his succession by Kurt Schuschnigg. • April 2017: Austrian police arrested members of the far right for plotting a coup. == Azerbaijan ==

• June 9, 1993: Heydar Aliyev overthrew Abulfaz Elchibey during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War • March 13, 1995: Colonel Rovshan Javadov and his unit of OPON troops failed to seize power from President Heydar Aliyev and reinstate his predecessor Abulfaz Elchibey after Turkish president Süleyman Demirel warned Aliyev. • May 16, 2023: Alleged Iran-backed coup plot. == Bahrain ==

• 1895: attempted coup by Shubar al-Sitri. • December 16, 1981: Seventy-three members of the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain were arrested by the Bahraini government for attempting to orchestrate a coup. The coup was allegedly assisted by Iran, although the Iranian government denied this claim. == Bangladesh ==

• August 15, 1975: Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad overthrew the BaKSAL government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. • November 3, 1975: Khaled Mosharraf overthrew the government set up by the August coup. • November 7, 1975: Soldiers from the Bangladesh Army overthrew and killed Khaled Mosharraf just a few days after he took power. • May 30, 1981: Soldiers led by Major General Mohammad Abdul Monjur assassinated President Ziaur Rahman. They failed to seize power and were rounded up. • March 24, 1982: Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrew President Abdus Sattar. • May 1996: Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim attempted and failed to overthrow Abdur Rahman Biswas. • January 11, 2007: General Moeen U Ahmed pressured President Iajuddin Ahmed into declaring a state of emergency, postponing elections, and appointing a new Chief Advisor to head the caretaker government. • December 2011: Rebel army officers attempted and failed to overthrow Sheikh Hasina. == Belgium ==

=== Austrian Netherlands === • June 18, 1789: The Austrian Imperial Army occupied the Great Market of Brussels, dissolved the States of Brabant and Council of Brabant, and tried to arrest all its members. === United Belgian States === • March 1790: Statist coup was carried out against the Vonckists. === Kingdom of Belgium === • : The Orangist movement launched an unsuccessful coup in Belgium. ==Benin==

=== Kingdom of Dahomey === • 1818: A coup, supported by the slave trader Francisco Félix de Souza, overthrew King Adandozan and enthroned Ghezo. === Republic of Dahomey === • October 28, 1963: Christophe Soglo overthrew Hubert Maga and the Dahomeyan Unity Party. • November 27, 1965: Christophe Soglo overthrew Sourou-Migan Apithy. • December 16, 1967: Maurice Kouandété overthrew Christophe Soglo. • December 10, 1969: Maurice Kouandété overthrew Emile Derlin Zinsou. • October 26, 1972: Mathieu Kérékou overthrew Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin. === People's Republic of Benin === • January 17, 1977: French-led mercenaries attempted to overthrow Mathieu Kérékou and the People's Revolutionary Party of Benin government. === Republic of Benin === • March 4, 2013: Failed coup attempt by Colonel against President Thomas Boni Yayi. • September 26, 2024: 3 people arrested on charges of organising a coup. • December 7, 2025: members of the Beninese Armed Forces attempted to overthrow President Patrice Talon ==Bolivia==

• April 18, 1828: Military revolt. Antonio José de Sucre was wounded in the arm and resigned. • December 31, 1828 to January 1, 1829: President Pedro Blanco Soto was deposed and killed in a coup led by José Ballivián. • January 22, 1839: José Miguel de Velasco overthrew Andrés de Santa Cruz. • June 10, 1841: Sebastián Ágreda overthrew José Miguel de Velasco. • September 22, 1841: José Ballivián overthrew Mariano Enrique Calvo. • January 2, 1848: Manuel Isidoro Belzu overthrew Eusebio Guilarte and installed José Miguel de Velasco as president. • December 6, 1848: Manuel Isidoro Belzu overthrew José Miguel de Velasco; failed counter-coup by Velasco. • 1854: Failed military revolt, with notable participant Mariano Melgarejo, against Manuel Isidoro Belzu. • September 9, 1857: José María Linares overthrew Jorge Córdova. • January 14, 1861: José María de Achá, Ruperto Fernández, and Manuel Antonio Sánchez overthrew José María Linares. • December 28, 1864: Mariano Melgarejo overthrew José María de Achá. • January 15, 1871: Agustín Morales overthrew Mariano Melgarejo. • May 4, 1876: Hilarión Daza overthrew Tomás Frías. • December 28, 1879: Hilarión Daza was declared deposed and, in his absence, Narciso Campero was proclaimed president on January 19, 1880. • April 12, 1899: José Manuel Pando overthrew Severo Fernández. • August 12, 1920: Bautista Saavedra overthrew José Gutiérrez. • June 28, 1930: Carlos Blanco Galindo overthrew Hernando Siles Reyes' ministerial cabinet. • November 27, 1934: Military revolt. Germán Busch, under the orders of David Toro and Enrique Peñaranda, overthrew Daniel Salamanca Urey and installed Vice President José Luis Tejada Sorzano as president. • May 17, 1936: Germán Busch overthrew José Luis Tejada Sorzano and installed David Toro as president. • July 13, 1937: Germán Busch overthrew David Toro. • December 20, 1943: Gualberto Villarroel overthrew Enrique Peñaranda. • July 21, 1946: An enraged mob lynched Gualberto Villarroel. Néstor Guillén, and then Tomás Monje, were installed as interim presidents. • May 16, 1951: Mamerto Urriolagoitía enacted a self-coup and installed General Hugo Ballivián as president to stop President-elect Víctor Paz Estenssoro from taking office. • April 11, 1952: Hernán Siles Zuazo overthrew Hugo Ballivián and installed Víctor Paz Estenssoro as president. • November 5, 1964: René Barrientos and Alfredo Ovando Candía overthrew Víctor Paz Estenssoro. • September 26, 1969: Alfredo Ovando Candía overthrew Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas. • October 6, 1970: Military revolt. Three armed forces chiefs overthrew Alfredo Ovando Candía but ruled for less than a day before Ovando loyalists under Juan José Torres took back control. Ovando agreed to entrust the presidency to Torres. • August 21, 1971: Hugo Banzer overthrew Juan José Torres. • November 7, 1974: Failed military revolt. Hugo Banzer banned all political activity and ruled solely with military support. • July 21, 1978: Juan Pereda overthrew the transitional military junta. • November 24, 1978: David Padilla overthrew Juan Pereda. • November 1, 1979: Alberto Natusch overthrew Wálter Guevara. • July 17, 1980: Luis García Meza overthrew Lidia Gueiler Tejada. • June 30, 1984: Failed military coup attempt arrests Hernán Siles Zuazo for ten hours. • 2019 Bolivian political crisis • June 26, 2024: Attempted coup by former General Juan José Zúñiga against Luis Arce. == Brazil ==

video on Lott's 1955 countercoup (eng. subs). • July 30, 1832: a failed coup by Diogo Feijó. • November 15, 1889: Deodoro da Fonseca and the Imperial Brazilian Army overthrew Pedro II of Brazil and established the First Brazilian Republic. • November 3, 1891: Deodoro da Fonseca dissolved the National Congress during the Encilhamento crisis. • November 23, 1891: Floriano Peixoto took power without calling for new elections, in violation of the Constitution. • November 15, 1904: Attempted military coup during the Vaccine Revolt. • : a coup plot against Venceslau Brás. • July 5, 1922: a failed military coup to prevent the inauguration of Artur Bernardes. • November 3, 1930: Getúlio Vargas overthrew Washington Luís and prevented the inauguration of Júlio Prestes. • November 10, 1937: Getúlio Vargas dissolved the National Congress, installing the Estado Novo dictatorship. • October 29, 1945: A military coup d'état deposed Getúlio Vargas, installing the Second Brazilian Republic. • August 24, 1954: Possible coup d'état was averted after Getúlio Vargas committed suicide. • November 11, 1955: A coup d'état to prevent Juscelino Kubitschek from assuming the presidency failed after general Henrique Lott carried out a countercoup. • February 10, 1956: The Brazilian Air Force revolted against Juscelino Kubitschek in the . • December 2, 1959: Air Force military hijacked a civilian airplane and attempted a coup against Juscelino Kubitschek, in the . • August 25 to September 7, 1961: Military tried to prevent João Goulart from being sworn into the presidency after Jânio Quadros resigned. After a civilian campaign and support from legalist members of the military, a coup was averted when a parliamentary regime was adopted, curbing presidential powers (later reverted). • September 12, 1963: Displeased lower-ranking military personnel rebelled in Brasília after the Supreme Federal Court reaffirmed their ineligibility for legislative posts, in the Sergeants' Revolt. • March 31, 1964: Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco overthrew João Goulart, establishing the 21-year-long dictatorship. • August 31, 1969: The military prevented Pedro Aleixo, civilian vice-president and legal successor according to the military dictatorship's recently enacted constitution, from assuming power after Costa e Silva suffered a stroke. • December 2022: 2022 Brazilian Coup plot. • January 8, 2023: Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the National Congress, Supreme Federal Court and Planalto Palace in Brasília, in an effort to overturn the result of the 2022 Brazilian general election and called for a military coup against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. See also: Planning for a coup d'état after the 2022 Brazilian presidential elections. ==Bulgaria==

• April 27, 1881: This was a self-coup by Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg, who dismissed the government of Petko Karavelov and suspended the Tarnovo Constitution. • August 9, 1886: An attempted dethroning of Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg. • June 9, 1923: The overthrew Aleksandar Stamboliyski and installed coup leader Aleksandar Tsankov in power. • September 14–29, 1923: Staged in September 1923 by the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) under Comintern pressure, this was an attempt to overthrow Alexander Tsankov's new government that had come to power with the June 9 coup d'état. Other than its communist base, the uprising was also supported by agrarians and anarchists. The uprising's goal was the "establishment of a government of workers and peasants" in Bulgaria. • May 19, 1934: Zveno, led by Kimon Georgiev with the help of the , overthrew the coalition government led by the Democratic Party. • September 9, 1944: Zveno and the Fatherland Front, led by Kimon Georgiev, overthrew Konstantin Muraviev after the Soviet invasion of Bulgaria. • April 1965: A plot within the Bulgarian Communist Party to overthrow Todor Zhivkov and establish an anti-Soviet Communist government was foiled. • : Todor Zhivkov was ousted in a palace coup within the Bulgarian Communist Party. ==Burkina Faso==

Upper Volta • January 3, 1966: Lieutenant Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana overthrew President Maurice Yaméogo. • February 8, 1974: A self-coup, orchestrated by President General Sangoulé Lamizana (in office since the 1966 coup), against the RDA-led government of Prime Minister Gérard Kango Ouédraogo. • November 25, 1980: Colonel Saye Zerbo overthrew President Sangoulé Lamizana. • November 7, 1982: Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo overthrew President Saye Zerbo. • February 28, 1983: Failed coup attempt against President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo. • August 4, 1983: Captain Blaise Compaoré overthrew President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, replacing him with Captain Thomas Sankara. Burkina Faso • October 15, 1987: Blaise Compaoré overthrew Thomas Sankara. • September 18, 1989: Alleged failed coup attempt by senior officers against President Blaise Compaoré. • October 2003: The attempted coup was carried out against long-time strongman President Blaise Compaoré and his CDP regime, and resulted in the imprisonment of several members of the military and political dissidents. • October 30, 2014: Lt. Colonel Yacouba Isaac Zida overthrew current president Blaise Compaoré and briefly served as head of state before selecting Michel Kafando as the new president. Days later, Kafando appointed Zida as acting prime minister. • September 17, 2015: The presidential guard headed by Gilbert Diendéré overthrew interim president Michel Kafando one month before elections. However, the coup collapsed one week later and Kafando was reinstalled. • October 8, 2016: Blaise Compaoré loyalists and former presidential guards failed to overthrow President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. • January 23, 2022: President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was reported to have been detained by the soldiers at the military camp in the capital. On January 24, the military announced on television that Kaboré had been deposed from his position as president. After the announcement, the military declared that the parliament, government and constitution had been dissolved. • September 30, 2022: The coup removed interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba over his alleged inability to deal with the country's Islamist insurgency. Captain Ibrahim Traoré took over as interim leader. • September 26, 2023: failed coup attempt against President Ibrahim Traore. • January 14, 2024: attempted coup crushed by military. • April 16, 2025: attempt to overthrow Ibrahim Traoré foiled after plotters were arrested. • January 7 2026: Burkina Faso announced that an attempted assassination of Ibrahim Traoré was thwarted. According to DW Africa, this is the fifth coup attempt in Burkina Faso since 2023. == Burundi ==

• October 18–19, 1965: Failed coup against Mwambutsa IV of Burundi. • July 8, 1966: Ntare V overthrew Mwambutsa IV. • November 28, 1966: Michel Micombero overthrew Ntare V. • April 18, 2001: Failed coup against Pierre Buyoya. • May 13–15, 2015: Failed coup d'état led by General Godefroid Niyombare against President Pierre Nkurunziza. == Cambodia ==

• 1959: Coup plot by right wing politicians with support from Thailand and South Vietnam. • March 18, 1970: Lon Nol overthrew Norodom Sihanouk. • July 2, 1994: Attempted coup by Norodom Chakrapong and General Sin Song. • July 5, 1997: Hun Sen overthrew Norodom Ranariddh. • November 20, 2000: Attempted coup against Prime Minister Hun Sen. == Cameroon ==

• April 6, 1984: Presidential palace guards failed to overthrow president Paul Biya. == Central African Republic ==