Coups Since 2000
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
The following table lists major military coups around the world from 2000 to the present. Countries with deposed political leaders include Honduras, Togo, Fiji, Thailand, Haiti, Mauritania, Venezuela, and more.
| Month/Year | Country | Circumstances |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2000 | Ecuador | President Jamil Mahuad overthrown in the first military coup in Latin America in a decade. |
| May 2000 | Fiji | Fijian nationalists, led by George Speight, deposed President Mahendra Chaudhry. |
| April 2002 | Venezuela | President Hugo Chavez overthrown by military; reinstated two days later after international criticism. |
| March 2003 | Central African Republic | Prime Minister Ange-Félix Patassé deposed by rebel leader Francois Bozize. |
| July 2003 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Military coup deposes President Fradique de Menezes; he is reinstated a week later following international pressure. Sept. 2003, Guinea-Bissau: President Kumba Yalá overthr |
| Sept. 2003 | Guinea-Bissau | President Kumba Yalá overthrown in military coup. |
| Feb. 2004 | Haiti | President Jean-Bertrand Aristide overthrown by rebel groups. |
| Feb. 2004 | Togo | After death of President Etienne Eyadema, the military installed his son, Faure Gnassingbe. |
| Aug., 2005 | Mauritania | Military coup deposes president Maaouye Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya. |
| Sept. 2006 | Thailand | Military coup deposes Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra |
| Dec. 2006 | Fiji | Military coup deposes Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase |
| Aug. 2008 | Mauritania | Military coup deposes Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar and President Sidi Ould Sheik Abdellahi |
| June 2009 | Honduras | Military coup deposes President Manuel Zelaya |
| February 2010 | Niger | Military coup deposes President Mamadou Tandja |
| February 2012 | Maldives | President Mohamed Nasheed is forced from office by police and members of the military |
| March 2012 | Mali | President Toure is overthrown in a coup by mutineering soldiers |
| April 2012 | Guinea-Bissau | Acting president Raimundo Pereira and acting prime minister Adiato Diallo Nandigna are removed in a coup on April 12. |
| July 2013 | Egypt | President Mohamed Morsi is ousted by the Egyptian army, led by General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi. |
| May 2014 | Thailand | Interim Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan is removed from office by the Thai military, led by Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha. |
| October 2014 | Burkina Faso | In a complicated turn of events, President Blaise Compaoré resigned and fled the country amid a popular uprising over his attempt to push a bill through parliament to allow him to serve another term. Gen. HonorC) NabC)rC) TraorC) claimed to be head of state and deployed troops into the streets. However, Lt. Col. Isaac Zida, the No. 2 figure in the presidential guard, resisted TraorC), and won the support of other commanders and became head of state. |
| January 2015 | Yemen | The Houthis, a Shiite insurgent group led by Abdulmalik Houthi, surrounded the presidential palace complex, with President Hadi inside, and took his chief of staff hostage. On Jan. 22, Hadi and his cabinet resigned, citing the Houthis' failure to abide by the cease-fire. |
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