List of coups d'état and coup attempts by country

This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country.

Afghanistan

 * February 20, 1919: Nasrullah Khan overthrows Habibullah Khan
 * February 28, 1919: Amanullah Khan overthrows Nasrullah Khan
 * January 17, 1929: Habibullah Kalakani overthrows Inayatullah Khan
 * October 16, 1929: Mohammed Nadir Shah overthrows Habibullāh Kalakāni
 * July 17, 1973: Mohammed Daoud Khan overthrows Mohammed Zahir Shah
 * April 30, 1978: Nur Muhammad Taraki overthrows Mohammed Daoud Khan
 * September 16, 1979: Hafizullah Amin overthrows Nur Muhammad Taraki
 * December 27, 1979: Babrak Karmal overthrows Hafizullah Amin
 * May 4, 1986: Mohammad Najibullah overthrows Babrak Karmal
 * April 28, 1992: Sibghatullah Mojaddedi overthrows Abdul Rahim Hatef
 * September 27, 1996: Mohammed Omar overthrows Burhanuddin Rabbani
 * November 13, 2001: The Northern Alliance overthrows Mohammed Omar

Algeria

 * July 3, 1962: Houari Boumediene and Ahmed Ben Bella overthrow Benyoucef Benkhedda
 * June 19, 1965: Houari Boumediene overthrows Ahmed Ben Bella
 * January 11, 1992: Khaled Nezzar overthrows Chadli Bendjedid

Azerbaijan

 * June 9, 1993: Heydar Aliyev overthrows Abulfaz Elchibey

Bangladesh

 * August 15, 1975: Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad overthrows Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
 * March 24, 1982: Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrows A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury

Benin

 * October 28, 1963: Christophe Soglo overthrows Hubert Maga
 * November 27, 1965: Christophe Soglo overthrows Sourou-Migan Apithy
 * December 16, 1967: Maurice Kouandété overthrows Christophe Soglo
 * October 26, 1972: Mathieu Kérékou overthrows Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin

Bolivia

 * 1899: José Manuel Pando overthrows Severo Fernández
 * 1920: Bautista Saavedra overthrows José Gutiérrez
 * 1930: Carlos Blanco Galindo overthrows Hernando Siles Reyes
 * 1934: José Luis Tejada Sorzano overthrows Daniel Salamanca Urey
 * 1936: David Toro overthrows José Luis Tejada Sorzano
 * 1937: Germán Busch overthrows David Toro Ruilova
 * 1943: Gualberto Villarroel overthrows Enrique Peñaranda
 * 1946: Néstor Guillén and Tomás Monje overthrows Gualberto Villarroel
 * 1951: Hugo Ballivián overthrows Mamerto Urriolagoitía
 * 1952: Víctor Paz Estenssoro overthrows Hugo Ballivián
 * 1964: René Barrientos overthrows Víctor Paz Estenssoro
 * 1970: Juan José Torres overthrows Alfredo Ovando Candía
 * 1971: Hugo Banzer overthrows Juan José Torres
 * 1980: Luis García Meza Tejada overthrows Lidia Gueiler Tejada

Bophuthatswana

 * 1994: Lucas Mangope is overthrown by mutinying security forces.

Brazil

 * 1889: Deodoro da Fonseca overthrows Pedro II of Brazil.
 * 1930: Getúlio Vargas overthrows Washington Luís.
 * 1945: José Linhares overthrows Getulio Vargas.
 * 1954: Brazilian Army overthrows Getúlio Vargas.
 * 1964: Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco overthrows João Goulart

Bulgaria

 * June 9, 1923: Aleksandar Tsankov overthrows Aleksandar Stamboliyski
 * May 19, 1934: Kimon Georgiev overthrows Zveno
 * September 9, 1944: Kimon Georgiev overthrows Konstantin Muraviev

Burkina Faso

 * January 3, 1966: Sangoulé Lamizana overthrows Maurice Yaméogo
 * November 25, 1980: Saye Zerbo overthrows Sangoulé Lamizana
 * November 7, 1982: Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo overthrows Saye Zerbo
 * August 4, 1983: Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré overthrow Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
 * October 15, 1987: Blaise Compaoré overthrows Thomas Sankara

Burma

 * March 1, 1962: Ne Win overthrows U Nu
 * September 18, 1988: Saw Maung overthrows Maung Maung Kha

Burundi

 * July 8, 1966: Ntare V overthrows Mwambutsa IV
 * November 28, 1966: Michel Micombero overthrows Ntare V
 * November 10, 1976: Jean-Baptiste Bagaza overthrows Michel Micombero
 * September 3, 1987: Pierre Buyoya overthrows Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
 * July 25, 1996: Pierre Buyoya overthrows Sylvestre Ntibantunganya

Cambodia

 * 1970: Lon Nol overthrows Norodom Sihanouk
 * 1993: Norodom Sihanouk overthows Hun Sen
 * 1997: Hun Sen overthrows Norodom Ranariddh

Central African Republic

 * January 1, 1966: Jean-Bédel Bokassa overthrows David Dacko
 * September 21, 1979: David Dacko overthrows Jean-Bédel Bokassa
 * September 1, 1981: André Kolingba overthrows David Dacko
 * March 15, 2003: François Bozizé overthrows Ange-Félix Patassé
 * March 24, 2013: Michel Djotodia overthrows François Bozizé

Chad

 * April 13, 1975: Noël Milarew Odingar overthrows François Tombalbaye
 * June 7, 1982: Hissène Habré overthrows Goukouni Oueddei
 * December 1, 1990: Idriss Déby overthrows Hissène Habré

China

 * 249: Incident at Gaoping Tombs Sima Yi threw a coup against the Cao Wei regent Cao Shuang
 * July 6, 626: During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Prince Li Shimin and his close followers killed Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Prince Li Yuanji before taking complete control of the Tang government from Emperor Gaozu.
 * 1861: Xinyou Coup: With the help of Prince Gong, Dowager Empress Cixi ousted eight regents (led by Sushun) whom the Xianfeng Emperor had appointed on his deathbed to rule for the child emperor Tongzhi.

Ciskei

 * March 4, 1990: Oupa Gqozo overthrows Lennox Sebe

Colombia

 * June 13, 1953: Gustavo Rojas Pinilla overthrows Laureano Gómez

Comoros

 * August 3, 1975: Said Mohamed Jaffar and Bob Denard overthrow Ahmed Abdallah
 * May 23, 1978: Ahmed Abdallah and Bob Denard overthrow Ali Soilih
 * November 26, 1989: Said Mohamed Djohar and Bob Denard overthrow Ahmed Abdallah
 * September 28, 1995: Bob Denard overthrows Said Mohamed Djohar for 7 days. (see Operation Azalee)
 * April 30, 1999: Azali Assoumani overthrows Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde

Congo-Brazzaville

 * August 15, 1963: Alphonse Massemba-Débat overthrows Fulbert Youlou
 * September 4, 1968: Marien Ngouabi overthrows Alphonse Massemba-Débat
 * February 8, 1979: Denis Sassou Nguesso overthrows Joachim Yhombi-Opango
 * October 25, 1997: Denis Sassou Nguesso overthrows Pascal Lissouba

Congo-Kinshasa

 * September 14, 1960: Mobutu Sese Seko overthrows Patrice Lumumba
 * November 25, 1965: Mobutu Sese Seko overthrows Joseph Kasa-Vubu
 * May 16, 1997: Laurent-Désiré Kabila overthrows Mobutu Sese Seko

Costa Rica

 * April 27, 1870: Bruno Carranza overthrows Jesús Jiménez Zamora
 * July 30, 1876: Vicente Herrera Zeledón overthrows Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz
 * January 27, 1917: Federico Tinoco Granados overthrows Alfredo González Flores

Cuba

 * March 10, 1952: Fulgencio Batista overthrows Carlos Prío Socarrás

Cyprus

 * July 15, 1974: Nikos Sampson overthrows Makarios III

Denmark

 * 1660 by Frederick III of Denmark
 * 1772 by Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and her son Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark.
 * 1784 by Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark.

Dominican Republic

 * May 30, 1849: Pedro Santana overthrows Manuel Jiménes
 * June 13, 1858: José Desiderio Valverde overthrows Buenaventura Báez
 * September 25, 1963: Elías Wessin y Wessin overthrows Juan Bosch

Ecuador

 * 1925 by Luis Telmo Paz y Miño
 * 1935 by Federico Páez
 * 1963 by Ramón Castro Jijón
 * 1972 by Guillermo Rodríguez
 * 2000 by Lucio Gutiérrez

Egypt

 * July 23, 1952: Muhammad Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrow King Farouk I
 * July 3, 2013: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi overthrows Mohamed Morsi

El Salvador

 * 1931 by Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
 * 1948 by Manuel de Jesús Córdova
 * 1960
 * 1979

England

 * 1648: Pride's Purge: Parliamentarian troops under Colonel Thomas Pride purge the Long Parliament of those opposed to trying the King for treason, turning it into the republican Rump Parliament and leading directly to the abolition of the monarchy.
 * 1688: The Glorious Revolution: William III of Orange's invasion of England at the invitation of the country's powerful Protestants, deposing the Catholic James II of England.

Equatorial Guinea

 * September 29, 1979: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo overthrows Francisco Macias Nguema

Estonia

 * March 12, 1934: Konstantin Päts (self coup)

Ethiopia

 * 1910: Ras Tessema Nadew and Fitawrawi Habte Giyorgis against Empress Taytu, regent of the incapacitated Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia
 * 1916: a group of aristocrats, including Fitawrawi Habte Giyorgis and Ras Tafari Makonnen, against Emperor Iyasu V.
 * September 12, 1974: Aman Mikael Andom overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie I
 * November 17, 1974: Tafari Benti overthrows Aman Mikael Andom
 * February 3, 1977: Mengistu Haile Mariam overthrows Tafari Benti
 * May 21, 1991: Meles Zenawi and the EPRDF overthrow Mengistu Haile Mariam

Fiji

 * May 14, 1987: Sitiveni Rabuka overthrows Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra (see 1987 Fijian coups d'état)
 * September 28, 1987: Sitiveni Rabuka overthrows Governor General Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau (see 1987 Fijian coups d'état)
 * May 19, 2000: George Speight overthrows Mahendra Chaudhry (see Fiji coup of 2000)
 * December 5, 2006: Frank Bainimarama overthrows Laisenia Qarase

France

 * 1799 by Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) and the French Consulate against the French Directory
 * 1815 by Emperor Napoleon I against King Louis XVIII of France

Gambia

 * July 22, 1994: Yahya Jammeh overthrows Dawda Jawara

Georgia

 * Jan 6, 1992: Tengiz Kitovani and Jaba Ioseliani overthrow Zviad Gamsakhurdia

Ghana

 * February 24, 1966: Joseph Arthur Ankrah overthrows Kwame Nkrumah
 * January 13, 1972: Ignatius Kutu Acheampong overthrows Kofi Abrefa Busia
 * July 5, 1978: Fred Akuffo overthrows Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
 * June 4, 1979: Jerry John Rawlings overthrows Fred Akuffo
 * December 31, 1981: Jerry John Rawlings overthrows Hilla Limann

Greece

 * 1862: Deposing of Otto of Greece
 * 1909: The Goudi coup against Dimitrios Rallis
 * September 11, 1922 The revolution against Petros Protopapadakis
 * 1925 by Theodoros Pangalos against Pavlos Kountouriotis
 * 1936 by Ioannis Metaxas (self coup)
 * 1967 under Georgios Papadopoulos

Grenada

 * March 13, 1979: Maurice Bishop overthrows Eric Gairy
 * October 14, 1983: Bernard Coard overthrows Maurice Bishop
 * October 19, 1983: Hudson Austin overthrows Bernard Coard

Guam

 * 1898 by José Sisto against Francisco Portusach Martínez
 * 1898 by Venancio Roberto against José Sisto

Guatemala

 * 1963 under Enrique Peralta Azurdia
 * 1982 under Efraín Ríos Montt

Guinea

 * April 3, 1984: Lansana Conté overthrows Louis Lansana Beavogui
 * December 24, 2008: Moussa Dadis Camara overthrows Aboubacar Sompare

Guinea-Bissau

 * November 14, 1980: João Bernardo Vieira overthrows Luís Cabral
 * May 7, 1999: Ansumane Mané overthrows João Bernardo Vieira
 * September 14, 2003: Veríssimo Correia Seabra overthrows Kumba Iala
 * April 12, 2012: Army overthrows the government.

Haiti

 * October 17, 1806: Henri Christophe and Alexandre Petion overthrow Emperor Jacques I
 * Feb 13, 1843: Charles Riviere-Herard overthrows Jean Pierre Boyer
 * May 3, 1844: Philippe Guerrier overthrows Charles Riviere-Herard
 * March 24, 1846: Jean-Baptiste Riche overthrows Jean-Louis Pierrot
 * January 15, 1859: Fabre Geffrard overthrows Emperor Faustin I
 * August 26, 1867: Sylvain Salnave overthrows Fabre Geffrard
 * December 27, 1869: Nissage Saget overthrows Sylvain Salnave
 * April 16, 1876: Pierre Theoma Boisrond-Canal overthrows Michel Domingue
 * October 19, 1888: Francois Denys Legitime overthrows Lysius Salomon
 * October 17, 1889: Florvil Hyppolite overthrows Francois Denys Legitime
 * December 21, 1902: Pierre Nord Alexis overthrows Pierre Theoma Boisrond-Canal
 * December 2, 1908: François C. Antoine Simon overthrows Pierre Nord Alexis
 * August 3, 1911: Cincinnatus Leconte overthrows Antoine Simon
 * January, 1914: Oreste Zamor overthrows Michel Oreste
 * November 7, 1914: Joseph Davilmar Theodore overthrows Oreste Zamor
 * February 25, 1915: Vilbrun Guillaume Sam overthrows Joseph Davilmar Theodore
 * July 28, 1915: Mulatto uprising overthrows and kills Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam
 * January 11, 1946: Dumarsais Estimé overthrows Élie Lescot
 * May 10, 1950: Paul Eugène Magloire against Dumarsais Estimé
 * December 12, 1956: Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis overthrows Paul Eugène Magloire
 * April 4, 1957: Leon Cantave overthrows Franck Sylvain
 * June 14, 1957: Antonio Thrasybule Kebreau overthrows Daniel Fignole
 * June 20, 1988: Henri Namphy overthrows Leslie Manigat
 * September 17, 1988: Prosper Avril overthrows Henri Namphy
 * September 30, 1991: Raoul Cédras overthrows Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Honduras

 * 1956
 * 1963 under Oswaldo López Arellano
 * 1972 under Oswaldo López Arellano
 * 1975 under Juan Alberto Melgar Castro
 * 1978 under Policarpo Paz García
 * 2009 under Roberto Micheletti

Hungary

 * 1944 under Ferenc Szálasi against Regent Miklós Horthy
 * 1944 under Béla Miklós against Ferenc Szálasi

Indonesia

 * Sep 30, 1965: Suharto overthrows Sukarno (see Transition to the New Order)

Iran

 * 1921 by Reza Shah Pahlavi against Ahmad Shah Qajar
 * 1953 by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi against Mohammed Mossadegh (see 1953 Iranian coup d'état)

Iraq

 * October 20, 1936: Bakr Sidqi overthrows Yasin al-Hashimi
 * April 1, 1941: Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani overthrows 'Abd al-Ilah (see 1941 Iraqi coup d'état)
 * July 14, 1958: Abdul Karim Qassim against King Faisal II
 * February 8, 1963: Abdul Salam Arif and Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr overthrows Abdul Karim Qassim (see February 1963 Iraqi coup d'état)
 * July 16, 1968: Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr overthrows Abdul Rahman Arif

Italy

 * 1922 by King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini against Luigi Facta
 * 1943 by King Victor Emmanuel III and General Pietro Badoglio against fascist dictator Benito Mussolini

Ivory Coast

 * December 24, 1999: Robert Guéï overthrows Henri Konan Bédié

South Korea

 * 1961 under Park Chung Hee
 * 1979 under Chun Doo-hwan

Kyrgyzstan

 * 2010 against Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Laos

 * 1960 under Kong Le

Latvia

 * 1934 under Kārlis Ulmanis

Lesotho

 * January 18, 1986: Justin Metsing Lekhanya overthrows Leabua Jonathan
 * November 12, 1990: Justin Metsing Lekhanya overthrows King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
 * May 2, 1991: Elias Phisoana Ramaema overthrows Justin Metsing Lekhanya

Liberia

 * April 12, 1980: Staff Sergeant Samuel K. Doe overthrows President William R. Tolbert, Jr.
 * September 9, 1990: Prince Johnson overthrows President Samuel K. Doe

Libya

 * September 1, 1969: Muammar al-Gaddafi overthrows King Idris I of Libya

Lithuania

 * 1926 under Antanas Smetona

Madagascar

 * October 11, 1972: Gabriel Ramanantsoa overthrows Philibert Tsiranana
 * February 5, 1975: Richard Ratsimandrava overthrows Gabriel Ramanantsoa
 * March 17, 2009: Andry Rajoelina overthrows Marc Ravalomanana (see 2009 Malagasy political crisis)

Mali

 * November 19, 1968: Moussa Traoré overthrows Modibo Keita
 * March 26, 1991: Amadou Toumani Touré overthrows Moussa Traoré
 * March 22, 2012: Military overthrows Amadou Toumani Touré

Mauritania

 * July 10, 1978: Mustafa Ould Salek overthrows Moktar Ould Daddah
 * April 6, 1979: Ahmad Ould Bouceif and Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah overthrow Mustafa Ould Salek
 * January 4, 1980: Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah overthrows Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
 * December 12, 1984: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya overthrows Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah
 * Augusst 3, 2005: Ely Ould Mohamed Vall overthrows Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
 * Augusst 6, 2008: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz overthrows Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (see 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état)

Mexico

 * 1876 by Porfirio Díaz against Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
 * 1911 by Francisco I. Madero against Porfirio Díaz (and Francisco León de la Barra)
 * 1913 by Victoriano Huerta (and Pedro Lascuráin) against Francisco I. Madero
 * 1915 by Venustiano Carranza and others against Victoriano Huerta
 * 1920 by Adolfo de la Huerta against Venustiano Carranza

Netherlands

 * Jan 22, 1798: Uitvoerend Bewind against the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic
 * Jun 12, 1798: Herman Willem Daendels against Pieter Vreede
 * Sep 19, 1801: Napoleon Bonaparte against Uitvoerend Bewind

Nicaragua

 * 1856 under William Walker
 * 1944 by Anastasio Somoza García for Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa against Leonardo Argüello Barreto

Niger

 * April 15, 1974: Seyni Kountché overthrows Hamani Diori (see 1974 Nigerien coup d'état)
 * January 27, 1996: Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara overthrows Mahamane Ousmane (see 1996 Nigerien coup d'état)
 * April 9, 1999: Daouda Malam Wanke overthrows Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (see 1999 Nigerien coup d'état)
 * February 18, 2010: Salou Djibo overthrows Mamadou Tandja (see 2010 Nigerien coup d'état)

Nigeria

 * January 15, 1966: Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu overthrows Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
 * July 29, 1966: Yakubu Gowon overthrows Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
 * July 29, 1975: Murtala Mohammed overthrows Yakubu Gowon
 * December 31, 1983: Muhammadu Buhari overthrows Shehu Shagari
 * August 27, 1985: Ibrahim Babangida overthrows Muhammadu Buhari
 * November 17, 1993: Sani Abacha overthrows Ernest Shonekan

Oman

 * 1970 under Qaboos bin Said

Panama

 * 1931 by Arnulfo Arias Madrid and Harmodio Arias Madrid against Florencio Harmodio Arosemena
 * 1941 by Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango against Arnulfo Arias Madrid
 * 1951 by Colonel José Antonio Remón Cantera against Arnulfo Arias Madrid
 * 1968 by Omar Torrijos against President Arnulfo Arias Madrid
 * 1989 coup attempt by Moises Giroldi against Manuel Antonio Noriega

Pakistan

 * 1958 by Field Marshal Ayub Khan against Iskander Mirza
 * 1977 by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq against Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
 * 1999 by General Pervez Musharraf against Nawaz Sharif

Paraguay

 * February 17, 1936: Rafael Franco overthrows Eusebio Ayala.
 * August 13, 1937: Paraguayan military overthrows Rafael Franco.
 * May 5, 1954: Alfredo Stroessner overthrows Dr. Federico Chávez
 * February 3, 1989: Andrés Rodríguez and the Paraguayan Army overthrow Alfredo Stroessner

Peru

 * 1914 under Óscar Benavides
 * 1919 under Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
 * 1930 under Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
 * 1948 under Manuel A. Odría
 * 1962 under Ricardo Pérez Godoy
 * 1968 under Juan Velasco Alvarado
 * 1992 under Alberto Fujimori (self-coup)

Poland

 * 1926 under Józef Piłsudski
 * 1981 under Wojciech Jaruzelski

Portugal

 * 1926 under Gomes da Costa
 * 1974 under António de Spínola

Romania

 * 1866 by the "Monstrous Coalition" of Liberals and Conservatives against prince Alexander John Cuza
 * 1938 by King Carol II of Romania against Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and the Iron Guard
 * 1940 by Ion Antonescu against King Carol II of Romania
 * 1944 by King Michael I of Romania and Constantin Sănătescu against Ion Antonescu
 * 1947 by Petru Groza against King Michael I of Romania

Russia

 * March 15, 1917: abdication of Nicholas II of Russia in favor of the Russian Provisional Government
 * November 7, 1917: RSDLP(b) (Communist Party) overthrows Russian Provisional Government
 * October 14, 1964: Leonid Brezhnev overthrows Nikita Khrushchev

Rwanda

 * July 5, 1973: Juvénal Habyarimana overthrows Gregoire Kayibanda
 * April 6, 1994: Theoneste Bagosura overthrows Juvénal Habyarimana
 * July 4, 1994: Paul Kagame and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) overthrow Theoneste Bagosura (see Rwandan Civil War)

São Tomé and Príncipe

 * August 15, 1995: Manuel Quintas de Almeida overthrows Miguel Trovoada for 6 days
 * July 16, 2003: Fernando Pereira (major) overthrows Fradique de Menezes for 7 days

Seychelles

 * June 5, 1977: France-Albert René overthrows James Mancham

Sierra Leone

 * March 21, 1967: David Lansana overthrows Siaka Stevens
 * April 19, 1968: John Amadu Bangura overthrows Andrew Juxon-Smith
 * April 29, 1992: Valentine Strasser overthrows Joseph Saidu Momoh
 * January 16, 1996: Julius Maada Bio overthrows Valentine Strasser
 * May 25, 1997: Johnny Paul Koroma overthrows Ahmed Tejan Kabbah
 * February 12, 1998: ECOMOG overthrows Johnny Paul Koroma

Solomon Islands

 * 2000 by the Malaita Eagle Force

Somalia

 * October 21, 1969: Muhammad Siad Barre overthrows Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
 * January 26, 1991: Mohammed Farrah Aidid overthrows Muhammad Siad Barre

Spain

 * 603 by General Witerico against king Liuva II
 * 631 by Duke Sisenando against king Suintila
 * 1923 by Miguel Primo de Rivera against Manuel García Prieto
 * 1932 by José Sanjurjo failed to overthrow Manuel Azaña
 * 1936 by Francisco Franco against Manuel Azaña

Sudan

 * November 16, 1958: Ibrahim Abboud overthrows Abdallah Khalil
 * May 25, 1969: Gaafar al-Nimeiry overthrows Ismail al-Azhari
 * April 6, 1985: Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab overthrows Gaafar al-Nimeiry
 * June 30, 1989: Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir overthrows Ahmed al-Mirghani

Suriname

 * February 25, 1980: military coup led by Dési Bouterse ousts Prime Minister Henck Arron.
 * August  13, 1980: the military led by Dési Bouterse ousts President Johan Ferrier.
 * December 24, 1990: President Ramsewak Shankar dismissed by Suriname's military.

Sweden

 * 1772 by Gustav III of Sweden against the Privy Council of Sweden
 * 1809 by a number of army officers against king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden

Syria

 * 1949 by Husni al-Za'im against Shukri al-Quwatli
 * 1949 by Sami al-Hinnawi against Husni al-Za'im
 * 1951 by Adib Shishakli against Hashim al-Atassi
 * 1954 by Maamun al-Kuzbari against Adib Shishakli
 * 1961 by Haydar al-Kuzbari and others against Gamal Abdel Nasser
 * 1963 by Lu'ayy al-Atasi against Nazim al-Kudsi
 * 1966 by Salah Jadid against Amin Hafiz
 * 1970 by Hafez al-Assad against Nureddin al-Atassi

Thailand

 * June 24, 1932: The Khana Ratsadon party overthrows the absolute monarchy of King Prajadhipok (see Siamese revolution of 1932)
 * June 20, 1933: Phraya Phahol overthrows Phraya Manol (see Siamese coup d'état of 1933)
 * November 7, 1947: Phin Choonhavan overthrows Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi (see Siamese coup d'état of 1947)
 * November 29, 1951: Military overthrows 1949 constitution and reverts to 1932 constitution (see Silent Coup (Thailand))
 * September 21, 1957: Sarit Thanarat overthrows Plaek Pibulsongkram
 * October 20, 1958: Sarit Thanarat overthrows Thanom Kittikachorn
 * November 18, 1971: Thanom Kittikachorn overthrows parliament
 * October 6, 1976: Sangad Chaloryu overthrows Seni Pramoj
 * October 20, 1977: Kriangsak Chomanan overthrows Tanin Kraivixien
 * February 24, 1991: Sunthorn Kongsompong overthrows Chatichai Choonhavan
 * September 19, 2006: Sonthi Boonyaratglin overthrows Thaksin Shinawatra

Togo

 * Jan 13, 1963: Étienne Eyadéma and Emmanuel Bodjolle overthrow Sylvanus Olympio
 * Jan 13, 1967: Étienne Eyadéma and Kléber Dadjo overthrow Nicolas Grunitzky

Transkei

 * Dec 30, 1987: Bantu Holomisa overthrows Stella Sigcau.

Tunisia

 * July 15, 1957: Habib Bourguiba overthrows King Muhammad VIII al-Amin
 * November 7, 1987: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali overthrows Habib Bourguiba
 * Jan 14, 2011: the Tunisian Revolution overthrows Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Turkey

 * 1960 under the National Unity Committee headed by Cemal Gürsel overthrows Adnan Menderes
 * 1971 under four force commanders of the Turkish Armed Forces overthrows Süleyman Demirel
 * 1980 under Kenan Evren overthrows Süleyman Demirel
 * 1997 under military commanders of the National Security Council overthrows Necmettin Erbakan

Uganda

 * February 1966: Milton Obote overthrows King Mutesa II of Buganda
 * January 21, 1971: Idi Amin overthrows Milton Obote
 * April 11, 1979: Tanzania Peoples Defence Force and Uganda National Liberation Army overthrow Idi Amin
 * May 12, 1980: Paulo Muwanga overthrows Godfrey Binaisa
 * July 27, 1985: Tito Okello Lutwa overthrows Milton Obote
 * January 26, 1986: Yoweri Museveni and the National Resistance Army overthrow Tito Okello Lutwa

Ukraine

 * April 29, 1918: Pavlo Skoropadsky overthrows the socialist government of the Central Council of Ukraine
 * December 14, 1918: Directorate of Ukraine overthrows Pavlo Skoropadsky

United States of America

 * November 10, 1898: Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 Also known as the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 is the only successful coup d'état recorded in the United States.

Uruguay

 * 1933 under Gabriel Terra
 * 1973 by Juan María Bordaberry against his own government

Venda

 * Apr 5, 1990: Gabriel Ramushwana overthrows Frank Ravele

Venezuela

 * 1948 under Carlos Delgado Chalbaud

South Vietnam

 * 1963 under Duong Van Minh

Yemen

 * 1962 under Abdullah as-Sallal
 * 1974 under Ibrahim al-Hamadi

Yugoslavia

 * 1941 by King Peter II of Yugoslavia against Regent Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
 * 1945 by Josip Broz Tito against King Peter II of Yugoslavia

Zanzibar

 * Jan 12, 1964: John Okello led the coup to overthrow Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said