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1976 Burundian coup d'état

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1976 Burundian coup d'état
Location Burundi AU Africa
DateNovember 1, 1976
LocationBurundi
Result

Coup succeeds

Belligerents
Burundi Government of Burundi Army faction

On 1 November 1976 an army faction led by Deputy Chief of Staff Jean-Baptiste Bagaza led a bloodless coup that ousted Michel Micombero. Micombero was initially arrested but later allowed to leave the country and went into exile in Somalia where he died in 1983.[1]

References[]

  1. ↑ New York Times, MICHEL MICOMBERO, 43, DIES; FORMER PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI UPI, Published: July 18, 1983, http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/18/obituaries/michel-micombero-43-dies-former-president-of-burundi.html
African coups d'état, self-coups and attempted coups since 1960
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  • Uganda (1971)
  • Morocco (1971)
  • Sudan (1971)
  • Ghana (1972)
  • Morocco (1972)
  • Republic of the Congo (1972)
  • Rwanda (1973)
  • Niger (1974)
  • Comoros (1975)
  • Nigeria (1975)
  • Chad (1975)
  • Burundi (1976)
  • Nigeria (1976)
  • Republic of the Congo (1977)
  • Seychelles (1977)
  • Sudan (1977)
  • Central African Republic (1979)
  • Ghana (1979)
  • Equatorial Guinea (1979)
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