1964 Gabon coup d'état

When

17 Feb 1964

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

0.41° N, 9.44° E

Description

1964 overthrow of Gabonese President Léon M'ba by the military

Military coup against President Léon M'ba

The 1964 Gabonese coup d'état was staged between 17 and 19 February 1964 by Gabonese military officers who rose against Gabonese President Léon M'ba. Before the coup, Gabon was seen as one of the most politically stable countries in Africa. The coup resulted from M'ba's dissolution of the Gabonese legislature on 21 January 1964.

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• Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Gabon”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a military coup and his arch-rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “coup d’État militaire au Gabon contre le président Léon Mba, qui est arrêté”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Габоне молодые офицеры во главе с лейтенантом Даниэлем Мбене свергли президента Леона Мба”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page