1965 Algerian coup d'état

When

19 Jun 1965

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

36.75° N, 3.06° E

Description

overthrow of Ahmed Ben Bella by Houari Boumedienne

The 1965 Algerian coup d'état, also called the Revolutionary Correction, brought Colonel Houari Boumédiène to power as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council in Algeria. The bloodless coup d'état saw Algeria's first President, Ahmed Ben Bella, arrested and his closest supporters imprisoned by Boumédiène and his allies, principally in the Algerian Land Forces. The arrest of Ben Bella occurred on 19 June 1965.

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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 Algeria”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “coup d’État en Algérie ; le président Ahmed Ben Bella est déposé par le ministre de la Défense, le colonel Houari Boumédiène”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Argelia, el concilio revolucionario del general Houari Boumédiène derroca al presidente Ahmed Ben Bella en un golpe de Estado incruento”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page