What the records say
- When
- 24 Feb 1966
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 5.56° N, 0.20° W
- Description
- military overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah
1966 Ghanaian coup d'état
Military overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah
The 1966 Ghanaian coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Kwame Nkrumah on February 24, 1966, while he was visiting China. The swift coup led to the establishment of an eight-member National Liberation Council (NLC), comprising four army and four police officers. The NLC dissolved Nkrumah's Convention People's Party and the Parliament, and suspended the constitution.
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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 Ghana”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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