1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état

When

3 Jan 1966

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

12.37° N, 1.53° W

Description

1966 coup in Burkina Faso

1966 coup in Burkina Faso

The 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état was an event which took place on 3 January 1966 in the Republic of Upper Volta, when following large-scale popular unrest, the military intervened against the government. This forced President Maurice Yaméogo to resign, and was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana. Lamizana would go on to rule until 1980, when yet another military coup d'état overthrew him.

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• Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Burkina Faso”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Alto Volta, ocurre un golpe de Estado en contra del gobierno de Maurice Yaméogo el cual se vería obligado a dimitir”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page