What the records say
- When
- 4 Sep 1968
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 4.27° S, 15.27° E
- Description
- Overthrown of Alphonse Massamba-Débat
1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état
Overthrown of Alphonse Massamba-Débat
On September 4, 1968, following several days of violent clashes, Alphonse Massamba-Débat's government was overthrown by the military who forced Massamba-Débat to resign. Alfred Raoul then became the acting head of state until January 1969 when Marien Ngouabi, the chairman of the same party that had brought Massamba-Débat to power, assumed control.
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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 Republic of the Congo”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0