What the records say
- When
- 19 Jul 1971 – 22 Jul 1971
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 15.60° N, 32.53° E
- Description
- Short-lived communist coup against President Gaafar Nimeiry
1971 Sudanese coup d'état
Major Hashem al-Atta led a coup d'état in Sudan on 19 July 1971 against the government of President Gaafar Nimeiry.
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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 Sudan”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Major Hashem al-Atta ousts Jaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiri in a military coup in Sudan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page