1971 Ugandan coup d'état

When

25 Jan 1971

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

0.31° N, 32.58° E

Description

military coup d'état in Uganda on 25 January 1971

Overthrow of president Milton Obote

A military coup d'état overthrew the president of Uganda, Milton Obote, on 25 January 1971. It took place while Obote was attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Singapore, and was staged by Idi Amin, the commander of the Uganda Army at the time. For various reasons, relations between Obote and Amin—his army commander—had become insidiously strained.

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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 Uganda”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Uganda, Idi Amin deposes Milton Obote in a coup, and becomes president”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le général Idi Amin Dada renverse Milton Obote en Ouganda et impose une dictature sanglante caractérisée par une répression généralisée ( morts de 1971 à 1979)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page