1979 Salvadoran coup d'état

When

15 Oct 1979

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

13.70° N, 89.19° W

Description

Coup d'état in El Salvador

Overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero

The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état occurred on 15 October when junior officers of the Armed Forces of El Salvador's Military Youth Movement (MJM) bloodlessly overthrew General Carlos Humberto Romero, the president of El Salvador. The coup leaders established the Revolutionary Government Junta (JRG) that ruled El Salvador until 1982.

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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 El Salvador”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Armed Forces of El Salvador deposed President Humberto Romero in a military coup d'état and established the Revolutionary Government Junta”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “coup d’état réalisé par de jeunes officiers réformistes au Salvador destiné à prévenir une évolution à la nicaraguayenne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page