What the records say
- When
- 12 Apr 1980
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 6.31° N, 10.80° W
- Description
- military overthrow and execution of President William Tolbert
1980 Liberian coup d'état
Military overthrow and execution of President William Tolbert
The 1980 Liberian coup d'état happened on April 12, 1980, when President William Tolbert of Liberia was overthrown and murdered in a violent coup. The coup was staged by an indigenous Liberian faction of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) under the command of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe.
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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 Liberia”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1980 Liberian coup d'état: Samuel K. Doe overthrows the government of Liberia in a violent coup d'état”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page