1980 Surinamese coup d'état

When

25 Feb 1980

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

5.85° N, 55.20° W

Description

violent overthrow of government in Suriname

Military coup led by Desi Bouterse

The 1980 Surinamese coup d'état, usually referred to as the Sergeants' Coup, was a military coup in Suriname which occurred on 25 February 1980, when a group of 16 sergeants of the Surinamese Armed Forces (SKM) led by Dési Bouterse overthrew the government of Prime Minister Henck Arron with a violent coup d'état. This marked the beginning of the military dictatorship that dominated the country from 1980 until 1991.

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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 Suriname”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Суринаме произошёл государственный переворот, совершённой группой из 16 сержантов во главе с Дези Баутерсе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Surinam, los militares Dési Bouterse y Roy Horb expulsan tras un golpe de Estado al gobierno de Henck Arron”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page