What the records say
- When
- 3 Apr 1984
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 9.52° N, 13.70° W
- Description
- Coup that brought Lansana Conté to power
1984 Guinean coup d'état
Coup that brought Lansana Conté to power
The 1984 Guinean coup d'état was the bloodless military coup that took place in Guinea on 3 April 1984, led by Colonel Lansana Conté. It led to the deposition of Prime Minister Louis Lansana Beavogui, who had held the office since 1972, and had been serving as interim president since 26 March, when longtime President Ahmed Sékou Touré died during an emergency heart operation at the Cleveland Clinic in the United Stat…
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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 Guinea”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В результате бескровного военного переворота в Гвинее главой страны стал полковник Лансана Конте”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page