What the records say
- When
- 3 Sep 1987
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 3.43° S, 29.93° E
- Description
- 1987 coup d'état in Burundi
1987 Burundian coup d'état
1987 coup d'état in Burundi
The 1987 Burundian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that took place in Burundi on 3 September 1987. Tutsi president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed whilst traveling abroad and succeeded by Tutsi Major Pierre Buyoya.
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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 Burundi”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Burundi'de darbe gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Militärputsch in Burundi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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