What the records say
- When
- 27 Jan 1996
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 13.52° N, 2.12° E
- Description
- military coup in Niger
1996 Nigerien coup d'état
Military overthrow of Mahamane Ousmane
The 1996 Nigerien coup d'état was a military coup d'état which occurred on 27 January 1996 in Niamey, Niger. It ousted Niger's first democratically elected president, Mahamane Ousmane after nearly three years in power and installed General Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara as head of state. Prime Minister Hama Amadou was arrested in the coup and several soldiers and presidential guards were killed in the fighting.
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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 Niger”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в результате военного переворота в Нигере свергнут первый демократически избранный президент Нигера Махаман Усман, находившийся у власти с 1993 года”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page