What the records say
- When
- 19 May 2000 – 13 Jul 2000
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 18.13° S, 178.43° E
- Description
- coup in Fiji
2000 Fijian coup d'état
Coup that overthrew Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry
The 2000 Fijian coup d'état was a civilian coup d'état by an armed group of indigenous Fijian nationalists supported by the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit, against the elected government of Indo-Fijian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, on 19 May 2000. This was followed by President Kamisese Mara's attempt to assert executive authority on 27 May.
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