What the records say
- When
- 12 Oct 2025 – 14 Oct 2025
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 18.91° S, 47.52° E
- Description
- 2025 military coup in Madagascar
2025 Malagasy coup d'état
2025 military coup in Madagascar
On 12 October 2025, CAPSAT, an elite unit of the Madagascar Armed Forces, overthrew the government of President Andry Rajoelina, the culmination of a protest movement which began in late September. The unit urged the rest of the military to join them and the capital Antananarivo was seized with little resistance.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2025 Malagasy coup d'état: Following a series of protests, incumbent President Andry Rajoelina is ousted and military officer Michael Randrianirina becomes…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Военный переворот на острове Мадагаскар”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “انقلاب مدغشقر 2025: بعد سلسلة من الاحتجاجات، تمت الإطاحة بالرئيس الحالي أندري راجولينا وأصبح الضابط العسكري مايكل راندريانرينا رئيسًا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “馬達加斯加總統安德里·拉乔利纳在政變下被憲法法院彈劾職務，由CAPSAT部隊指揮官米夏埃爾·蘭德里亞尼里納上校擔任臨時總統。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page