What the records say
- When
- 8 Jul 1966
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 3.43° S, 29.93° E
- Description
- July 1966 coup d'état in Burundi
July 1966 Burundian coup d'état
July 1966 coup d'état in Burundi
On 8 July 1966, a coup d'état took place in the Kingdom of Burundi. The second in Burundi's post-independence history, the coup ousted the government loyal to the king (mwami) of Burundi, Mwambutsa IV, who had gone into exile in October 1965 after the failure of an earlier coup attempt.
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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
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