Coup d'état

President Goïta of Mali came to power in a coup.

The term

A Coup d'état (AKA: Coup) is the illegal and\or violent seizure of power from a legitimate government. Due to the military's doctrine, they are the most like to stage coup and will generally be the most horrific human rights abusers and the most repressive of regimes when in office.

A counter coup is a coup that overthrows the regime put in power by an earlier coup.

Examples

Some nations like Chile, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Greece, for example, are always having coups and coup plots going on in them.

Chile

1700-1799

1. 1781: A failed attempt to declare Chile an independent republic

1800-1899

1. September 18, 1810: A successful coup in favour of home rule in Chile
2. April 1, 1811: A failed attempt to restore royal power in Chile
3. September 4, 1811: A successful coup in favor of José Miguel Carrera
4. 1827: A failed attempt to destroy the opposition to the federalist system
5. June 1828: San Fernando mutiny, of Pedro Urriola, José Antonio Vidaurre and the Maipo Battalion.
6. 1829: An armed conflict between conservatives and liberals over the constitutional regime
7. 1831: Arauco rebellion, of Pedro Barnechea and Captain Uriarte
8. 1832: Rebellion of Cazadores de Quechereguas Regiment, Under Cap. Eusebio Ruiz
9. 1833: Arteaga Conspiracy, of General Zenteno and Coronel Picarte
10. 1833: Cotapos revolution, of José Antonio Pérez de Cotapos
11. 1836: An invasion of Chiloé Island and failed attempt to depose the government
12. 1837: A failed attempt to depose the government that resulted in the death of Diego Portales
13. 1851: An armed rebellion by liberals against the conservative President Manuel Montt
14. 1859: A rekindling of the armed rebellion by liberals against the conservative President Manuel Montt started in 1851
15. 1891: An armed conflict between forces supporting National Congress and forces that supported President José Manuel Balmaceda
16. 1891–94: Several Balmacedist plots, Planned by Hernán Abos-Padilla, Nicanor Donoso, Diego Bahamondes, Luis Leclerc, Herminio Euth, José Domingo Briceño, Edmundo Pinto, Manuel and Emilio Rodríguez, Virgilio Talquino and Anselmo Blanlot against the new government

1900-1949

1. 1912: A failed plot against President Ramon Barros Luco. In September, Gonzalo Bulnes the appointed leader of the plot, desisted.
2. 1919: A failed plot by Generals Guillermo Armstrong and Manuel Moore against President Juan Luis Sanfuentes
3. September 5, 1924: A successful coup against President Arturo Alessandri
4. January 23, 1925: A successful coup in which Carlos Ibáñez del Campo and Marmaduke Grove overthrew Luis Altamirano to return President Arturo Alessandri to office
5. September 21, 1930: A failed attempt against President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo by Marmaduke Grove
6. July 26, 1931: Fall of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, successful rebellion against Ibañez
7. September 1931: A rebellion in the Chilean Navy against Vice-president Manuel Trucco that ended with the fleet being bombed from the air.
8. December 25, 1931: A failed Communist push against President Juan Esteban Montero
9. June 4, 1932: A successful coup that resulted in the instauration of the Socialist Republic of Chile, in which Carlos Dávila overthrows Juan Esteban Montero
10. September 27, 1932: A successful coup of General Pedro Vignola that resulted in the resignation of President Bartolomé Blanche and the return to civilian rule
11. 1933: A failed plot against President Arturo Alessandri. Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Pedro Vignola called "to resist the Milicia Republicana by any means"
12. 1935: Humberto Videla's plot, failed rebellion of NCO's
13. 1936: plot against Alessandri, By René Silva Espejo and Alejandro Lagos
14. September 5, 1938: A failed National Socialist attempt in favor of Carlos Ibáñez that resulted in the murder of 59 young party members
15. August 25, 1939: A failed attempt of Ariosto Herrera against President Pedro Aguirre Cerda
16. 1948: A failed plot against President Gabriel González Videla

1950-1999

1. 1954: A failed plot to allow President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo to assume dictatorial powers
2. June 29, 1973: A failed coup against President Salvador Allende
3. September 11, 1973: A successful coup against President Salvador Allende (resulting in his suicide), in favor of Augusto Pinochet

Greece

1800-1899

1. 831: A naval mutiny organized by Andreas Miaoulis against the government of Ioannis Kapodistrias, leading to the burning of the fleet on 13 August in the port of Poros
2. 1831: after the assassination of Kapodistrias, a revolt against his brother Augustinos forced the Senate to take refuge in Astros
3. 3 September 1843: King Otto was forced to grant Greece its first Constitution
4. 23 October 1862: leading to the departure of King Otto and his queen, first step towards the 1862 Greek head of state referendum which resulted in Prince William of Denmark becoming George I, the King of the Hellenes

1900-1949

1. 15 August 1909: The Goudi coup was staged against the government of Dimitrios Rallis, which brought Eleftherios Venizelos to the Greek political scene
2. 17 August 1916: The National Defence coup d'état of Venizelos supporters in Thessaloniki led to the establishment of the Provisional Government of National Defence
3. 11 September 1922: Led by Colonels Nikolaos Plastiras and Stylianos Gonatas and Commander Dimitrios Phokas, culminating in the abdication of King Constantine I
4. 11 October 1923: Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt led by the royalist officers
5. 25 June 1925: Greek coup d'état brought General Theodoros Pangalos to power
6. 1926 Greek coup d'état on 22 August 1926, overthrow of General Pangalos by General Georgios Kondylis
7. 1933 Greek coup d'état attempt on 6 March 1933, led by republican General Nikolaos Plastiras
8. 1935 Greek coup d'état attempt on 1 March 1935, led by General Plastiras and Venizelos
9. 1935 Greek coup d'état on 10 October 1935, led by General Kondylis, signalling the end of the Second Hellenic Republic and leading to the restoration of King George II to the throne, according to a referendum
10. 4 August 1936: General Ioannis Metaxas established the 4th of August Regime
11. 28 July 1938: Greek coup d'état attempt rebellion in Crete against the 4th of August Regime

1950-1999

1. 31 May 1951: Attempted coup d'état of a group of right-wing officers named Sacred Link of Greek Officers (IDEA)
2. 21 April 1967: Greek coup d'état, performed by a group of right-wing army officers led by Brigadier General Stylianos Pattakos and Colonels Georgios Papadopoulos and Nikolaos Makarezos, established the Regime of the Colonels
3. 13 December 1967: Greek counter-coup attempt led by King Constantine II against the Regime of the Colonels. The failure of the counter-coup forced the King to leave Greece definitively
4. 23 May 1973: The Velos mutiny against the Regime of the Colonels. The crew of the destroyer HNS Velos (D-16), under the command of Nikolaos Pappas, demanded political asylum in Italy, while the rest of the mutiny in Greek territory is suppressed
5. 25 November 1973: The aftermath of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. The coup resulted in overthrow of Colonel Papadopoulos by hardliners around General Dimitrios Ioannidis
6. 24 February 1975: Pyjamas coup attempt by certain officers to overthrow the government of Konstantinos Karamanlis

Haiti

1800-1899

1. October 17, 1806: Henri Christophe and Alexandre Pétion overthrow Emperor Jacques I
2. Feb 13, 1843: Charles Rivière-Hérard overthrows Jean-Pierre Boyer
3. May 3, 1844: Philippe Guerrier overthrows Charles Rivière-Hérard
4. March 24, 1846: Jean-Baptiste Riché overthrows Jean-Louis Pierrot
5. January 15, 1859: Fabre Geffrard overthrows Emperor Faustin I
6. August 26, 1867: Sylvain Salnave overthrows Fabre Geffrard
7. December 27, 1869: Nissage Saget overthrows Sylvain Salnave
8. April 16, 1876: Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal overthrows Michel Domingue
9. October 19, 1888: François Denys Légitime overthrows Lysius Salomon
10. October 17, 1889: Florvil Hyppolite overthrows François Denys Légitime

1900-1949

1. December 21, 1902: Pierre Nord Alexis overthrows Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal
2. December 2, 1908: François C. Antoine Simon overthrows Pierre Nord Alexis
3. August 3, 1911: Cincinnatus Leconte overthrows Antoine Simon
4. January, 1914: Oreste Zamor overthrows Michel Oreste
5. November 7, 1914: Joseph Davilmar Théodore overthrows Oreste Zamor
6. February 25, 1915: Vilbrun Guillaume Sam overthrows Joseph Davilmar Théodore
7. July 28, 1915: Mulatto uprising overthrows and kills Vilbrun Guillaume Sam
8. January 11, 1946: Military junta overthrows Élie Lescot

1950-1999

1. May 10, 1950: Paul Eugène Magloire against Dumarsais Estimé
2. April 4, 1957: Leon Cantave overthrows Franck Sylvain
3. June 14, 1957: Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau overthrows Daniel Fignolé
4. July 28–29, 1958: Pasquet, Dominique, Perpignan failed attempt Francois Duvalier
5. February 6, 1986: Jean Claude Duvalier goes into exile. He is replaced by the National Governing Council
6. June 20, 1988: Henri Namphy overthrows Leslie Manigat
7. September 17, 1988: Prosper Avril overthrows Henri Namphy
8. September 30, 1991: Raoul Cédras overthrows Jean-Bertrand Aristide
9. 5–29 February 2004: ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide during his second term

Burkina Faso

1950-1999

1. January 3, 1966: Lieutenant Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana overthrows President Maurice Yaméogo.
2. February 8, 1974: 1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état
3. November 25, 1980: Colonel Saye Zerbo overthrows President Sangoulé Lamizana.
4. November 7, 1982: Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo overthrows President Saye Zerbo.
5. February 28, 1983: Failed coup attempt against President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo.
6. August 4, 1983: Captain Blaise Compaoré overthrows President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, replacing him with Captain Thomas Sankara.
7. October 15, 1987: Blaise Compaoré overthrows Thomas Sankara
8. September 18, 1989: Alleged failed coup attempt by senior officers against President Compaoré.

2000-2099

1. October 2003: 2003 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt
2. October 30, 2014: Lt. Colonel Yacouba Isaac Zida overthrows current President Blaise Compaoré and briefly serves as head of state before selecting Michel Kafando as the new president. Days later, Kafando appointed Zida as acting Prime Minister.
3. September 17, 2015: The presidential guard headed by Gilbert Diendéré overthrows Interim President Michel Kafando, one month before elections are due in the nation. However, the coup collapses one week later and Kafando is reinstalled.
4. October 8, 2016: Blaise Compaore loyalists and former presidential guards failed to overthrow President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
5. January 23, 2022: January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
6. September 30, 2022: September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
7. September 26, 2023: failed coup attempt against President Ibrahim Traore

Source

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chilean_coups_d%27%C3%A9tat
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Haitian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyjamas_coup
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Burkina_Faso_coup_attempt